I read an interesting article a few weeks ago on the top five reasons why people do not ask their doctor questions and I got to thinking about what are the top five…

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Last week I attended the Northeast Ohio tour de cure launch party for the tour which will be on June 13 this year.



It is my first time participating on the tour as a Red Rider, mostly I have always just put my contribution in the mail but more and more I find myself wanting and have made the decision to be more involved.



So here I was at the launch party with a few goals to introduce myself to the local ADA community and volunteers and also to find a team I could join this… Continue

I hate writing about diabetes horror stories mine included, not because its saddening but because it puts me in a very judgmental mood and I do not believe fear is a good motivator for any aspect of life.



The recent Oprah diabetes special comes to mind. While she used the typical fear factor to show how devastating poor diabetes management principles can be. That was one of the many wrong things with that episode which was meant to galvanize diabetics and pre-diabetics into action but… Continue

My kids are the greatest things in the world and I love them to death but the little rascals are doing major damage to my diabetic diet plan and I am beginning to think it is by design.

Last night at the dinner table, as usual am trying to cox my 2 year old into eating his dinner and I say the most typical line that I have heard from other parents countless of times.

" Do you know that there are kids in Africa starving right now coz they don't have enough to eat ?" I said and…

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