Shadow Children

Adding Photos

I started scanning old photographs today and adding them to the Shadow Child photo album.  I only have a few uploaded now (too nice to be indoors today), but check them out.  I'm starting with photos of me and my  family before my little brother was born.  Stay tuned for more!

Call from Dad

My Dad called me last night around 9 PM.  He said he was calling because he had just finished reading a draft of Shadow Child.  He wanted to tell me that he thought it was excellent and could not wait to see it in print.  Those were great words to hear from a man I respect so much!  Energized!!

Thirty Three Years of Advancement in Diabetes Tech - Part 3

Even the way people with T1 Diabetes eat has changed since my brother’s diagnosis. Thirty years ago, diabetics like my brother used American Diabetes Association food exchange books with food lists and carbohydrate values. Food scales were used to learn to measure proper amounts of each of the allowable food groups. Meals were prescribed, and the insulin dose was fixed based on those meals. This meant that once the insulin was given, my brother had to eat the meal that was planned, even if he was not hungry or did not like the food. Today, his diet is much less prescribed. Insulin can now be taken before or after meals, or continuously in the case of insulin pumps, and regulated based on what is actually eaten rather than prescribed meals.