Episodes of low blood sugar have caused me to pass out all around the world.
Type1Diabetes
The Impossible Cost of Insulin
November is National Diabetes Month. It is great to promote conversation and awareness about a disease affecting nearly 30 million people in the US, so I thought it timely to focus on the unaffordable cost of insulin and other medications needed to treat this potentially debilitating disease. Having been a Type 1 Diabetic since 1967 I’ve seen the price of…

Meet John Robert Wiltgen
I knew I was destined for greatness when Zsa Zsa Gabor said I should be on stage. Yes, me! But then, I felt afraid there could be a black cloud in my future when Sid Caesar told me, “If you don’t have tragedy, you won’t have comedy. Crying and laughing are the same thing but, you can never laugh too…
Welcome
Thank you for visiting The Candy in My Pocket! This website is about creating your best life possible and staying positive, despite the terrible circumstances life may throw at you. It’s also about my dramatic days as a designer commissioned by celebrities, world leaders, and other luminaries; my (secret) debilitating and death-defying battle with diabetes; and my struggle to hold on…