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By: FatCatAnna

I was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes back in 1968 at the ripe ol' age of 7. Since then, the way diabetes is treated has changed for the better. Compared to the days of testing your urine, boiling glass syringes, sharpening the needle on a stone, it feels like the Stone Ages when I see how things have progressed.

Hopefully one day we will find a cure for diabetes, but until then, we plod along with the new technology (for example, since Nov 2008 I have been using an insulin pump to attain better A1C's and quality of life).

I presently volunteer at various websites helping others with their questions about diabetes, and even learning new things myself all the time! I also have taken on the role of Vice President at the West Island Diabetes Association (WIDA) with the hopes of bringing that organisation into the 21st century and attracting more diabetics to come out to meet their fellow PWD's (people with diabetes) and share their secrets of living successfully with our hiccup in life!

The most important thing for PWD's I feel is to educate ourselves on our condition, and not to let it bring us down. With the help of Diabetes1.org I hope to bring a smile to each and everyone of your faces, and for you to question the things that we do to keep on trudging along.

 


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Diabetes 365 Project 2010
Posted: Jan 11, 2010 13:20:07 0 Comments.
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  • Diabetes 365

    Well, I decided to join yet another diabetic project online.  I enjoy a challenging mission,  though this isn't really what I would call a challenge as it's more abit of fun with everyone putting in pictures of their life with diabetes.  It is making me think about how my diabetes effect me over a period of 365 all in the form of pictures taken each day.

    Now, this project was started back in 2008 on Flickr.  Now if memory serves me right, back in 2008, I wasn't even aware that diabetic discussions existed on the Internet. Duh!!!  That's how sheltered a life I lead prior to that - 40 years of being a "Lone Dranger" .  Then when I started educating myself on how to take care of my diabetes better with the use of an insulin pump, my world changed at that point.

    This current project seems to be run by Bernard Ferrall, but please correct me if I'm wrong there.  I'm still learning the proper way to tag the photos I'm loading up, and of course, reading the instructions correctly.  There is a theme for each week, but I've been told, it's okay if I don't go with the flow . 

    If you feel like taking a look at what has been posted from the previous years that Diabetes 365 was held along with current pictures that members have uploaded - just enter  "D365" in the search line area. 

    If your creative juices start to flow (make sure they are low carb or bolus correctly ) and you would like to contribute your photos - then sign on up - and join the group!  Make sure you read the Weekly Focus Calendar in the Discussion area to ensure you are following "zee rules", but everyone is pretty easy going if you don't follow them to the "T" .

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