When her daughter Tallia (Tally, for short) was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes in September of 2007, Donna Annese was one of those moms who wasn’t taking it sitting down.
Within a year of diagnosis, Donna helped her daughter get started pumping, and then in November 2008, the family began creating unique cases for pumps and other D-supplies under the label Tallygear (named after her Tally, of course!). Their main product is something called the Tummietote, a…
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I met Julie DeFruscio years ago — her daughter, Nikki, and I were actually JDRF Children’s Congress delegates the same year — and I’m excited to feature her as our latest diabetes entrepreneur! Our Small But Mighty series showcases small “homegrown” companies focused on making living with diabetes a little easier. Julie lives in Upstate New York with her husband and three kids (Adam, Patrick and Nikki), who all three have type 1 diabetes.
Julie…
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In four extraordinarily short months, I will be getting married to my best friend. That means there is a heck of a lot of planning going on these days. Which flowers should we get? Should the second entree be fish or vegetarian? And what on earth are we supposed to do about favors? And lest we forget… diabetes.
Diabetes, unfortunately, never takes a vacation. Not even for six hours so I can get married and…
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