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 | Aug 25, 2020 | Ask the Expert, Diabetes and School, Parenting and Diabetes, Type 1 Diabetes
Diabetes at School Live Discussion with Sara Adhami and Pam Durant As part of the First Annual Diapoint Type 1 Diabetes Virtual Family Picnic, we held a live discussion on diabetes at school with two prominent women in the diabetes space. Sara Adhami is a Certified...
by Pam Durant | May 26, 2020 | Diabetes News, Managing Diabetes, Pam's Corner, Parenting and Diabetes
Throughout the coronavirus pandemic, consistent links have been drawn between diabetes and Covid-19. Specifically, we are continually told that people with diabetes are at higher risk of serious implications or death from the virus and its associated disease. This...
by Pam Durant | Jan 22, 2020 | Diabetes Articles, Diabetes Book Reviews, Diabetes Resources, Parenting and Diabetes, Type 1 Diabetes
The World’s Worst Diabetes Mom by Stacey Simms We have been fans of Stacey Simm’s podcast Diabetes Connections for a while now, so when we learned she wrote a book, we were of course very excited to read it. Is Stacey Simms Really A Bad Mom? Admittedly,...
by Pam Durant | Nov 14, 2019 | Childhood Diabetes, Diabetes and School, Diabetes and Young People, Diabetes News, Pam's Corner, Parenting and Diabetes, Type 1 Diabetes, Type 2 Diabetes
Today is World Diabetes Day – the perfect day to advocate for better inclusion for kids with diabetes. The theme for 2019 is Family and Diabetes. If you, like me, are the parent or caretaker of a child with diabetes, you will know how important it is for your child to...
by Pam Durant | Nov 14, 2019 | Childhood Diabetes, Diabetes and School, Diabetes and Young People, Diabetes Articles, Diabetes Education, Diabetes Resources, Managing Diabetes, Parenting and Diabetes
Sending a child with Type 1 Diabetes to school is a huge challenge in the life of a family touched by diabetes. If you are the parent or caretaker of a young child in school with diabetes, you will understand the anxiety and even grief that comes with the enormous...