We’re now at the end of the fifth month of 2013, which is simply amazing — how quickly this year is going by! With the summer months soon bringing a bunch of diabetes conference activity, we feel especially motivated to highlight all the great posts from this past month.
So, in no particular order, here are some of our recent faves from the Diabetes Online Community (DOC):
Our D-Community came together online once again for…
In West Virginia, a 16-year-old with type 1 recruited hundreds of walkers and raised a record amount of money for his local JDRF chapter because he wanted to give back to a worthy cause.
In New York, another teenager helped raise a record amount of money for his local JDRF walk.
We tend to think of teens as “hanging out” and wasting a lot of time, but these two kids exemplify how younger generations of…
Hey there, D-Peeps!
February may be a shorter month, but that doesn’t mean our Diabetes Online Community is short of amazing content. With love in the air as usual this Valentine’s month, we wanted to follow that theme by showing our love for fellow D-Bloggers who’ve bared their hearts and souls once again in a month of outstanding posts!
Here are 13 “must-reads” that caught our eye this month:
Our D-Community came together again…
Living with diabetes is a challenge for anyone, but imagine caring for a family in which six of eight children are living with type 1! Yes, that’s right: A family in Utah has six of eight brothers and sisters living with diabetes, and that could very well be a record (!), though not one that any family desires.
Amazing D-mom Kirsten Schull has been advocating on behalf of her six children with diabetes (CWDs) since…
Today marks the end of another year, amazingly. Please read our 2012 Year in Review to get the ‘Mine’s perspective on the year now nearly behind us. Tomorrow, we step into a brand new year!
Before that happens, though, we are taking a look back at some of the great posts in the Diabetes Online Community this past month. As usual, there are so many… and we’ve done our best to highlight a handful that…