Diabetes Camp is coming! You may remember my angst in preparation for our first annual Children's National Medical Center sponsored Diabetes Camp last year. In anticipation of another 4 day, 3 night stay in the wilds of Virginia in mid-August, I decided to take a real (relaxing) vacation with a colleague in Narragansett, Rhode Island. We had a week of relaxation, sun, a swimming pool, and reading novels (not diabetes-related books or journals). My colleague has type 1 diabetes and brought all...
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