World Diabetes day – DiabetesDad

Hey, Can Your HS/College Kids Help the DRI Get $10,000?

Posted on November 15, 2016 | by tomkarlya | 1 Comment

Now I tried Halo, my daughter tried Halo Ice Cream, it’s a great tasting and pretty good nutrient value; and Kaitlyn informs me that her blood sugars did not spike when eating it. So, not bad….in fact pretty good. But of course, it’s different in each person as you well know.

Here’s the deal. Halo Ice Cream will give $1.00 per Instagram hashtag
#RaiseYourSpoon. Now, in case you are not a fan of this deal, I can assure you that it is the real deal. So if you want to help us reach the $10,000 donation from Halo, here is what you do……grab a cool picture and go to INSTAGRAM, and hashtag it
#RaiseYourSpoon….for each hashtag on Instagram, the DRI will receive $1.00 up to 10 thousand dollars. So ask your high school and college aged-kids to go to Instagram and hashtag a photo #RaiseYourSpoon.

If they/you do not have a picture, use the one here. This is November, Diabetes Awareness Month……why not help raise money without having to give a penny, post the hashtag #RaiseYourSpoon on a photo in Instagram and help us get to our goal of 10,000 hashtags which will translate into $10,000 to the important research being done at the DRI for a biological cure.

This is easy. So help spread the word and help the DRI to receive $10,000 from Halo Creamery. But remember to hashtag #RaiseYourSpoon on anything posted. Share with your college kids and high school kids and ask them to share with their friends. They can share on FB and Twitter but the hashtag ONLY counts on Instagram.
Thank you.
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Fair disclosure—as most know already, I’m an employee of the Diabetes Research Institute Foundation.

On This World Diabetes Day……I Think……of You!

Posted on November 14, 2016 | by tomkarlya | 1 Comment

When Lou Gehrig retired from baseball he said, in his farewell speech, that he was probably one of the luckiest men on earth…..I know the feeling. Not because of diabetes, I wish that was not in the factoring at all but in a way it is. What is in the factoring……is YOU.

If I attempted to name the so many people who have taught me, showed me, challenged me, and above all; enriched my life since beginning this journey–undoubtedly I would miss someone so I will not attempt it. But that does not mean I think of so many on this day because I do. It’s not because of diabetes we met, it is because YOU CHOSE not to accept the roadblock given to you. There are millions of people with diabetes who I will never meet, but my life has been so blessed with people who have decided to just, ‘don’t do nothing’ that our lives HAVE BECOME entwined.

Because you chose to advocate, learn, share, give, take, and live by the rule that ‘diabetes just will not do’ in your life that our paths have crossed and I’m one lucky man for knowing you.

November 14th, the birth date for Dr. Frederick Banting who discovered insulin, and is recognized as World Diabetes Day is indeed, today. My celebration will never be about diabetes, I hate it and want it eradicated. I WILL, however, celebrate the lives of my children who live everyday to full gusto even with diabetes. I WILL, however, celebrate each and every one of you who have blessed my life in this journey. I WILL, however, celebrate all off those working daily to making a difference for those with diabetes to live better managed lives and hopefully a day when it will be cured.

That is World Diabetes Dad to me and I thank each of you for being part, any part, of this journey with us.
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An Open Letter to Yahoo and Google……Your ‘O’ Letters Could be Blue Today; No????

Posted on November 14, 2013 | by tomkarlya | 1 Comment

Dear Google and Yahoo,
I noticed that you both have no artwork nor animation today on your logos. Considering those who live with diabetes, and their immediate family members, number over 1 billion world wide….perhaps I can help. If you would address my many letters and contacts about World Diabetes Day—I STILL have an idea or two for you regarding next year for the circles in both of your names. Call me…..we’ll chat.
Regards, Diabetes dad

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Diabetes Jeopardy Answer #14 for D-Month: For Whom is World Diabetes Day Recognized on November 14th?????

Posted on November 14, 2013 | by tomkarlya | Leave a Comment

….who is Sir Frederick Banting

Below is a quick bio of the man who is responsible for the discovery of insulin; his birthday is November 14th, TODAY, and it is this date that the International Diabetes Federation decided was the best day to be World Diabetes Day……and they would be correct. There have been many great ‘findings’ over the years but the discovery of insulin stands alone as the single best discovery yet.

From Wikipedia
Sir Frederick Grant Banting, KBE, MC, FRS, FRSC (November 14, 1891 – February 21, 1941) was a Canadian medical scientist, doctor, painter and Nobel laureate noted as the primary discoverer of insulin.

In 1923 Banting and John James Rickard Macleod received the Nobel Prize in Medicine.Banting shared the award money with his colleague, Dr. Charles Best. As of September 2011, Banting, who received the Nobel Prize at age 32, remains the youngest Nobel laureate in the area of Physiology/Medicine. The Canadian government gave him a lifetime annuity to work on his research. In 1934 he was knighted by King George V. In 2004, Frederick Banting was voted fourth place on The Greatest Canadian.

In February 1941, Banting died of wounds and exposure following a Lockheed L-14 Super Electra/Hudson crash in Musgrave Harbour Newfoundland. He was en route to England to conduct operational tests on a new project have nothing to do with diabetes.

About World Diabetes Day from the International Diabetes Federation (IDF) website:
World Diabetes Day (WDD) is celebrated every year on November 14. The World Diabetes Day campaign is led by the International Diabetes Federation (IDF) and its member associations. It engages millions of people worldwide in diabetes advocacy and awareness. World Diabetes Day was created in 1991 by the International Diabetes Federation and the World Health Organization in response to growing concerns about the escalating health threat that diabetes now poses. World Diabetes Day became an official United Nations Day in 2007 with the passage of United Nation Resolution 61/225. The campaign draws attention to issues of paramount importance to the diabetes world and keeps diabetes firmly in the public spotlight.

For Diabetes Awareness Month:
This month, I will be highlighting someone in the diabetes community. They may be people you know, or might not know, but they give of themselves to make this world, our world, with diabetes a special place. I will not get to everyone this month, but it is my hope that perhaps you can be introduced to some of those you may not know.

I’m certainly not the definitive on who should be included….you are. If you think I should include someone, shoot me an email at tkarlya@drif.org and I will do what I can to include that person as well. Welcome to diabetes awareness month.

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