One could argue that despite all the big talk about combating the diabetes epidemic, lots of prominent organizations seem to be getting very little done. The field of diabetes education is facing a crisis, with so little professional support and funding to cope with the torrent of new patients coming their way.
For these reasons, I found it very encouraging to discover the Council for the Advancement of Diabetes Research and Education (CADRE), a non-profit…
May is big birthday action month at our house. Our two older girls turned 9 and 11 (OMG, I’m getting old!), so over the weekend we thought it might be a nice idea to invite 12 giggling, shrieking schoolgirls over for a backyard campout in tents with snickerdoodle birthday cake and roasting s’mores and glow bracelets and teeny-bopper films on DVD. What joy! It was just too calm around here apparently (NOT).
On top of…
Sometimes delightful, inspiring things come from the most unlikely of sources.
Bob Hawkinson co-owns two landscaping and mulching companies with his brother in Jacksonville, FL. He’s had Type 1 diabetes since the age of one, and is now 44 years old. He and his wife Melissa have four children, including one set of twins (ages 17, 15, and 8 – the twins) and also a one-year-old foster daughter. Bob’s a busy guy. He also seems…
Welcome back at last to the Diabetic Partner Follies, a series of guest posts from the Loved Ones and partners of us PWDs (People with Diabetes). Wow, hearing about this disease from the other side is not pretty. Not pretty at all. Please read this latest heartfelt contribution from a partner who is, well, … just depressed about her family’s state of affairs.
Hi Amy,
I just found your website and cannot believe that…
People, this is a friendly reminder that there are now just three weeks left until we close the DiabetesMine Design Challenge competition for entries (deadline: Monday, June 16, 2008 at midnight).
The idea behind this contest is to foster innovation in diabetes design and encourage creative new tools that will improve life with diabetes.
Last week, I shared my new life’s mantra with you: be bold.
I have been bold in putting this competition together,…