So hard to believe another year has gone by. Each year around June (her birthday), in honor of my friend Lisa Carlinsky, I bestow my Lisa Awards — kudos to people who understand the power of one person. To people who, in their own way, changing the world just like Lisa did. My friend Lisa […]
Tag: diabetes advocate
There certainly is no secret how strongly I feel about the missed diagnosis of type 1 diabetes (T1D). Many long hours after work and at lunchtime I spend spreading the word so we can stop the seriousness of kids seeing a medical professional with flu/virus like symptoms and no testing being done resulting, many times, in disaster. […]
I just love….LOVE; when someone in professional sports, who has achieved playing at the highest level and does it with type 1 diabetes (T1D), takes the time to encourage kids to do the same. It is one of the favorite things about being in this diabetes world. I try to arrange it any chance I can. Our […]
Yeah, I get it. The many years we have heard it. The idea that pharma companies or the government is behind the stopping of it. The notion that we should not get our hopes up. The idea that it could never happen. I have been at this for over 23 years and the one thing that […]
I always LOVED this picture of Kitty. The microphone was always as symbolic as it was practical describing Kitty because if there was a person with a TRUE voice in the diabetes community; it was Kitty Castellini. Thousands of hours of broadcasts and tireless efforts in advocating for you, for me, for us in the diabetes community. […]
A year. A full year since I met Anna at T1DExchange and shared with her the vision to try to end, halt, or even slow down the missed diagnosis of T1D. I needed help. She listened, she asked a million questions. I shared my town hall meeting survey with my questions. “It’s not official, they […]