by Pam Durant | Aug 22, 2023 | Diabetes Articles, Pam's Corner
Fourteen years ago today, my son was diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes at 18 months old. This picture was taken just two months after that, a few weeks after we got his insulin pump that you see pictured below. All this time, I had thought he was 20...
by Pam Durant | Jul 4, 2023 | Pam's Corner, Parenting and Diabetes, Type 1 Diabetes
I may or may not have saved a baby seagull last night. A seagull family lives nearby the pool where we are currently staying. Every day at sunset, the mamma bird comes and brings dinner. She cleans it, softens it up in the pool, eats it and then proceeds to...
by Pam Durant | May 17, 2023 | Diabetes Articles, Managing Diabetes, Pam's Corner, Parenting and Diabetes
Diabetes caretaker trauma is spoken of in the Type 1 Diabetes world. But for a while now, I’ve been asking myself the question: Are we talking about it enough? Am I talking about it enough? The answer is NO. What Diabetes Caretaker Trauma Looks Like...
by Pam Durant | Mar 14, 2023 | Managing Diabetes, Pam's Corner
Elephants. There are many in the room. The particular one I’m looking at right now is the opinion of a physician who has told me that I can’t be an advocate for people with diabetes or caretakers of children with diabetes if my son’s diabetes management is less...
by Pam Durant | Dec 15, 2022 | Pam's Corner
The Knowledge and Human Development Authority (KHDA) has launched a Dubai school wellness program called Wellbeing Matters. This initiative provides a framework for wellbeing in Dubai private schools, advancing the health, safety and welfare of students and...
by Pam Durant | Dec 13, 2022 | Pam's Corner
Continuous glucose monitors for sports??? I knew it was only a matter of time… One of the continuous glucose monitor sensors that we sell at the Diapoint Shop for people with diabetes is now being marketed to people without diabetes as a “sport...
