DiabeticTalks

12/30/2025

Cool blog to help manage doctor visits! "Building Your Diabetes Health Care Support Team" Visit here:

Without support, diabetes is painfully hard. Total independence is not a good Idea. In my previous blog, “How Denial Impacted My Life as a Diabetic,” I talked about the impact of denial on my life.…

12/30/2025

Wheresoever you go, go with all your heart - Confucius

12/30/2025

Check out my featured article: Unraveling The Diabetic Binge Solving The Uncontrollable Urge to Eat and Eat Despite Knowing the Consequences. By Eliot LeBow, LCSW, CDE https://www.diabetictalks.com/featured-articles.html

12/29/2025

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…

12/29/2025

How should I manage my child's diabetes during air travel? http://dld.bz/bApHK

12/29/2025

"Being happy doesn't mean that everything is perfect. It means that you've decided to look beyond the imperfections."

12/29/2025

We often refuse to accept an idea merely because the tone of voice in which it has been expressed is unsympathetic to us. - Nietzsche

12/29/2025

Seek not every quality in one individual - Confucius

12/29/2025

Knowledge is the food of the soul. Plato

12/28/2025

Living with diabetes can be overwhelming, but doesn't have to be. In this video, Eliot LeBow, a psychotherapist who specializes in diabetes, discusses simple ways to deal with diabetes. http://dld.bz/bApH7

12/28/2025

Success depends upon previous preparation, and without such preparation there is sure to be failure. - Confucius

12/28/2025

This I know - that I know nothing. Plato