As you may remember, I’ve been training for my first-ever Tour de Cure that takes place on June 8.
Along with an expected turnout of several thousand others, I’ll be starting out on the Indianapolis Motor Speedway and will journey around a 31-mile area on the western edge of Indianapolis before ending up at the 2.5-mile track where the Indy 500 just took place.
I’ve registered for the 50k (the shortest possible option), and my…
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MikeH on
April 30, 2013
You might say I’m excited about exercise these days.
That could very possibly be an understatement.
Not in many years have I had an exercise routine like I am currently embracing, one that I’m actually keeping up with for the most part. Perhaps it’s a symptom of the seasonal stars realigning for Spring, or maybe a guilty response to the realization that I’m so totally out of shape — and how the mirror keeps reminding…
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MikeH on
March 15, 2013
This month’s Diabetes Social Media Advocacy (DSMA) Blog Carnival asks our community to stretch our imaginations, in order to address one of their funnest queries yet:
Disney just gave you funding to create a character with diabetes. What type of character would you create? What would your character’s message be?
Let me start by saying that my wife and I are huge Disney fans. OK, that me rephrase that: Suzi’s love for all-things Disney has…
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AmyT on
January 15, 2013
Welcome to the PATIENTS FOR A MOMENT (PFAM) patient-centered blog carnival, founded in part by Leslie of Getting Closer to Myself. We are delighted to be hosting this month, with the New Year’s-inspired theme of Renewals.
We put out a call for patient bloggers to share anything fresh they’re planning for 2013, be it changing doctors, updating meds, new exercise routine, or just committing yourself to being more active in patient communities.
Personally here at…
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AmyT on
December 28, 2012
Earlier this month, we hosted a Diabetes Moment Holiday Sweepstakes in which we asked the D-Community to send us some notes on what they learned or experienced in 2012.
We raffled off prizes to nine winners, announced this past Monday. But what we haven’t done yet is share our own personal D-learning moments from 2012, so that’s what we plan to do now, in the spirit of this month’s Diabetes Social Media Advocacy (DSMA) Blog…
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