This is amazing! Huge thank you to Book Authority for including “The World’s Worst Diabetes Mom” on their 2021 list of the Best-Selling Parenting Books of All Time! That’s probably all I should say about it, but c’mon. Best parenting books ever? I mean, it’s great and I’m really proud of it, but my first thought…
Happy New Year! Like many of you, when I saw the photos of people receiving the newly-approved COVID vaccines, I was filled with hope. We have a long way to go, but knowing that we may have a concrete way out of this lousy situation made me feel better than I had in a long…
It didn’t take long after my son was diagnosed for someone to tell us, “Kid first, diabetes second.” Benny was diagnosed in 2006, but that phrase has been around a long time in the diabetes parenting community. I get it. We shouldn’t take away all the things that make childhood fun and special, because of…
Earlier this year, I spoke to a terrific group that gave me a great idea. The Maine P-PODS (Parents and Providers of Diabetic Children) invited me to talk about being The World’s Worst Diabetes Mom. As many groups do, in lieu of a speaker’s fee, they bought books to give away at the event. As…
This news is big. And it’s thanks to all of us, speaking out. From Lilly Diabetes this morning, April 7, 2020: “In response to the crisis caused by COVID-19, Eli Lilly and Company (NYSE: LLY) is introducing the Lilly Insulin Value Program, allowing anyone with commercial insurance and those without insurance at all to fill…
Here’s a little project while most of us are trying to keep our distance and stay at home as much as possible: send me your audio! It’s easy, I promise. It’ll be fun to hear some new voices on our show and maybe learn a little bit about what you and your children are thinking…
With Coronavirus in the news and on our minds, I thought it would be a good idea to do a COVID-19 diabetes specific episode of the podcast. I spoke with Gary Scheiner, the owner and clinical director of Integrated Diabetes Services, a company that specializes in remote consulting for people who use insulin. Gary lives…
When we saw our endo in early January, we were excited to find out that Benny’s A1C has been exactly the same – and where we want it – for the last year. We’d been struggling with insets and higher numbers since he hit puberty, but since August of 2018 it’s been much smoother sailing.…
“I am in a place I never knew existed. This is a place that I dreamed about.” That’s Tandem’s Molly McElwee-Malloy and the “place” she dreamed about is using the newest automated pump/CGM system. Tandem’s Control-IQ was approved by the FDA on December 13, 2019 but, as she told me in this week’s podcast, she’s…
There is no such thing as perfect parenting when it comes to raising a child with type 1 diabetes. Even so, it’s easy to feel like a failure. Every mistake, every misstep can feel like we’re failing our children. That’s on top of all the numbers that can feel like a report card, not just…