Guest Post: Therapy By The Book
Today’s guest post is by my dear friend Cheri Pate. It’s no secret that life can be… well…a bitch. Situations at work, at home, with our health, and in daily life in general can overwhelm us at times. Some of these situations are beyond our control and we just have to deal as best we can. But how to release the related emotions built up inside? How can we turn the negative thoughts and energy into something positive? Today, Cheri shares a way that works for her. Thanks again, Cheri! When Mike asked me to guest blog for him, I was flattered & excited. I was also worried. What would I write about? It’s not like I’m burning up my…
Guest Post: Creating Normal
Today’s guest post is from the ever amazing Steve Richert of LivingVertical. Steve is on an incredible 365 day mission to empower people living with Type 1 Diabetes, and raise awareness of this invisible condition through rock climbing every day. I had the pleasure of meeting Steve this summer, as he was a guest speaker at the Roche Social Media Summit in Indianapolis. Today, he shares thoughts on the experience so far. Thanks again, Steve! Almost 300 days ago I began (Project 365) climbing every day consecutively with the goal of raising awareness of Diabetes and empowering people affected by it. I wasn’t a rock climber before I was diagnosed with Type 1 in 1999. I was just a kid…
Guest Post: Feeling the Love of the DOC
Today’s guest post is from my good friend Kerri MacKay. Kerri lives in Canada, and she deals with another chronic health issue with which I’m all too familiar, asthma. While she doesn’t have diabetes, Kerri is a big fan and supporter of the Diabetes Online Community. She recently traveled to the U.S. to attend the Medicine-X conference at Standford, and had the chance to meetup with some of our friends from the DOC. Today, Kerri shares her experience with us. Thanks so much, Kerri! Last weekend, I was blessed with the ability to attend Medicine-X at Stanford University through the gift of an ePatient scholarship. Since I’m here guest posting on My Diabetic Heart, it only makes sense that I…
Guest Post: Camping with D. Got Insulin?
Today’s guest post is by my friend, Leanna Zimmerman. While I’m off hiking the sand dunes in Northwest Indiana with April this weekend, I thought it would be fitting to have Leanna share her recent experience of camping with diabetes. Thanks again, Leanna! First let me start by saying thank you to Mike for asking me to do this post. I haven’t done a lot of blogging yet but I enjoy writing. Also I don’t consider myself a great writer but I do love to connect with people. All my online D friends mean more to me then I can put in words! This post is covering my camping trip that I took this past weekend with my family. While…
Guest Post: Reaching Out
Today’s guest post was written by Alanna Swartz. She blogs over at Life on T1 , and was kind enough to respond to my call for guest posts. Thanks for the post and for telling us a little about yourself, Alanna! I am Alanna Swartz, a 28 year old woman living in Halifax, Nova Scotia (great white north). I am a type one diabetic and have been since 1990. I have been on an insulin pump since 1999. While I am relatively new to the doc and blog world, I have been networking and volunteering and working with the diabetes community since diagnosis. I am currently starting to train to complete a JDRF long distance cycle in Death Valley in…