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Categories: Type 1 Children Real Life
Tags: fundraising JDRF annual meeting
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I knew I was getting close to the banquet room for the JDRF annual meeting when I spotted a used ACCU-CHEK test strip on the carpet like a breadcrumb in the forest.
I was reluctant to go; reluctant to make the commitment. As it is, there are not enough hours in the day.
Walking through the doors was sort of surreal. It was like a plumbers' convention. Only they weren't plumbers. I snaked my way around the room looking for a place to sit, taking in the throng of diabetes chatter as the people talked shop.
Snippets of conversations zipped into my ears and blended into others.
"So I says, honey, you got to get a freakin' pump!" coming from one table.
"You get ketones?" from another table.
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Categories: Type 1 Insulin & Pumps Children Highs & Lows Real Life
Tags: facebook
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Is there really any point in telling old classmates and acquaintances who friend me on Facebook about Charlie's diabetes? "Friends" that I haven't spoken to in over 15 years and won't again for another 20?
Holy crap! Stacey Winter! Been a long time. Five kids! Wow, congrats! So cute! My son has diabetes. How are you?
No, that's no good.
John Haust! No way! How crazy is Facebook? I see you still have a mullet. Nice! Did you hear about Stacey Winter? Seven kids! Insane! My 7-year-old son's pancreas is broken so we need to prick him with needles all day and count his Cheerios. How are you?
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