We are winding down the summer months and making way for Fall. There’ve been so many great posts this past month… here’s our monthly snapshot of some we found particularly noteworthy (in no particular order):
We got a kick out of this post by Alexis Pollak over at I Run on Insulin, who tried to do a little advocacy when checking out at the local pharmacy! Totally laugh and sigh-worthy!
Meanwhile, D-Mom Hallie Addington…
It’s always a treat when we come across a PWD (person with diabetes) working in diabetes education. There’s just something about knowing that they really get it. Jane Dickinson is one such diabetes educator. Jane was the moderator for Amy’s session on social media at the recent AADE conference, and we’ve gotten to know her through her blog and Twitter.
A type 1 PWD for 37 years, Jane has been around the block with diabetes. She…
David Weingard, a 48-year-old type 1 PWD from New York, is known in the D-community as the founder and CEO of Fit4D, a popular organization that brings together PWDs with CDEs, nutritionists and fitness coaches to help patients live healthier with diabetes. Fit4D uses virtual coaching, phone calls and videos to bring education to patients where they need it, so David knows a thing or two about diabetes and technology! David is also an avid…
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I never thought I needed a life coach or health coach, but while writing last month’s post on diabetes coaches, friend and fellow PWD Ginger Vieira kindly offered me a one-month trial to experience what it’s really like working with one. Intrigued, I decided to take her up on her offer.
For the past four weeks, I’ve been having calls with Ginger once a week and exchanging occasional text messages, to take a look at…
Guess what? There’s a lot happening in the Diabetes Online Community!
No surprise, right?
But we’re proud to offer some tidbits on the details of successes in our community. Bravo, Friends!
→ First, the Diabetes Hands Foundation has opened up a call for grant proposals for this year’s Big Blue Test! Details can be found here. In short, there are five $10,000 grants that will be given out to U.S.-based non-profits based on certain criteria,…