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 [...]
To begin, I’m not talking about financial matters. Rather, I know from reading numerous articles that we diabetics are more likely to suffer from depression than others. Let’s explore what this means and what we can do about it. How do we know we’re depressed? Symptoms of depression vary greatly, thus it’s challenging to generalize. [...]
I belong to a consultants organization which holds monthly luncheons. Historically I’ve been challenged by the food offered on the buffet table and I’ve been working on managing my choices. Most of the members know I’ve got diabetes since I call myself the Joyful Diabetic. While nearing the end of the buffet table recently, I [...]
To begin this topic, let’s explore a chicken and egg phenomenon of thinking vs. feeling. The question is which comes first—and do we have control over either? One of my joys of diabetes is learning how my body and mind function together. In my 32+ years with diabetes, I’ve learned that my thinking begets my [...]
