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Categories: Type 1 Insulin & Pumps Food Highs & Lows In the News Real Life
Tags: Amazing Race
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Four continents, 30 cities and 32,000 miles. Adventure seeker Nat Strand and her teammate Kat Chang made history as the first all-female team to win CBS's The Amazing Race. Her accomplishment, however, doesn't stop there. Strand, a 32-year-old doctor from Scottsdale, Arizona, had an additional "road block" to contend with during her race around the world - she has type 1 diabetes.
Congratulations! The first all-female team and the first person with type 1 diabetes to win the Amazing Race. My 8-year-old son Charlie, who has diabetes, thinks you're pretty cool. Or was it cool and pretty. Something like that.
Thank you so much! Having type 1 diabetes, I was just happy to finish the race. Winning it and being the first female team to win it was the icing on the cake.
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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 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 Type 2 Highs & Lows Complications Real Life
Tags: fainting misconceptions about diabetes
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This weekend, my wife and I attended a wedding for one of her cousins.
I am not sure what it is but I dread attending weddings. It is like going to the dentist or having to file my taxes. I know I have to go but I really REALLY don't want to.
Unlike the other two examples, I usually leave a wedding having had a good time. This wedding was no exception.
I am not really into all the flowery stuff and decorations but I must say, it was one of the nicest weddings I have ever been to as far as their decor. I know guys, it is not the manly thing to point out but that is what was amazing! It really was nice.
The bride's bouquet was made up of what looked like 5 dozen roses which looked really cool and the centerpieces at the tables we really classy looking. It made me feel bad for not being as "into" all this stuff when we got married but oh well. Maybe that stuff comes with age. (READ MORE)
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Tags: diabetes information Halle Berry misconceptions about diabetes
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I'm putting on several layers of body armor for this post. I suspect some of you will be more than angry at me for saying this: Maybe we should give Halle Berry a break.
::Michelle ducks::
Here's my reason. She's clearly misinformed about either her disease or diabetes in general or both. Instead of attacking her, let's take this opportunity to bring to light the common misconceptions about diabetes, let's offer education to those who don't know or have been afraid to ask, and let's also encourage people who have diabetes to be as informed as possible about the disease and the best treatment options. (READ MORE)
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Categories: Type 1 Type 2 Real Life
Tags: fund raising misconceptions about diabetes stereotypes
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On Saturday November 3rd I will be participating in the American Diabetes Association's "Step Out to Fight Diabetes" walk. I posted about this a few weeks ago but now I am looking for some help.
I had an idea the other day to have one sentence statements on each of the t-shirts we wear as we walk. Right now, I have about 8 people that are planning on walking for "Team Beat the Bete." I would love to get some ideas from you about what we should have on our t-shirts. (READ MORE)
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Categories: Type 1 Relationships Real Life
Tags: diabetes at work disclosure to tell or not to tell
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Recently, a woman at work discovered I have diabetes. I don't hide the fact that I have it at work, but it's not readily apparent. In the interest of safety, I've told several key people outright - and the folks in the near vicinity of my work space know because I don't hide my testing, pumping, or other efforts toward good control. If someone asks, I am usually happy to answer questions, clear up misconceptions, or alleviate concerns.
L, who works on the other side of our fairly large office, and who I don't see that often, came to my desk the other day and rather unceremoniously started into a monologue about my diabetes, It went something like, "Oh, Nicole" Look of concern, "A just told me about your diabetes. You have the bad kind, don't you? You have to take shots and things. Oh it must be so hard with having it the way you do. You have to stay away from sweets and I bet the shots hurt a lot."
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Categories: Type 1 Type 2 Oral Meds Food Complications Real Life
Tags: cures diabetes awareness month diabetes diet diabetes myths misconceptions about diabetes type 1 type2
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Last week, Kelly at Diabetesaliciousness blogged and tweeted about diabetes misconceptions she'd like the folk at Mythbusters to debunk. This past Tuesday, the theme for the sixth annual D-Blog Day was "Six things you'd like people to know about diabetes". Around the blogosphere we saw everything from "Don't tell me I can/can't eat that" to "don't pity me" and, most of all, "Don't assume that my diabetes is the same as your [cat's, aunt's, grandmother's, BFF's ex-lover's second-cousin's mother-in-law's] diabetes". (READ MORE)
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Categories: Type 1 Type 2 Emotions Real Life
Tags: changing the word diabetes diabetes police misconceptions about diabetes stereotypes
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A recent tweet from my friend A. introduced me to a comic-strip blog that shows life as it really is for telephone-based customer service professionals. Having worked in phone-based support myself, I know his work rings as true to call-center life as Dilbert does to life in a high-tech company.
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Categories: Type 1 Type 2 Insulin & Pumps Highs & Lows Relationships Complications Emotions Real Life
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Today, I am participating in Blue Fridays by wearing a blue sweater in support of diabetes awareness. I've never really understood this trend where we wear blue on certain days to advocate for this disease. Who is going to ask me why I'm wearing blue today? Who is going to notice that every Friday in November, I am wearing blue? I can guarantee that answer is no one.
Yet we all do it. We advocate in these tiny, unified ways that show we are working for a cure. We sign up for the Walks, fundraise in a multitude of ways, write letters to Congress, post on Facebook, blog about it, and sometimes never stop talking about it. And what are we really accomplishing?
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