Suddenly you find yourself in the back of an ambulance being attended to by paramedics as you are rushed to the nearest hospital. Your mind is filled with a million thoughts yet none of them seem to come together. A multitude of emotions run through your head. Fear, dread, shock, pain, and perhaps impending death. Wheeled into the emergency room a hundred…
About John
THE CANDY IN MY POCKET
The Wild & Crazy Life of a Type 1 Diabetic by John Robert Wiltgen “Imagine becoming legally blind while working at being an architectural designer. You have a mortgage on a building you’re renovating, rent is due monthly for your office, and employees must be paid. What would you do? Or picture yourself with kidney disease which ultimately requires a…
Diabetes and Skin Cancer
JRW discusses the potential of skin cancer for transplant patients.
Recently, I accompanied a client who is considering assorted properties for his next home. I created a list of stops that included the revered vintage co-operative building 1500 N. Lake Shore Drive. Cheryl Prosperi of Sotheby’s International Property, has the penthouse listed for sale. It is actually an Italianate style villa ADDED to the building in 1931 by New York…
Over time, having too much glucose in your blood can cause complications.
Receiving an amputation requires a great prosthetist.
Childhood
This is JRW when he was 18 years old.
How My Amputation Began…
This is when it all began. Problems with my feet having cellulitis and osteomyelitis.
This is a brief summary of our five weeks in Palm Springs
My vision for a world without T1D will be featured on JDRF Illinois’ social media channels on November. Every dollar raised will go to our shared mission to improve lives today and tomorrow by accelerating life-changing breakthroughs to cure, prevent and treat T1D and its complications. I hope you’ll support my #OneDay campaign today and fund life-changing breakthroughs by making…