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 […]
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Yeah, it’s a walk. Or a Walkathon. A walk to….. A walk for…..You know…….a walk. But do you really know? Do we REALLY know? The ultimate ‘grassroots’ event is the walkathon. Created, according to some accounts, by the March of Dimes Organization a million years ago. Walks do not JUST happen. They are hugely labor intensive. […]
….and there you go! Saw this story reported by Jordan Davidson who writes for “The Mighty” who states this sign was posted in a restaurant in Watertown, NY called ____________________. Well let’s just say there is a pig pen there in the name. No comment—–it says it all right there if you ask me. This […]
Baby Daddy is a sitcom appearing on The Freedom Network (formerly Disney’s Family Channel). The character of Danny Wheeler is played by Derek Theler who coincidentally is featured in the June 13 edition of People Magazine. Derek, as well as his sister, both have T1D. (To his parents, being in the same boat—give me a call we’ll […]
I like to support people doing things to help a diabetes cause…..today is such a day. people do bike rides….but when someone really ‘does not’ and attempts 185 miles and having diabetes (with training of course)—-well I believe that is noteworthy. So here is Samantha and her ride, which started to help find a cure […]
There are bridges you cross You didn’t know you crossed Until you’ve crossed… —-from the Broadway Musical, WICKED It ‘s hard to imagine that one can change without knowing we have actually changed. Or as it says in the song; that we have crossed a bridge that we did not know we crossed until we […]