Since November is National Diabetes Awareness month I have been trying to think of ways to raise awareness about this disease so I, too can do my part.
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Since November is National Diabetes Awareness month I have been trying to think of ways to raise awareness about this disease so I, too can do my part.
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I have to be honest in that I had no clue that there was a Diabetes Alert Day until hearing about it over the weekend. So for 20 years (18 in which I actually had diabetes) the American Diabetes Association has made this a day to alert people about the risk of type 2 diabetes.
Now it all makes sense. It is about type 2 and I am a type 1.
I do recognize that the diabetes epidemic is truly a type 2 issue but all of us are affected and now people that type 2 diabetes affects. This day should matter and be on the minds of everyone. I will say that for many years, just hearing "type 2" instantly made me check out of the conversation. (READ MORE)
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Michelle Kowalski, a writer, editor and photography hobbiest living in Phoenix, was diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes in February 2005. In January 2008, as part of her quest to start on an insulin pump, Michelle learned that she actually has type 1 diabetes.
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Kim is a computer systems administrator for a major food manufacturer
and lives in Colorado with her husband, Steve, and their children. She
currently battles the bulge and tries to develop an exercise habit to
better manage her blood sugars.
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