What the Heck is Going On?

Not that I wear it like a badge or anything, but I am proud to say that my kids almost never get sick. That is until the last 2-3 weeks. What the heck changed? They have been battling something for a while and I think their bodies have just given in. Not that it’s horrible, [...]

Snake Oil? Thank Goodness for the DOC!

I subscribe to a few different news feeds with regards to Diabetes. Then I have the feeds from twitter…then there’s the spam for this blog…sometimes I have to shake my head at what I read. I get that we as people who have diabetes or love those with diabetes are always searching for a cure [...]

Kelsey is going CGM….we hope.

Kelsey’s Blood Sugars have just been all over the place lately. What’s been scaring me is that she is waking up with really bad lows (40′s/2′s) around 4 am. She does have these every once in a great while and we can usually tweek her program and get her back on track. I have to [...]

Lazy Mom Update & The Beach

As you could have guessed, yesterday was a disaster. Marty spent WAY TOO MUCH MONEY…$15 between morning tea (raw veges and a pc of fruit) and lunch (drink, nachos and a cookie). Ok, so he ate well for snack so I am not upset that he ate crap for lunch…but $15?!?!?!?!?!? I could have done [...]

What Difference Does It Make????

I noticed that Kelsey has started to be inconsistant with her thyroid medication. (she has hypothyroidism which is common in diabetics) It started when she ran out because we were two weeks over on the doctors visit. Now, she has started to slip into being off and on with remembering. So, yesterday I asked her…”are you [...]

Pure Panic

Last night, Mike and I went into pure panic mode. Kelsey was an hour late from volleyball practice. She walks home at night and she took a new route that she did explain to me, but I haven’t actually taken the route myself. All I knew was one road name and that  it involves crossing through a [...]

Boy did Oprah and Dr. Oz step in deep!

I wasn’t planning on writing about this today, but after spending all morning reading through my blog roll and message boards, I couldn’t let it go. I can’t comment on the Oprah Show personally because I didn’t see it. However, I did write in on Tuesday PLEADING for them to be responsible with their words [...]

Are You Paying Attention??

The morning shuffle. That’s what I call when I am making breakfast, the kids are doing their diabetes thing and I am going through the notes for the day. In the middle of the morning shuffle today I looked up and saw Marty just staring back at me.   ”What’s wrong?”  ”Mom, I just took my night [...]

Food Issues with Diabetics

I had really planned on writing a thoughtful, well researched post today. However, I was discouraged pretty quickly by what I found. So, I just thought I would write from my own perspective.  Being a diabetic forces you into paying very close attention to how food is a part of your lifestyle. This time of year doesn’t [...]

Media Slant

I sometimes feel the news and media are slanted towards Type 2 Diabetes. I receive a few news feeds a day and I would say 95% of what I receive is geared towards  Type 2 Diabetes. I wonder why this is? Is it because there are more T2′s? Is it because T2′s have a perceived chance [...]

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