Category Archives: Shout outs

30 Things about my Invisible Illness

This week is Invisible Illness Week. As someone who has been living with Type 2 Diabetes and Congestive Heart Failure for nearly 4 years, I’d say I know a thing or two about living with such illnesses. I posted this … Continue reading

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Got Type 2? Take the survey.

Amy T. over at the Diabetes Mine is working on an article for the ADA journal Diabetes Spectrum on patients with type 2 diabetes and their glucose monitoring experience, and as part of the process, she’s looking for input from … Continue reading

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Wordless Wednesday: AADE Highlights

Photos from AADE 12 in Indianapolis. Four amazing diabetes advocates: (L to R) Hope Warshaw, Manny Hernandez, Amy Tenderich, and David Edelman. It was an honor being featured in their presentation. Great meeting Nicole Johnson, Miss America 1999, at AADE … Continue reading

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Everyday Health Feature

In the middle of June, I was interviewed by Everyday Health for an article that was being written on folks in their late teens and early twenties being diagnosed with type 2 diabetes. This morning, I was notified via Google … Continue reading

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Simon says: Let’s meet in Indy!

So, Simon said he was going to be in the U.S. for a month and wanted to see as many people and places as possible while here.  And then Simon said he would be traveling to Indianapolis for a couple … Continue reading

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Worth a Read

Today is the first day of Diabetes Blog Week and the first prompt is all about sharing blogs that we think others may not know about and introducing them to the community. The majority of the blogs that I read … Continue reading

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Dude, Can I Borrow Your Pin?

This morning I woke to the little chirping sound my droid makes every time an email is received.  Normally, I turn that off before going to bed, but didn’t get that done before I passed out last night.  I reached … Continue reading

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Diabetes Blog Week is Coming

The 3rd annual Diabetes Blog Week is quickly approaching and I’ve signed up to participate once again.  For more information and to sign up, click the link below and head over to Karen’s Bitter-Sweet Diabetes blog. Many thanks to Karen … Continue reading

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Chicago Diabetes Expo 2012

Today is day 20 of the Health Activist Writer’s Month Challenge and I’m going off prompt to talk about the Chicago Diabetes EXPO. The American Diabetes Association hosted their annual Chicago Diabetes EXPO last Saturday and, for the second year … Continue reading

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Five Dinner Guests

Post for day 19 of the Health Activist Writer’s Month Challenge and the prompt is: 5 Dinner Guests. So, this challenge asks us to name 5 people we’d love to have dinner with (living or deceased) and why?  Here’s my … Continue reading

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