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Chills
I believe in the JDRF and the things they’re working on FOR ME. I especially believe in them now that they’ve seen that children with diabetes grow up to be adults with diabetes and they support all...
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Walking for 5-10
The longer I am involved with JDRF, the more I believe in the power of their research. I’m in a place (within JDRF & within America) where I get to see what is happening, in what feels like real...
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Missed Opportunity
I like to think that when the opportunity arises, I can always talk diabetes. Except that I can’t. I learned this last night at my last water polo game. I changed my pump site on Tuesday and put in a...
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Awareness
Today is the start of Diabetes Awareness Month! I hate coming after Breast Cancer Awareness because everyone loves pink, and blue is everyday. But then I read a post last month about how all the pink...
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Choose Hope
I don’t really consider myself an advocate. I do what works for me, but when it comes to raising my voice and speaking out, I usually get intimidated. I think after today though, I need to consider...
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It Only Takes 14 Minutes
Having diabetes has helped me be aware of my healthy (and unhealthy) behaviors from an early age. The most important habit has been exercise. You can help when you log your exercise with the Big Blue...
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Take the Challenge
As part of Diabetes Awareness Month, JDRF has partnered with Sean Busby & Lilly Diabetes for the T1D for a Day Text Challenge. (I love that Sean, a mountain lover, is the one who’s diabetes life...
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Community
What is one thing you would tell someone that doesn’t have diabetes about living with diabetes? Three years ago, for DBlog Day, the prompt was “Six Things I want you to know about Diabetes.” I know...
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Changing Diabetes Day
Yesterday was World Diabetes Day. This was my informative Facebook status. (Yes, one of those diabetes should say discovered.) I have known about WDD for a few years, but I’ve never been able to...
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Because
Because it’s one AM and I’m so full of rage that I can’t sleep. Because I’ve gone to bed MULTIPLE times this week thinking “will I wake up in the morning?” Because I’m so full of sugar that I feel like...
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Diabetes Month Photo-A-Day
1. Past Camp Carefree 2001 2. Check Matchy! 3. Snacks Sweet & Salty 4. Proud Half-marathon 5. Advocate Hope vs. Fear Videos 6. Relationship Since Day 1 7. Blue #bigbluetest 8. Organization Diabetes...
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Advocacy Starts at Home
I’ve been thinking about advocacy and the difference I can make a lot lately. I have these grand goals, but no flipping clue how to get from me jotting them down to status: achieved! That’s when I have...
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Spare a Rose
I am lucky. My guess is that most of you reading this are lucky too. Living in Boston I am often focused on my current diabetes technology and what is coming next (Artificial Pancreas project anyone?)....
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Worth It
I think the greatest thing that has emerged for me from writing are the friends I’ve made in the diabetes community. Whether in the online community or the greater community at large, it’s been a...
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Where my Heart Lives
Let’s kick off Diabetes Blog Week by talking about the diabetes causes and issues that really get us fired up. Are you passionate about 504 plans and school safety? Do diabetes misconceptions irk you?...
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Bionic Love
Last year at FFL I attended every emotionally beneficial (to me) session. Each night, talking to my friends, they would tell me about FDA this, or Bionic Pancreas that, or basal/bolus solutions and I...
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Why I Go
Meeting New PWDs at the bar (and icing my leg) Kim! Me & Power Advocates Christel! Love this woman! Sue! I am so glad that MasterLab brought in the T2 voices. Megan & Melissa :) Jess! Kerri!...
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My Day at MasterLab (According to Twitter)
(You will get a real MasterLab post from me at some point, but to start, I’m just sharing what I wrote & retweeted on Twitter that day. Please don’t hesitate to ask any questions about each tweet,...
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#WalkwithD Birthday Style
If there is one thing I wish I could tell you, it’s that my #WalkWithD is different every day. Or hour. Or minute. That’s why this initiative is so important. And if you want to learn more, go here....
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JDRF Snippets
YLC Walks! 2014 team At the beginning of September I finally signed up our YLC team for the Boston JDRF One Walk. I got my typical donations, but I felt like I was stuck in a fundraising rut. I noticed...
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