Diabetic Living

Kelly RawlingsKelly Rawlings of Diabetic Living
Type 1 Diabetes, 1973

“DOC contributor, public speaker, health writer, and my own pancreas for 38 years. Social media is an important tool to help us thrive with chronic conditions.”

Diabetic Living – Kelly Rawlings

Kelly Rawlings has served as her own artificial pancreas for thirty eight years (and counting) during her life with Type 1 Diabetes. She regularly participates in the tudiabetes.org community and other online venues where people with Diabetes congregate. Check out her #diabetes Tweets at Twitter.com/KellyRawlings (search #bgnow, #bgwed, #sweatbetes, #dsma, and #BluntLancet). She speaks about (and demonstrates) living well with Diabetes to community and professional groups. Kelly has served on the planning committee and as a faculty member for Taking Control of Your Diabetes, Des Moines. She also is an advisory board member for Diabetes Social Media Advocacy.

 

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diaTribe

Kelly Close of diaTribeKelly Close of diaTribe
Type 1 Diabetes

“Research and product news for people with Diabetes.”

diaTribe

diaTribe® is an e-newsletter for people eager to learn more about better managing Diabetes. Here at diaTribe, we attend all the conferences, read all the reports and articles and cut through the clutter to give you up-to-date news and opinion on drugs, devices and treatments. Kelly Close is a passionate entrepreneur with extensive sales and financial experience. Proven track record in pharmaceutical/medical technology industries. Known for quickly establishing trust and credibility with wide variety of audiences ranging from millenial employees (hired and trained over 40 since 2002) to executive teams. Demonstrated ability to build  strong client relationships with a variety of healthcare executives.

diaTribe

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Hope Warshaw

Hope WarshawHope Warshaw, MMSc, RD, CDE

“Offering practical solutions for healthier eating and Diabetes meal planning; Author, Spokesperson, Consultant and Diabetes Educator.”

Hope Warshaw Associates

 

Hope Warshaw, MMSc, RD, CDE, BC-ADM, has been a Diabetes educator for over 30 years. She’s owned Hope Warshaw Associates, LLC for many years in which she provides corporate consulting services, serves as a freelance writer, authors consumer books about Diabetes and healthy eating with Diabetes. Warshaw has a passion for helping people with Diabetes become knowledgeable about their disease and develop the tools, skills and motivation to integrate the care for their Diabetes into their real lives.

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Insulindependence

Insulindependence Group in Costa RicaPeter Nerothin of Insulindependence
Type 1 Diabetes, April 2001

“Insulindependence is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization that inspires people with Diabetes to set personal fitness goals,  educates them on adaptive management strategies through hands-on experience,  and equips them to explore their individual capacities.”

Insulindependence

Estimated annual expenditures for Diabetes-related care are as high as $92 billion dollars in direct medical costs alone (CDC, 2008). This means that one in ten healthcare dollars spent in the U.S. can be attributed to Diabetes. With the rate of diagnosis increasing, this amount is expected to grow by more than $8 billion a year (ADA, 2008).

Insulindependence is addressing these issues and the quality of life of thousands of individuals by improving the health of the Diabetes community through its various recreation programs. Unlike any other organization of its kind, iD empowers people with Diabetes by surrounding them with peers and role models who share their condition, while teaching them the value of communication through positive and challenging experiences, and encouraging them to embrace self-management through active living.

Insulindependence changes lives by offering real-world experiences to help individuals with Diabetes overcome challenges and fears. Program participants gain enhanced self-images, fresh life-perspectives, enduring friendships, and deeper self-understandings that lead to improved self-management of their disease. Ultimately, this affords a higher quality of life to individuals and society as a whole.

Insulindependence

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Living With Diabetes

Christina RodriguezChristina Rodriguez of Living With Diabetes
Type 1 Diabetes, 1992

“I have to write what I know, so I decided to take up the task of writing about myself, with Diabetes. Latina, journalist, progressive.”

Living With Diabetes

I was diagnosed at the age of 7 with Type 1 diabetes, never learning how to maintain myself with knowledge until college. I have always been an advocate but now am attempting to educate through various outlets as well as being part of the American Diabetes Association Young Professionals Board located in Chicago.

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My Diabetic Heart

Mike Durbin of Mike DurbinMy Diabetic Heart
Type 2 Diabetes, December 2008

“I live life to the fullest in spite of Type 2 Diabetes and CHF, and strive to support and encourage others in their efforts to do the same.”

My Diabetic Heart

Mike was diagnosed with Type 2 Diabetes on December 29, 2008, and congestive heart failure the very next day. Talk about a double whammy for anyone, let alone a 24 year old.  Mike is very open about his fight with Type 2 Diabetes and CHF, and welcomes any opportunity to share his story.  He blogs about it at My Diabetic Heart. Mike firmly believes that there is no shame in having Diabetes or CHF, and hopes that by sharing his story, he will inspire others to fight on, and live their life to the fullest.

My Diabetic Heart

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Riva Greenberg

Riva Greenberg of Diabetes Stories and The Huffington PostRiva Greenberg of Diabetes Stories
Type 1 Diabetes, February 1972

“Author, speaker and health coach helping people with diabetes create a great life – not despite – but because of diabetes.”

Diabetes Stories

Diabetes Stories unfolds the experiences and wisdom of living with Type 1 Diabetes 39 years. Riva’s work is dedicated to helping patients “flourish” rather than just “cope” with Diabetes and helping health care providers create more effective outcomes with patients. Riva is the author of two books, 50 Diabetes Myths That Can Ruin Your Life and the 50 Diabetes Truths That Can Save It and The ABC’s Of Loving Yourself With Diabetes, a requested speaker, health coach, peer-mentor, columnist for The Huffington Post and member of the American Association of Diabetes Educators.

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Six Until Me

Kerri Morrone SparlingKerri Morrone Sparling of Six Until Me
Type 1 Diabetes, September 1986

“Diabetes doesn’t define me, but it helps explain me. Kerri Sparling writes honestly and fearlessly about real life with Type 1 Diabetes.”

Six Until Me

Kerri Morrone Sparling has been living with Type 1 Diabetes for over 24 years, diagnosed just before she started second grade. She manages her Diabetes and lives her life by the mantra “Diabetes doesn’t define me, but it helps explain me.”

Kerri is the creator and author of www.SixUntilMe.com, one of the first and most widely-read Diabetes patient blogs. Started in May 2005, Six Until Me has a strong and loyal readership comprised of people with Diabetes, the caregivers of diabetics, medical professionals, and those living with chronic illness. She has contributed columns to diaTribe, Animas, dLife, and is a guest columnist for many Diabetes publications. Kerri is a passionate advocate for Diabetes awareness. Fascinated by social media and its influence on patients, Kerri presents regularly at new media conferences and currently works full-time as a freelance writer and social media consultant.

Kerri and her husband, Chris, live in Rhode Island with their daughter.

Six Until Me

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Team WILD

Mari Ruddy of Team WILDMari Ruddy of Team WILD: Women Inspiring Life with Diabetes
Mari; Type 1 Diabetes, 1981

“WILD empowers women with Diabetes through athletics & cutting edge Diabetes education. We are national, virtual and open to women of all abilities.”

Team WILD

Mari Ruddy has successfully lived with Type 1 Diabetes for thirty years. However, since her father was diagnosed with Type 1 when she was 1 year old, technically, she has lived with Diabetes her entire life. Mari was diagnosed with Diabetes when she was sixteen. Her brother was diagnosed with Type 1 when he was twenty. When she was thirty nine, she found out she had breast cancer, for the first time. She then founded the Red Rider Recognition Program for cyclists with Diabetes now used at over eighty Tour de Cure events put on by the American Diabetes Association. When she realized most of the cyclists were men, she founded Team WILD: Women Inspiring Life with Diabetes, a fitness and wellness organization for women who want to take charge of their health. Mari has been a high school principal, a high school Spanish and Leadership teacher, a strategy consultant for small education and family wellness non-profits and is currently coaching education leaders at colleges, high schools and non-profits throughout the United States. She plans to do her first Ironman event in 2012.

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The Diabetes Resource

Gina CaponeGina Capone of The Diabetes Resource
Type 1 Diabetes, November 2000

“The Diabetes Resource is to be the largest and most in-depth global online directory for people with Diabetes and those who want to learn more about it.”

The Diabetes Resource

The Diabetes Resource is a comprehensive Diabetes directory covering every aspect of Diabetes, such as: medical professionals, Diabetes support groups, endocrinologists, blogs, camps, insurance resources, accessories as well as national Diabetes events, online monthly chats with experts and more.

The Diabetes Resource

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