Friend Training

Something that came up quite a bit from the children at the conference was about how we as parents talk about THEIR disease with THEIR friends. Some said that their parents went overboard making a big deal out of making sure everyone watched as their child tested or took a shot. It made me wonder what kind of parent I was. [...]

Snowboarding, BB Guns and a shaved head?

The kids had a good weekend. Kelsey went on a snowboarding tip to Pukenui with the Diabetes Youth Auckland (DYA) group and had an absolute blast. There were just over 30 teenagers on the trip and Kelsey said it was the best time she has ever had…”EVER”. She said everyone got a long, everyone was friendly, the [...]

Professional Snowboarder Sean Busby

Diabetes Youth Auckland was extremely lucky to have Sean Busby come speak and speak to some of our youth. Sean is a professional Snowboarder from the US who has Type 1 Diabetes. He came to share his experiences, how he fulfills his personal dreams and how he makes things happen for Diabetic Youth all over [...]

Diabetes Youth Auckland Family Night

Diabetes Youth Auckland put on it’s First Family Night in quite some time this Wednesday. It was a packed house and a wonderful success. We were very fortunate to have two wonderful speakers from the community who informed us, challenged us and made us laugh. The evening began around 7pm where families spent time with one another [...]

Day 5 of CGM Booty

As you can imagine, Kelsey’s wearing the CGM has been a real eye opener. But not in the way you would think..or maybe it’s not in the way I expected it to be. The weekend is a time when Kelsey gets to go off and do her thing..whatever that “thing” may be. So Friday she [...]

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 [...]

Diabetes Gear in NZ

Now Kiwi’s can get diabetic accessories for all of their “stuff”. I am happy to announce that we have brought in a variety of packs, cases, bands and pump items to not only make a diabetics life a bit easier but nice looking too! No longer will you have to send off to other countries to get [...]

A1c Report

I knew the kids A1c’s weren’t going to be great. A lot of highs…A LOT of highs…but I had no idea they would be so high. Kelsey popped up to an 8.9 (from 8.1) and Marty’s jumped to 8.4 (from 7.5). I have been trying to find the right balance for Marty because when we [...]

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.” [...]

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 [...]

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