31 Year Diabetes Anniversary
A couple of years ago my dad helped me track down my official discharge records. We always knew I was diagnosed in April, but now I have the actual date. April 26, 1980 I was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes.…
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Diabetes Mismanagement by Healthcare Professionals?
I recently received this message from Tara, who, through some difficult family health struggles, has been inspired to make a difference. I was diagnosed with type 1 in May of 1986 and my family is full of type 1 diabetics,…
The “Scott” Process
I have been working with Ginger for over thirty-eight weeks now, and my weekly coaching sessions have become very important to me. I need them as bad as I need my basketball and exercise time. I need them almost as…
The Importance of CWD Events
While in Florida for the 2011 Family Support Weekend I heard a couple of stories that really stuck with me. For most families, coming to CWD events are very important. How important you ask? One family was scheduling a c-section…
Diabetes Diplomats – Lisa & Zach Treese
Diagnosis Zach was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes at the age of three, on Father’s Day, 2007. Spending four days in the hospital, learning how to check blood sugars and give shots, Lisa watched her little guy finally smile again. …
Help Scott Ride the 2011 ADA Tour De Cure!
Summer of 2009. Allison came to town and we had a DOC meet-up out at the Mall of America. That was the first time I met Heather (a.k.a “Auntly H“) who blogs at “Beyond Your Peripheral Vision“. Heather talked about…
WEGO Health TV – Diabetes
I am a fan of WEGO Health, a community dedicated to empowering health activists to help others. I love their mission. They also helped me get to BlogWorld 2010, which was an incredible experience for me. Their latest idea is…
Diaboogle?
What is “Diaboogle“? It is a neat search tool that Bernard Farrell has put together. For a bunch of years, Bernard has been building this custom search tool. When you search for something, using this tool, it will only search…
Exclusive Footage! RawSugar Turkish Style
Exclusive footage of a DOC late-night #sweatabetes session at the recent Medtronic Diabetes Advocates Forum featuring superstar Blunt Lancet keyboardist Kelly “RawSugar” Rawlings knocking out a couple of Turkish Getups. Special “Shout Out” to Ginger “SuperCoach” Vieira – the group’s…
What Is a Diabetes Diplomat?
What is a Diabetes Diplomat? A Diabetes Diplomat is anyone who has decided to get involved with raising money and advocating for the Diabetes Research Institute. The Diabetes Diplomats group has a laundry list of proven ideas that you can…
One of the Minnesota Crews
I love meetups. I will do almost anything in my power to get to them. I missed a group meeting on Monday night, which bummed me out a bit, but couldn’t be helped. Last night was a different story though. …
Type 1 Teens – by Korey K. Hood, PhD
If you are a teen who lives with diabetes, I recommend this book. If you are a parent of a teen who lives with diabetes, I recommend this book – but DON’T FORCE IT ON YOUR TEEN! 🙂 I met…
Diabetes Advocates
In the Diabetes Online Community (DOC) we often talk about ways to reach more people. We know how beneficial the DOC has been for us, and we wish that benefit for everyone touched by diabetes. But we also know that…
Dinner in D.C.
The local DOC Contingent sure pulled together while we were in D.C. for JDRF Government Day. What started out as a group of nine or ten quickly turned into sixteen or more! Every time I checked my e-mail or twitter…
JDRF Government Day Whirlwind
The first session I went to was called “Government Relations 101”. Sounded perfect to me – as I had no clue what I was getting into. Kim and I sat next to each other and listened to a great, high…
2011 JDRF Government Day Takeaways
Did you know there is a whole section of JDRF that deals with Government Relations? Me either – at least not until this trip. When I think JDRF, I always think about fundraising and walks, stuff like that. I didn’t…
Thank You, JDRF!
A quick, post-trip vlog post that I recorded last night after getting home from the airport. I know that I look half asleep already, and I’m probably even slurring my words a little bit… but I wanted to get a…
Health Community Heroes
This is a short (3:21) video compilation that Jenni composed, orchestrating a small sampling of some great Health Community Heroes. (George & Ann from our little diabetes corner of the world (I’m honored to join them), and a whole bunch…
Walk with Walgreens? Walk with WALGREENS! Wow!
I support the Diabetes Research Institute (and disclosure), and they recently made a pretty huge announcement that I wanted to share with everyone. It started with the Walgreens stores in South Florida. About 260 of them. But it has expanded…
Fear: What it Does and Doesn’t Do
I love Riva Greenberg. We are all so fortunate that she is able to devote herself to helping people with diabetes. She has much wisdom and many gifts to share with us. She wrote a post recently (A Valentine’s Gift…