There wasn’t a heck of a lot in the way of great big fat news” today with diabetes so I honestly don’t have too much to offer this fine Saturday. But this was really cute so I am going to share it with y’all… (I spelled things incorrectly on purpose so you can ge...

Okay, so here ends the first full week of November and Diabetes Awareness Month! Have you come across anything that has been helpful. Do you have any good links or events to let other diabetics know about?
I have been talking, talking and talking at work, at school, at the grocery store, at swim pra...

In honor of National Diabetes Month, Abbott Diabetes Care is running a special series of web-based chat sessions with parents of kids with diabetes in mind. Children With Diabetes founder Jeff Hitchcock and Caring for a Child with Diabetes author Brenda Novak are featured guests You can pre-regis...

Here is how it went down…
Ms. Ignorant- Oh, you’re diabetic. My Dad died of diabetes. (y’all know how I feel about that statement)
Me- Oh, that’s a shame. I am sorry. He must have had complications. I have type 2 diabetes, I just eat right and exercise and have been fairly lu...

America’s tweens more than doubled their use of type-2 diabetes medications between 2002 and 2005, with girls between 10 and 14 years of age showing a 166 percent increase. The likely cause: Obesity, which is closely associated with Type 2 diabetes.
This is so darn scary! Oh, we have to do som...