JOYFUL DIABETIC

When I was on oral medications, checking blood glucose in public was less of a problem than when I started injecting insulin. I’m always surprised when people speak to me about a relative with diabetes when they see me testing in a restaurant. This has historically been an opportunity to have a conversation and it’s [...]

I learned years ago that the higher I rose in an organization, the less likely I was to receive feedback. It is with that background that I express my deep appreciation to my old friend Jack Coleman for his kind remarks I’ve posted below. Jack and I were privileged to manage a contract services business [...]

Little did I know that I need to be a super sleuth in managing my blood sugar. Symptom: After changing my set last Saturday my BG went way up and stayed there; however, a couple of readings were 100 and 61, so what’s going on here? Analysis/Diagnosis: I must be getting insulin as evidenced by [...]

For those of you who enjoy educational and entertaining video messages, I encourage you to visit http://www.youtube.com/user/TheJoyfulDiabetic to view my video recordings. Last September I was the guest speaker at an Adult Diabetes Boot Camp and we spent a wonderful hour together discussing diabetes. As a volunteer for our local Community TV station, CTSB, I [...]

We diabetics typically acknowledge the challenges of our disease and I’m wondering how many of us are in touch with the impact of our disease on our loved ones? Such people are dubbed Type 3 diabetics by several online newsletters and web sites. Recently, there was an informative exchange of information at Diabetes Daily. Please [...]

We all misplace things from time to time, but this is ridiculous! Over the past week I’ve lost a winter jacket that never leaves my home unless I’m wearing it, so where could it be? My wife and I have looked in every conceivable location, but no jacket has been found. If this were the [...]