Me and The DOC
Today is the 6th Annual D Blog Day, which was created by my friend Gina. This year participants were challenged to create a page for a scrapbook that Gina is compiling. For those unable to create a page, like myself, there was also a writing prompt. The prompt is: “Why you feel the Diabetes Online Community is so important? especially to you personally? Give examples of other diabetes involvement may you have, on or offline, how it helped you etc… How do you think “we” as an online community can band together to reach broader audiences to help even more people living with or affected by diabetes.” Since this is also day 9 of the National Health Blog Post Month…
Six Things About Diabetes
Today, November 9, 2010, is the D-Blog Day. Many thanks to Gina Capone for keeping this event going for the last 5 years. This year’s topic is: 6 things you want people to know about diabetes. I’ve thought long and hard about all of the things that I would like people to know about diabetes, and, to be honest, I’ve struggled to narrow the list down to six. Nevertheless, here are the top 6 things I want you to know about diabetes. 1) Diabetes is NOT a “one size fits all” disease. There are different types and different treatment options for each of them, and no two people have the exact same diagnosis story. 2) Type 1 Diabetes is not…