DIABETES CONTROL IS NOT DISPENSED, IT’S CREATED As described in the book “Sugar Surfing”, control of one’s diabetes always exists “in the moment”. This means that “control” is truly a DYNAMIC process. There is no ‘reservoir’ of diabetes control dispensed by a doctor. What we define as ‘control’ is the ongoing result of numerous choices made by the individual over time. At one point in my professional life as an endocrinologist I believed that a doctor could really ‘control’ another person’s diabetes. This was an incorrect assumption. There is no way a doctor can truly “control” anyone else’s diabetes. Why? Because a doctor can’t never make another person’s choices. If we define diabetes cont
I'm often asked if kids with type 1 diabetes can benefit from Dynamic Diabetes Management (aka Sugar Surfing™). I will allow these images make a statement. They have been collected over the past few weeks. Each was spontaneuously submitted from families of children who CHOOSE to Sugar Surf. One point that is important to make here is that no one can be compelled to Sugar Surf. There must be a willingness of the child, teen, or adult to be an active participant in this process. A parent will be frustrated in trying to apply Sugar Surfing principles to a son or daughter who is not ready or willing to participate. Sugar Surfing is does not require an insulin pump, nor a low-carb lifestyle, to
