With the 2013 Kentucky Derby taking place on May 4, just look what happens when you have both diabetes and horse racing on the mind:
Did you know… ?
The Derby is the oldest continually held sporting event in the U.S., started in 1875 — just a year before Col. Eli Lilly founded his pharmaceutical company in Indianapolis that would eventually go on to make insulin! And also, featured…
When I was growing up, I believed there were many things I couldn’t do because of my type 1 diabetes.
Be a professional athlete. Fly planes. Go to the moon. Join the military. Even grow up to be a “real” news reporter out on the streets covering current events. Honestly, I never thought I’d get even get married.
All because of my diabetes.
Keep in mind, this was the 1980s and early 90s. And this…
They say that April showers bring May flowers…
Of course, this month has once again also brought us some great blog posts from the Diabetes Online Community (DOC)! Here are some of our faves, in no particular order:
Those of us in the D-Community know well the stresses of living with chronic illness… and so we saw our own stories in many of the posts included in this month’s Patients For A Moment blog…
April is National Foot Health Awareness Month — yep, the feet have a month, too! — so we’re returning to our 411 on Complications series with a foot-featured post for y’all. But not a typical “neuropathy is bad” post with toe-curling scary scientific talk. No, we’ve done something along those lines about diabetic neuropathy before.
This time, we wanted to explore the emotional side of living with diabetic foot problems, and why so few PWDs…
Now this would be a great way to motivate PWDs (people with diabetes) to check their blood sugars more often.
There’s a page right out of Willy Wonka’s playbook, what? Boy, if only we got rewarded like that for checking our numbers… Thanks to the multi-talented Terry Keelan for continuing his If Diabetics Ran the World series.
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