To Treat or to Not Treat

This subject is as old as diabetes itself I would imagine, but it amased (going with my Kiwi spellings here, be patient with what looks to be misspelled or should I say misspelt) Let me start again. It amased me at how many parents still struggle over whether or not to let their kids participate in holiday [...]

My Kids are Awesome

Yeah, I am not biased or anything. They have had a week of decent numbers and everyone feels really good and all smiley and whatnot. It kind of cracks me up to watch them beam from having repetitive quality numbers. I know it’s only short lived and I think they know it’s only short lived…but I [...]

It’s ok to dream, right?

I pulled this off of Diabetes News Hound today. Can you imagine? Not as good as a cure, but definitely could be life changing. New Insulin Discovery Could Lead to Once-a-Month Injections Researchers from India’s National Institute of Immunology say they have created a type of insulin that Type 1 diabetics only need to inject [...]

Mad Science

I am thinking of doing an experiment on my kids….well ok…WITH my kids. I have seen first hand and heard from many of you about how unreliable our test kits are from test to test. And how much we as a community should be pushing to get the manufacturers to narrow the margin of error. [...]

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 [...]

Eeeeeeew mixed with Ooooooweeee

A couple days back Kelsey had a few bumps pop up on her fingers. No big deal, she has had them a couple times before and they go away within a few days. The next day she had quite a few more and her elbows were “growing”. This morning…uhm…well…look for yourself. So right after I muttered [...]

Myths + Sarcasm

I am re-posting an email I recieved from Diabetes Daily, however I thought I would add in some of my own thoughts after each myth. Myth: You can’t eat sugar. This is the most common – and frustrating – myth. First of all, people with diabetes must watch all carbohydrates, not sugar. If you skip [...]

Am I Getting Cynical in my Old(er) Age?

I don’t know, but articles like this sometimes make me shake my head. I love Diabetes News Hound, they just report what’s out there and put it in a nice little summary for us ADD minded people. This article about the why there is an increase in T1′s is just odd. I am going to [...]

Laziness, Pure and Simple

Just another case of a simple article not doing enough, at the very least, to provide accurate information to it’s readers. In the article Diabetes shock prompts MP to urge tests…I was a little dumbfounded. The NZ Herald writes about how the National Party MP Tau Henare is urging others to get tested, which is [...]

Teenage Rebellion

Or the teenage angst…usually followed with rampant mood swings, foot stomping and incessant eye rolls which then turn into the ever so lovely yelling of “I KNOW MOM” or “GOD” or “IT’S MY BUSINESS”. Payback. Every time I see one of my kids doing this…I think of my mother. “You wait until you have kids.” [...]

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