Who knows about the A1C Champions, a nationwide diabetes mentoring program sponsored by Sanofi-Aventis?
All I knew until recently was that a group of volunteers from around the country — including the great Riva Greenberg — were being trained to give pep talks to groups of other patients. That’s basically the program in a nutshell, but it’s so much cooler than it sounds!
This program brings passionate advocates (currently about 75 people) from all walks…
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We are halfway through D-Blog Week, and today’s theme is “10 Things I Hate About Diabetes.” Pretty self-explanatory!
When I heard about this theme, I immediately flashed back to the classic teen comedy of a similar name, starring Julia Stiles and the late Heath Ledger. Who remembers that emotional climactic scene in which Julia reads her “hate poem” to Heath (which gives the movie its name)?
Of course, I just had to do some digging…
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Phil Southerland has guts.
Diagnosed with type 1 diabetes at age seven months, this competitive cyclist has never let anything stand in the way of his dreams and goals: not the competition, not a troubled childhood, not a leg injury, and certainly not a broken pancreas. He’s living out his life with perseverance and panache.
Phil Southerland is best known as the CEO of Team Type 1, the world’s first diabetic cycling team which rode…
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