"You are so lucky that you caught it so early on.". cannot even begin to tell you the amount of times I have heard these words over the past six years since Joe was diagnosed at the age of three. general misconception seems to be that people can just be hanging out living with Type 1 diabetes for years on end. undiagnosed, seemingly unaffected. MORE >>

"Owww.HARhumph. MOM!!! You are talking way too loud!". Joe and I were on the phone the other day. He has a new Tracfone. Dave and I had bought it for Joe as a safety-net as he undertakes all of his various endeavors before and after school, while playing with his pals in the 'hood, and all of Joe's what not. Back to the convo. am talking "normal"." MORE >>

I don't know if the 'missing instruction', or being 'last to lunch', or being 'late to Math' are magnified in his 8 year old mind. Perhaps they are. What I do know. What I can tell you. What many of you know is that it isn't the pricks, the pokes, the lows, and the highs that get you down. Yesterday. was planning out our "care-plan" for next year. MORE >>

"LIFE'S BATTLES DON'T ALWAYS GO TO THE STRONGER OR FASTER MAN. BUT SOONER OR LATER, THE MAN WHO WINS IS THE MAN WHO THINKS HE CAN." ~ Vince Lombardi She has inspired all of us. She has not one, not two, but T-H-R-E-E children with type 1 diabetes. Our Dear, Sweet Meri needs a miracle for her husband, Ryan's health. She wrote about it here. Miracle. MORE >>

At hockey practice yesterday: Joe was going into a low-key practice with drills and scrimmaging with a blood sugar of 97 and a good 2 units of IOB ( Insulin On Board ). Joe popped 4 glucose tabs and headed out onto the ice. The Chuck" (we decided to cool-ify the name " Woodchuck ".and and to be frank. So, I bought a Pop-Tart. She is in High School. MORE >>