http://www.d-mom.com/quick-bite-oprah-and-diabetes-again/ The sweet life with a diabetic child Wed, 08 Feb 2012 02:18:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 http://www.d-mom.com/quick-bite-oprah-and-diabetes-again/#comment-2925 KristinD Thu, 20 May 2010 11:36:33 +0000 http://www.d-mom.com/?p=6147#comment-2925 I too watched it and was a bit dissappointed in the fact that his diabetes wasn't mentioned more..I do understand that the show wasn't about diabetes, but I would like to see people with high profiles use their diabetes to educate the public or at least to bring awareness about it..I know that it can be a very private thing for some people, but in our family we've tried to make it a very normal thing, and for us it's like someone wearing glasses..obvious (my daughter wears a pump and it's visible)..I know diabetes is way more serious, but the more people know about it the more accepted it will be for kids with pumps or on injections (or adults) to take care of themselves in school, at work, at sporting events etc. I too watched it and was a bit dissappointed in the fact that his diabetes wasn’t mentioned more..I do understand that the show wasn’t about diabetes, but I would like to see people with high profiles use their diabetes to educate the public or at least to bring awareness about it..I know that it can be a very private thing for some people, but in our family we’ve tried to make it a very normal thing, and for us it’s like someone wearing glasses..obvious (my daughter wears a pump and it’s visible)..I know diabetes is way more serious, but the more people know about it the more accepted it will be for kids with pumps or on injections (or adults) to take care of themselves in school, at work, at sporting events etc.

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