Strength in Numbers

So the hospital gives you advice and you are welcomed to email or call if necessary. There is a diabetes doctor on call for any panics or emergencies. I already know that my son would urinate more frequently when he was too high but there is a whole host of Continue Reading

So serving sizes # of carbs X serving size minus the fiber count = #carbs per portion. Insulin was a multiplications factor too. I remember because my son was still in the “Honeymoon phase” where his pancreas was still producing insulin on it’s own it was hard to tell how Continue Reading

This disease is not just my son’s disease…it becomes a familiar disease. I tried to assure my son he would never be alone in this disease. I assured him I would be by his side the entire time. Through all the tests and appointments. There were days in the first Continue Reading

So in my quest to get answers in a place that only brought up more questions every single day…I remembered being to a ‘Finn Fest’ in Toronto long before my son was ever diagnosed. ‘Finn Fest’ is a celebrations of people of Finnish decent happening once a year all over Continue Reading