Today is World Diabetes Day – November 14, 2009. Today is the day that even the United Nations would like people to think about what is it like to live with diabetes. To ponder what it means that nearly 7 million people are diagnosed with diabetes every year and that this number is rising. Maybe people will even pause long enough to consider the cost of diabetes on the world health system.
I do not need the United Nations or the International Diabetes Federation to remind me that today happens to be Diabetes Day. In my life, every day is diabetes day. I am the mother of a type 1 diabetic. Nearly two years ago, my oldest daughter, Elle, was diagnosed and the roller coaster Read the rest of this entry »
