Michigan State University

This picture is an old one I took myself of the University Place Hotel. I stayed there overnight for the interview for my endocrinology fellowship in the fall of 1993.

On January 12, Dr. Anthony Fauci told us: “The highly contagious omicron variant will find just about everybody.”

The incidence of diabetes in the United States continues to rise, straining an overburdened health care system that already reflects a shortage of endocrinologists who specialize in the disease.

Susan was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes half a century ago, at age 2 years. Management in the decades since has certainly changed, yet she has thrived.

A few months ago, I was having lunch at Sparrow Hospital when I heard someone playing the grand piano that sits in the hallway outside the cafeteria, on the way to the emergency room.

During my recent visit to Jordan, my brother’s family showed me some of the belongings of our late father. What caught my eyes was his old glucose meter (Figures). The device may be 15 years old.

My family and I took a trip to Turkey and Jordan during the second and third weeks of August. This trip was planned earlier in the spring; we were not sure at the time if we would ever be able to make it due to COVID-19.

“Have you received the COVID-19 vaccine, Vernon?”

Saleh Aldasouqi, MD, never saw himself as a writer — and initially, not as an endocrinologist — until he learned how much he enjoyed telling stories that show the human side of practicing medicine.

For my inaugural post for this blog in November 2016, I wrote about the spectacular sight of the closest full supermoon since January 1948. It was a special occasion for me, generally and personally.