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Posted by dlife on Sat, Oct 8, 2005, 01:17 PM | Digg This! | Send to Newsvine | Add to del.icio.us

dLife needs your help. Do you have a powerful, inspiring experience you want share about your diabetes life? We're looking for real stories from real people to add to the dLife Wall!

Specific topics we'd like to hear about for upcoming shows include:

Interactions with your significant other when dealing with your diabetes. Are they unsupportive and unwilling to help? Or, are they too involved and constantly harassing you to manage your diabetes?

Your relationship and/or experience with insulin. Do you have a love/hate relationship with your insulin? When are your positive and negative experiences with insulin?

Managing your diabetes while in the midst of Hurricane Katrina, Hurricane Rita, or another national disaster. How were you able to manage your diabetes? Do you know of a hero who helped someone obtain the supplies they needed?

The turning point in your life when you became empowered and took control of your diabetes. At what point did you realize that you needed to take control of your diabetes?

The dangerous experience that occurred because you did not reveal your diabetes to others. Was there an emergency that could have been prevented had you disclosed your health history?

Controlling your diabetes while partying. Do you live like a rock star while managing your diabetes? Do you set limits for yourself before going out for a night on the town? Have you had a negative experience due to drinking and/or drugs?

If you have a story relating to one of these topics or other personal insights about your diabetes diagnosis and how you manage your diabetes lifestyle, your story could appear on a future episode of dLifeTV! To submit, visit the dLife Wall and submit your story today.* If your story is chosen for dLifeTV please be aware that our producers will contact you to obtain further information as well as photos and footage.

*NOTE: In order to use your story, your email address in your dLife member profile must be up to date.

Comments

At 07:48 PM on Mon, Oct 17, 2005 Linda Anthony wrote:

I'd love to share my story on TV...My name is Linda Anthony and I've been diabetic approximately 5 years. When I was first diagnosed as "borderline"...it meant nothing. Now I realize being borderline diabetic is like being a little pregnant! Either you are, or you aren't!

Both my mom & dad were diabetics along with both sets of grandparents! I should've realized I was doomed to be a diabetic, but I ignored all my symptoms. My mom passed away at the young age of 69 blind & kidney problems from her diabetes! She never watched her diet & her normal blood sugars were 500+ normally.

At the moment I was diagnosed with a blood sugar of 236, it was as if I'd become my mother.I was shocked! I could see that if I didn't change my lifestyle & change it NOW, my fate was going to be the same as my mothers--dying young, blind & never enjoying my family. Thanks to my nutritionists at the Look Ahead Study at UPMC, they encouraged me to keep a food journal. They gave me two weeks to get my blood sugars down 100+ points or I was going on meds. I made up my mind then & there that I didn't want to take meds. Now 7 journals & 120 pounds later, I control my diabetes with diet & exercise. I continue to keep a food journal & walk daily for exercise...it's as if I've not just gotten my health back, but I've got my life back...I feel like at age 50 I'm starting fresh and feel terrific!

I can do things now that I wouldn't have thought of doing just 5 years ago...my husband & son are very proud of me. Not to sound selfish, but I didn't do this for them...I did it for me--so I can be here a long time to enjoy my life & my future with them. My only regret is that my parents aren't alive to share in my success & good health! But I can still feel their pride & encouraging me to continue so I can live my life healthy by continuing to manage my diabetes. I may someday have to take meds for my diabetes, but I live for each day thanking God for the blessings and second chance he's given me to live my life to the fullest. Thank you for the opportunity to tell my story--I truly believe that if I can learn to change my lifestyle to control my diabetes--anyone can...

Continued success to DLife-TV...I love the show & everything I'm learning from it & it's co-hosts...

Sincerely,
Linda Anthony
206 N. 4th St.
West Newton, PA 15089
Phone: 724/872-4517
E-Mail: patiowilly@dp.net
At 09:14 PM on Sun, Oct 16, 2005 Elaine wrote:

I love the show. There's so much info.
packed into 30 minutes. Keep up the good work !
At 02:51 PM on Sun, Oct 16, 2005 Angela Little wrote:

I would like to be on D life T.V. I have hade type 1 Diabetes since april 29 1993 and I was 19 at the time when I was Diagnosed. I'm now 31 I have realized the importance of letting the people around me know that I have Diabetes and that I'm on the Insulin Pump. I have had a few lows at work and because I have let my coworkers know and also my supervisor know they know what to do if I have a low and also that I have juice, a glucagon kit, and an extra meter. I think it is important to let others know because I think had I not have told them who knows what could have happened. I also have to thank my parents for all the times they have been there for me when I have gone low and they have been there and come in and woke me up at the right time. I have also realized the importance of taking care of myself and exercising so that it helps keep my blood sugars under control and also the insulin requirements go down. I know it isn't always easy. It can be an emotional rollercoaster
At 07:02 PM on Tue, Oct 11, 2005 Bill Fullilove wrote:

Sure I'd like to be on TV. I've been a type 1 diabetic for 38 years. Just switched to an insulin pump this past February. Have beed blessed or lucky. Very few complications. Viterctomy in 98 and a few laser surgeries. I love how they call those painless!