Diabetes Connections
NATIONAL DIABETES MONTH-NOVEMBER
November begins National Diabetes Month! A time to recognize and create a greater awareness about the challenges, research, educational information and management tools for children, adults and families who deal with the challenges of Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes. In regard to my commitment to diabetes research and education, the “Blue Brain” serendipity continues…
Read moreMARY TYLER MOORE & DIABETES
My parents taught me the love of books and I have always been a voracious reader. I belong to 2 book clubs and I make weekly visits to my local libraries in Wauconda and Barrington. I recently picked up the newly released book, Growing Up Again: Life, Loves and Oh Yeah Diabetes, written by Mary…
Read moreDIABETES VACCINE RESEARCH
This morning my husband, Jordan and I were encouraged when we read an article in the Daily Herald Newspaper about new research to develop a vaccine therapy to for diabetes. Later this morning, I received an email from our youngest son, Noah, who read about the research article in USA Today. In the 1950’s when…
Read moreDIABETES SCHOLARS FOUNDATION FUND RAISER
I promised Mary Podjasek, President of the Diabetes Scholars Foundation, that I would post her message about the extraordinary opportunities she and her organization are offering college students and their families. “We were very fortunate to get funding again this year for our college scholarships. For the 2009/2010 school year we were able to award…
Read moreDiabetes Self-Mangement Program
Last week, I was planning a What Color Is Your Brain? Lunch and Learn Program at Good Shepard Hospital.While speaking with the meeting planner, Rosie Jerentina RN BSNc, I asked her why the hospital does not have a diabetes clinic. Rosie told me the hospital does not have dedicated clinic within the hospital. However, they do…
Read moreDiabetes, Stress, Motivation & Decision Making
This is the 3rd week of American Diabetes Month and another opportunity to create a greater awareness about diabetes management, reducing stress and making healthy decisions. Chapter 15 in my book, What Color Is Your Brain?, is entitled Effective Decision Making. Roy Disney said, “It’s not hard to make decisions when you know what your…
Read moreDiabetes & Silpada Designs
Today begins the second week of American Diabetes Awareness Month. I am delighted to highlight my friend, Ellen Day, again. Ellen is a Silver Manager for Silpada Designs, Sterling Silver Jewelry. Last, June I had the pleasure and privilege of presenting a What Color Is Your Brain? workshop for Ellen and her Silpada sales team.…
Read moreAmerican Diabetes Month
November is American Diabetes Month. A time to focus a significant awareness on diabetes, its deadly complications, and the importance of healthy diabetes management. Those of you who know me and/or have read my blog before, know I am passionate to find a cure for diabetes and offer encouragement, comfort and education to the children…
Read moreDiabetes Comfort Companion Story #5
The following is the 5th “Comfort Companion” Story from Purr-fect Pals, my picture book for children with diabetes. WHAT’S IN A NAME?Our phone rang at one o’clock one morning. It was Mike, the principal of Joshua’s high school. He asked my husband, Jordan, if Joshua, our son who has Type 1 diabetes, had come home from the basketball game.“He…
Read moreDiabetes Comfort Companion Story #4
POP TARTS RULE!The following story is the 4th in the series of 10 from my “Comfort Companion” stories collection in Purr-fect Pals: A Kid, A Cat and Diabetes, a picture book for children with diabetes.This “munchy memory” always brings a “sweet smile” to my face. Before he was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes, our eldest son, Joshua, and…
Read moreDiabetes Comfort Companion Story #3
THE ODYSSEY BEGINS is the third story from my “Comfort Companion Stories” collection in Purr-fect Pals: A Kid, A Cat and Diabetes, my picture book for children with diabetes. When Joshua was first diagnosed, our family began an odyssey, a long, wandering journey marked by adventures in learning—about diabetes, ourselves, and each other. Our immediate goal was adjusting…
Read moreDirect “Green Brain” Diabetes Advice
Direct Advice is the 2nd of the 10 Comfort Companion Stories I want to share with you from Purr-fect Pals: A Kid, A Cat and Diabetes, my picture book for children with diabetes. Direct AdviceDuring our family’s Thanksgiving celebration in 1985, I noticed that our eldest son, Joshua, looked pale and thin. “You should see Dr. Bud tomorrow,” I…
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