The Diabetic Diary

03/15/2026

"Halloween Trick" Read this killer blog here:

It started like every other Halloween. John was excited anticipating all the candy he would get. He didn’t remember that his parents wanted him to give them the candy in exchange for toys. John& #82…

03/14/2026

We cannot do everything at once, but we can do something at once. Calvin Coolidge

03/13/2026

What is considered exercise when living with diabetes? Find out HERE...

Ok, so it’s Winter Time, and I like many people find it harder to exercise. Which leads us to what is exercise? Most of you are probably about to close out my Blog, WAIT it is a legit question. I f…

03/12/2026

"What is real III" Blog on the reality of Relationships & high blood sugars!

Memory is a tricky thing for a person or child living with diabetes because shifting blood sugar levels that interfere with how we view the world. Out of control blood sugars may cause a person liv…

03/12/2026

To Follow by faith alone is to follow blindly. Benjamin Franklin

03/11/2026

It is now almost 40 years later, and my present doctor said that I am healthier than most men my age. How could this be? I didn't run everyday or workout at the gym, I did participate in some sports in high school, but for the first decade or two, I didn't even come close to managing my diabetes. So how did I go from doctors saying I wouldn't make it past my 35th birthday to a healthy 45-year-old man? My Blog "Death Sentence Survival 101" shows just that.

  When I was six years old the doctor told me if I wasn’t careful I could die tomorrow, September 19th, 1971. If that wasn’t enough, they said that my life expectancy was 25 to 30 years. I gas…

03/10/2026

If I were dropped out of a plane into the ocean and told the nearest land was a thousand miles away, I'd still swim Abraham Maslow

03/10/2026

Check out this new blog on the duality of reaching milestones like my 40th Anniversary of living with diabetes.

Before the birth of my son people would ask me “Are you scared?” and thought to myself every time, “Of what, being a father?” I would tell them no, and there was nothing else to say. But, why not y…

03/09/2026

"Forgetting Your Name?" Blog about how someone with diabetes forgets his or her own name?

It’s Tuesday, and I have made room in my schedule to do paperwork. Everything seems to be going great. It’s just about time to go home and I realize that during the second half of the day I barely …

03/08/2026

The ability to be in the present moment is a major component of mental wellness. Abraham Maslow

03/08/2026

"Diabetic Binge Eating?" a blog on binge eating when blood sugar's drop:

So, it is now 9:00 am on Sunday morning, and I check my morning blood sugar: 39 mg/dl. “Where did I go wrong?” I said to myself and then realized I didn’t have time to figure it out. Despite my hun…

03/07/2026

Check out my journey from not knowing I had a mental health problem to understanding and my eventual salvation. https://wp.me/p6CU6c-rF