Today is the 8th annual Diabetes Blog Day, a online community activism initiative started by fellow type 1 and D-Blogger Gina Capone back in 2005 (when the online community was so very much smaller!).
Aside from the actual theme this year, November 2012 marks a very special and happy D-Blog Day for its founder and our entire community because Gina gave birth to a beautiful baby boy this past Monday! Congratulations, Gina! We are unspeakably…
When 1,500 people come together to talk diabetes and brainstorm on how to improve the patient experience, you can generally expect great things! Especially when it comes to the national conference series Taking Control of Your Diabetes (TCOYD), a group that always seems to “get it right” when addressing patient needs. We reported recently that the traditionally type 2-focused org is now adding a new track for adults with type 1 (!)
This is very exciting, because even…
Everyone has a story. And many in the Diabetes Online Community (DOC) already know that our friend and fellow PWD (person with diabetes) Kim Vlasnik has a great one worth sharing. That’s even more the case recently as Kim’s name is popping up near and far due to her video work. She indeed belongs in the Hall of Fame that is our regular Amazing Diabetes Advocates series.
To find out more about Kim, our talented…
This is the sixth in our series of interviews with the 10 winners of the 2012 DiabetesMine Patient Voices Contest, who were announced back in June.
Julie Cabinaw, who lives in Boise, Idaho, is a type 2 who’s no stranger to innovation and web-based technology. She’s worked in software and web tech, product strategy and user experience for 18 years for companies like Microsoft, Healthwise, HP and Scentsy! On top of being a proud wife and mom…
Welcome to the fifth in our series of interviews with the 10 winners of our DiabetesMine Patient Voices Contest, who were unvieled in June. Today, we’re chatting with Sara Krugman, a 25-year-old Massachusetts woman diagnosed with type 1 as a young child. She’s a graphic designer with a unique perspective on what it means to be a “patient” and an “advocate.”
In her hand-animated contest video, Sara talks about the people, institutions and numbers she…