Still going with Diabetes Blog Week. Today's topic – food! Last week at Carowinds, I used my phone to look up the number of carbs in a corn dog. That tells you a lot about the way my family eats (and also about why I love my new phone). The fact that I let my son have a…
Continuing as part of Diabetes Blog Week… I've written about some of my diabetes heroes before, here and here. It's fun to look back on both of those posts – they were written in the first year after Benny's diagnosis. It's been three years, now, and I have to say my biggest supporter is my husband, Slade. I hope I'm his. …
Day two of Diabetes Blog Week. But before I go any further, I really have to thank Charlotte Parent Magazine for a great article this month on kids with type 1 diabetes. It was nice of them to feature us, but I'm really glad they talked to our doctors. You can read it here. Today's posts…
I just found out about Diabetes Blog Week. More than 100 bloggers with a different subject every day. How cool is that? Today is "A day in the life.. with diabetes." As you know, for us, it's a day in the life with a 5 year old with diabetes (diagnosed at 23 months). So here goes: Sleeping.…
I'm so happy to hear Bret Michaels is out of the hospital, but troubled by some of the reports. Specifically, that there was something about the Celebrity Apprentice contestant's type 1 diabetes that kept him from getting pain relief. I'd never heard diabetes can interfere with pain relief and, as a mom of a little boy with type…
I still haven't see a full episode of The Celebrity Apprentice, but I know I'm going to have to start. Apparently, last week's episode was a love letter to radio. The task even included making spots for a client that is a major advertiser on WBT. (Hi, Benjamin Franklin Plumbing!) I'd mentioned here that many…
Reality TV this year has turned into a primer on type 1 diabetes. I can't tell you how many people have asked me if I watch Celebrity Apprentice this year. Not because I'm a big Trump fan (although I did meet him a few years ago!). It's because contestant Bret Michaels has type 1 diabetes.…
We had a great discussion while taping Health Headlines: The Show this week. (That's my weekend show, airs Sundays at 11am on WBT). While you've probably heard of blackberry thumb, turns out many of us are doing a different kind of damage to our bodies by using our phones. (This came up because of a Baltimore Sun story reprinted…
Don't you hate it when you finally find that perfect shade of lipstick, or a lotion that you love, and then the company stops making it? It never occurred to me that could happen with our diabetes supplies, but it just did! Benny got his insulin pump in July of 2007 and we've been using the same equipment…
Big thank you to the Charlotte Business Journal. I was honored to be part of their 40 under 40 presentation this week. It was held at the Knight Theater which means I got to walk by the Firebird. Couldn't resist taking a picture (but we cut off his head! oops.) The theme this year was "Charlotte's…