The 2011 ADA Expo came through Minneapolis a couple of weekends ago. Unfortunately, not much changes with the vendors from year to year. Diabetes is a slow business, ya know? But when I heard that Mari Ruddy would be there,…
What is SimonPalooza? It all starts with Simon. Simon is an incredible guy living with diabetes in Australia. He was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes about six years ago, right in the middle of his otherwise awesome life. Being blindsided…
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. …
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…
I went to a small, but growing, local type 1 meet-up last night, and had a blast, as usual. Mike, Peterspoon, Dean, Scott This picture happened at about 10:30 PM, just before the gals working at Caribou Coffee kicked us…
I’ve been very lucky to have a handful of great diabetes daily members close to where I live. We’ve had a handful of very informal social visits over the past year or so, and I’ve really enjoyed getting to know…
Before life got busy … wait, actually it was right in the middle of life being busy … I got an e-mail from Mark Mansheim over at “The Jagged Edge“. He said that he would be in the twin cities…
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…
I got together with a small group of Diabetes Daily members again last weekend. It was awesome. missitaly, deanusa, Molly & Dixie, and myself all enjoyed some warm beverages, easy conversation, and lots of laughs. For those that are not…