There are two sure-fire ways to make time fly by.
- Raising kids
- Diabetes meet-ups
Raising kids make years seem like days, and diabetes meet-ups make hours seem like minutes.
Saturday I got together with a small group of local members here at Diabetes Daily. It was a lot of fun (as it always is), and we had some really insightful conversations (as we always do).
I always learn so much from being able to sit down with other people and visit. This is especially true when I’m visiting with other people who deal with diabetes. We are all made up of different experiences that shape who we are, and listening to those stories, opinions, and expectations, really teaches me a lot. I love it. Every time.
Dean, Scott (me), Martin, & Bea, with Jennifer wanting to stay behind the camera (thank you all for coming and sharing your morning with me).
Twin Cities meet up was great. I left feeling light hearted. I had to laugh at being one upped by Scott while answering questions about pumps and sensors. I happily shared my love of technology and how cool my CGMS worked for me and describing its components. Not to be out done, Scott quickly added while his system didn’t transmit to his pump, it did to his cool meter, so what we have to carry around is still the same amount of stuff(technical term). Product loyalty at its best. Meet ups are good medicine! I hope this will encourage other… Read more »
Hope to see all of you in October, at Expo time.
-Lloyd
Hi. I’m in the Twin Cities meet-up photo, and am grateful to Scott for his reflection. (I’m the guy in the tie-dye.) I had been Type 1 for twenty-some years when I called my endo to see if there was a website where I might get some emotional support. I’d actually never met another Type 1 (or Type 2), and wanted to talk not about BGs or glucometers or A1Cs (necessarily), but talk about my heart (metaphorical heart, that is) and how diabetes affects it, and love, and my intimate relationships. (I’m gay.) After some time, I got to D.D.… Read more »
Sorry that I missed it! Hopefully I’ll see you guys at the next one. 🙂
it was great.like it always is.the best thing is now we can sit outside!!i have to say we are lucky in that there are a lot of us right here who all were on dd so we are able to meet
its nice to be able to toss out questions and theorys and laugh at what we do.we have done a lot of them but every time its like christmas morning filled with anticpation