Category Archives: Announcements

2019 WEGO Health Award Nominations

Posted on July 1, 2019 by mydiabeticheart

I am honored to announce that I have been nominated in three award categories for the 2019 WEGO Health Awards. Those categories are Best in Show: Blog, Healthcare Collaborator: Patient, and Patient Leader Hero. The WEGO Health Awards were created … Continue reading →

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WEGO Health Awards Finalist

Posted on September 6, 2018 by mydiabeticheart

I’m incredibly honored to announce that I’ve been selected as one of five Finalists in the Best Kept Secret category of the 2018 WEGO Health Awards.  This year, over 4,000 nominations were submitted across the 16 categories.  To be among … Continue reading →

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2018 WEGO Health Awards Nominations

Posted on July 11, 2018 by mydiabeticheart

I am honored to announce that I have been nominated in three award categories for the 2018 WEGO Health Awards. Those categories are Best in Show: Blog, Best Kept Secret, and Patient Leader Hero. The WEGO Health Awards were created … Continue reading →

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Attending HealtheVoices18 next week

Posted on April 21, 2018 by mydiabeticheart

I’m both excited and honored to have been selected to attend the HealtheVoices conference in Chicago April 27-29.  That’s next week! The event brings together patient advocates representing a wide range of health conditions for three days of learning, networking, … Continue reading →

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A Makeover for My Diabetic Heart

Posted on April 19, 2018 by mydiabeticheart

So, if you’ve been to this site before, you’re probably noticing some changes right now. My Diabetic Heart is undergoing a much needed makeover. The blog has been around since early 2009, and the last major overhaul took place in … Continue reading →

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Happy New Year

Posted on January 1, 2016 by mydiabeticheart

Wishing a Happy and Healthy 2016 for everyone in the Diabetes Online Community.  Cheers!

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Durbin Family Fire Relief Fund – Update

Posted on December 12, 2014 by mydiabeticheart

It’s been 10 days now since the fire at mom’s house, and nine days since I launched this campaign to help her. We have been incredibly overwhelmed by the response so far and I can’t begin to thank everyone enough … Continue reading →

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Durbin Family Fire Relief Fund

Posted on December 3, 2014 by mydiabeticheart

In the late hours of Monday, December 1st, I received a heartbreaking call from my mother telling me that she had just lost her home to an electrical fire. It started on the first floor and spread up a wall … Continue reading →

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Not Quite Wordless Wednesday: Blue Fridays

Posted on October 22, 2014 by mydiabeticheart

On Monday night, the Diabetes Community Advocacy Foundation launched an online store with a line of t-shirts for the Blue Fridays initiative. I ordered mine that night and got it this afternoon. To order a shirt of your own, visit … Continue reading →

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A Belated 5th Blogiversary

Posted on June 4, 2014 by mydiabeticheart

So, it’s seems that in the hustle and bustle of the last month, I managed to overlook the fact that my blog turned 5 years old.  And I think it’s worthwhile to stop and briefly note the occasion, even if … Continue reading →

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