WOW! Where does the time go? No kidding... it literally just disappeared.
Although I haven't posted an entry in a while, those of you following my Facebook page and Twitter feed know I certainly haven't been sitting around collecting dust! LOL!! I have been diligently working on everything happening as 2013 moves towards a closure, but I am struggling to keep up. Certainly not complaining, at ALL, but boy those calendar days are flipping faster and faster....
Diane and I have been VERY busy working with our friends at Insulet on a monthly video series. The vlog tackles questions "focusing on relationship and family dynamics with diabetes" that are send to us by YOU, the members of the DOC. The videos are published on their Suite D OmniPod blog. Our first one was posted just a short while ago. Check it out here: http://suited.myomnipod.com/tony/ask-tony-diane-diabetes-support-system/.
Look for one video a month to follow for at least the next year. If you would like to ask us a question, just email us at questions@AskDianeandTony.com. We would LOVE to hear from y'all, and answer your questions in a segment!!
November is a very busy time of year for Diabetes Advocacy, with TONS of local, national, and world wide events happening. The most important one to me, is the UN recognized International Diabetes Foundation run World Diabetes Day on November 14th. A day dedicated to worldwide awareness and advocacy of diabetes. There are TONS of ways to get involved, at every possible level. Check out the IDF.org and join their ThunderClap campaign and follow their World Diabetes Day Twitter feed at @WDD.
Turn it Blue!!
Also coming up next week is The Blue Heel Society's 2nd birthday! On the eve of WDD 2011 BHS was launched, and it continues to be huge success. It's an easy way to advocate for Diabates awareness, as everyone speak's shoe. :)
If you get a quick minute head over to http://www.blueheelsociety.org, say hi, and send them a pic of your favorite blue shoes, boots, or sneakers!
Keep Chopping!!
The blood glucose logs, thoughts, and experiences of a type 1 diabetic husband, father, dad of a type 1, speaker, author, & endurance mountain bike competitor.
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November 5, 2013
December 1, 2012
First day of December and here in North Carolina it was over 70 degrees!!
70 degrees!! It is going to get warmer down here over the next couple of days, so I am going to do my best to get some riding in after work. Today was spent playing some football, and getting a little work in on the UNC Chapel Hill track!
Everyone, including myself was wearing shorts and tees.
It won't last forever, as I know winter is surely coming, but man... I love this state!! :)
Hope you enjoyed your day, no matter where you are!!
70 degrees!! It is going to get warmer down here over the next couple of days, so I am going to do my best to get some riding in after work. Today was spent playing some football, and getting a little work in on the UNC Chapel Hill track!
Everyone, including myself was wearing shorts and tees.
It won't last forever, as I know winter is surely coming, but man... I love this state!! :)
Hope you enjoyed your day, no matter where you are!!
November 22, 2012
I have more things to be thankful and grateful for then I can possibly count.
Honestly, I do.
Two wonderful little boys who are growing each day into thoughtful, smart, considerate, kind, articulate young guys.
A love in a relationship the depth and width of which the world had never know and that spans all of time.
Good health, even after 36 years of battling diabetes.
Even the disease itself, which, along the way, has propelled me to see and try things beyond my wildest imagination. I have had experiences first hand that 99.9% of the world will never have the opportunity to feel or witness.
Diabetes has also brought me an amazing new family. Through the Type1Rider, Blue Heel Society, and Diabetes Monster organizations I have had the good fortune to meet tens of 1000s of strong willed people, with a warrior mentality, that pursue an endless quest to fight diabetes and locate a cure.
Just like me.
With that though in mind, I am especially thankful to the mainstays at those organizations, Thomas Moore & Jen Loving, for the immeasurable amount of work you do, the inspiration and motivation you provide me with, and for the countless smiles we have shared along the way.
I am going to put my Choppin' axe down for a short while today, look around at the people I love, enjoy some joyfulness, and give thanks for all.
Happy Thanksgiving everyone.
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Honestly, I do.
Two wonderful little boys who are growing each day into thoughtful, smart, considerate, kind, articulate young guys.
A love in a relationship the depth and width of which the world had never know and that spans all of time.
Good health, even after 36 years of battling diabetes.
Even the disease itself, which, along the way, has propelled me to see and try things beyond my wildest imagination. I have had experiences first hand that 99.9% of the world will never have the opportunity to feel or witness.
Diabetes has also brought me an amazing new family. Through the Type1Rider, Blue Heel Society, and Diabetes Monster organizations I have had the good fortune to meet tens of 1000s of strong willed people, with a warrior mentality, that pursue an endless quest to fight diabetes and locate a cure.
Just like me.
With that though in mind, I am especially thankful to the mainstays at those organizations, Thomas Moore & Jen Loving, for the immeasurable amount of work you do, the inspiration and motivation you provide me with, and for the countless smiles we have shared along the way.
I am going to put my Choppin' axe down for a short while today, look around at the people I love, enjoy some joyfulness, and give thanks for all.
Happy Thanksgiving everyone.
- Posted using BlogPress using my iPad from somewhere in the universe
November 5, 2012
I was doing some tabulations about my history with Type 1 tonight as Facebook posts for Diabetes Month. After posting about my having diabetes for more than 13,100 days I got a few great questions that needed answers. I thought I should put them here....
61500: The number of units of inulin ranging from Beef & Pork R, to Lantus, to Novolog I have injected into my body over those years.
Sometimes too much.
Other times not enough.
Hoping & working towards not needing a 1/2 million more.
10400: Approximate number of times (give or take a 1000 or two) that I have tested my BG using one technology or another.
2555: Number of days I have been on pump therapy. Also, the number of days I have celebrated no longer needing to take shots to deliver insulin.
2: High School track coaches I had that also had Type 1.
1: The number of times a guy told me "I can smell someone who has diabetes. You don't have it".
0: The number of times I felt like these disease would beat me.
Unfortunately, also the exact number of cures for Diabetes.
Still here.
Still choppin'.
;)
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61500: The number of units of inulin ranging from Beef & Pork R, to Lantus, to Novolog I have injected into my body over those years.
Sometimes too much.
Other times not enough.
Hoping & working towards not needing a 1/2 million more.
10400: Approximate number of times (give or take a 1000 or two) that I have tested my BG using one technology or another.
2555: Number of days I have been on pump therapy. Also, the number of days I have celebrated no longer needing to take shots to deliver insulin.
2: High School track coaches I had that also had Type 1.
1: The number of times a guy told me "I can smell someone who has diabetes. You don't have it".
0: The number of times I felt like these disease would beat me.
Unfortunately, also the exact number of cures for Diabetes.
Still here.
Still choppin'.
;)
- Posted using BlogPress from my iPhone
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