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Categories: Type 1 Children In the News
Tags: Disney Hannah Montana media
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I heard about the new Hannah Montana episode from Kerri's Six Until Me blog last week. I knew that Disney had a personal interest in diabetes because of the Jonas brother who has type 1. Honestly, I really wasn't surprised to learn that an episode dealing with a diabetes diagnosis was scheduled.
However, I was surprised after I watched the unaired episode to see how poorly diabetes was portrayed by Disney. I gave them some credit for even approaching the subject and trying to make it as simple as possible for the half hour show. But I couldn't excuse them for their blatant disregard of everything diabetics have worked for since the introduction of carb counting.
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Categories: Type 1 Children In the News Real Life
Tags: diabetes myths Hannah Montana
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Like many in the diabetes community, my wife and I were pretty disturbed when we heard the premise of Hannah Montana's "No Sugar, Sugar" episode that was scheduled to air last night.
The episode tackles the issue of juvenile diabetes, but not as we know it to be. A major, recurring character on the show gets diabetes. Oliver, one of Miley's best friends, is ashamed at first and tries to hide his disease from his friends.
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Categories: Type 1 Insulin & Pumps Emotions Real Life
Tags: reactions to roller coasters Vacationing work
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My job interview went well. I think very well. I am getting more and more excited about having the opportunity to work with this organization. I am still holding out on the name of the company for certain reasons. In due time though, I will be able to share with everyone. In the mean time, it's time for a little VACATION!!! My girlfriend and I are heading down to Florida for a few days and WE CAN'T WAIT! We will be soaking up some major sun rays, relaxing on the beach, and maybe even flying through the air on some bad-AS* roller coasters!
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Categories: Type 1 Children Food Highs & Lows In the News Real Life
Tags: diabetes on TV Hannah Montana misconceptions about diabetes
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Do you remember the diabetes-themed Hannah Montana episode last year that was leaked onto the Internet and swiftly pulled before it was aired on the Disney Channel?
Well, it’s back.
You might recall the disappointment many in the diabetes community expressed after seeing diabetes depicted inaccurately - aiding the very misconceptions we work so hard to dispel. Terms like "sugar boy," written as a weak attempt to deploy canned laughter and delivered by young actors unaware of the potential damage it could cause, did not go over well with most of us.
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Categories: Type 1 Children Food Highs & Lows Real Life
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Seeing the girl with diabetes at the Make-A-Wish picnic made we think. How does one measure who is worthy of a wish? Kids are afflicted with all sorts of conditions, obviously some more serious than others.
Granting wishes - what an incredible idea and an amazing organization. I was talking to a father of girl who had tumors in her head.
“They’re non-cancerous,” he said.
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Categories: Type 1 Insulin & Pumps Children Food Highs & Lows In the News Real Life
Tags: Hannah Montana diabetes episode
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When Oliver fell down the school stairwell, I’ll admit I was skeptical. It was the same footage from the original Hannah Montana episode, and I don’t think I liked it the first time either. I didn’t like that the first depiction of diabetes was that of a kid falling down the stairs.
But Susanne, being the voice of reason, was quick to mention that it could happen; if he was very low.
Charlie had another take on it.
"He’s high," I think, Charlie said.
"I’m silly when I’m low, but if I’m really high, my eyes feel funny and I get a little dizzy."
Hats off to Disney.
Sugar Boy? Gone.
Oliver’s zombie-like lust for sweets that he couldn’t touch? Completely rewritten.
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Categories: Type 1 Children Highs & Lows
Tags: high blood sugar from adrenaline
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Charlie got happy on Saturday. Happy to the tune of 520 mg/dl.
For several reasons, if we have something fun planned for the kids, we don't divulge the news until the very last moment. This is because A. – it's really annoying to hear "is it time to go yet?" over and over again for weeks because they can't comprehend the concept of time or understand the complexities of calendars, B. – we don't want them to be disappointed if for some reason we can't go, and 3. – it's really annoying to hear "is it time to go yet" over and over again for weeks.
When we went to Disney, we kept that secret for months. They found out we were going to Disney about three hours before our flight to Orlando was to depart.
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Categories: Type 1 Type 2 Relationships Real Life
Tags: empathy sympatico
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I'll tell you another secret. I kinda LIKE the Jonas Brothers. Laugh all you want since I am quite a couple decades away from their usual tween-aged fan base. Disney signed them though, and from Annette Funnicello until Miley Cyrus and beyond, Disney has a proven eye for musical talent. (Maybe not class, but definitely talent).
Nick is, at 15, the youngest brother of the singing group (they do have another even younger brother named Frankie - think Andy Gibb snubbed from the BeeGees for his youth). As everyone with any connection to diabetes knows, Nick has had type 1 for almost 3 years.
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Categories: Type 1 Children Real Life
Tags: community Diabetes diabetes care diabetes supplies fantasy fiction school type 1
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Several of the posts coming back from the Children With Diabetes annual Friends for Life conference (FFL) have likened this gathering of beta-less buddies to a traveling circus, a family reunion, and the sitcom Cheers, in whose eponymous bar "everybody knows your name" -- except that in the case of FFL, "everybody knows what it's like to live with type 1 diabetes". The effect, even without the Disneyification (FFL is always held at Disney World), is a Magic Kingdom of Diabetes. It makes sense: the event promoters are (and need to be) familiar with the condition, and the property managers need to be aware of -- and capable of handling -- a large, temporary influx of people who all have the same, or similar, "special needs". (READ MORE)
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Categories: Type 1 Insulin & Pumps Children Food Highs & Lows Real Life
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It took a good part of the baseball season, but the kids on Charlie's baseball team finally discovered that their hard-hitting catcher has diabetes. For the most part, we are fairly discreet about it. Charlie will run over to me if he feels low. The kids in the dugout are generally too busy using each other's heads for batting practice to notice anything out of the ordinary.
This time, Charlie was high heading into the game and I wanted to get his blood sugar before he came up in the batting order. Outside the chain fence dugout, I asked Charlie to stick his finger through. Soon a flock of Little Leaguers converged on the scene and watched with mouths open as if witnessing the birth of baby unicorns.
"What are you doing to him?" one perplexed kid asked.
"Well, Danny, Charlie really should have made that catch, so .... ya know ... punishment."
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