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 | 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 | Jan 25, 2023 | Dia-Logue Podcast Episodes
Season 4, Episode 02: Motherhood, Caretaking and Diabetes – A Conversation With Zeina Hashem Beck As the mother of a child living with Type 1 Diabetes, Zeina shares her perspective on how the matriarchy helped her after her daughter’s diagnosis. She also...
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 | Nov 16, 2022 | Pam's Corner, Type 1 Diabetes
There are some days when diabetes insists on being the center of attention. That’s almost every day. But sometimes diabetes insists you put everything on hold, and its obnoxiousness takes over. This was one of those days. And it’s never just one...