Re: Who is ready for World Diabetes Day!

I've posted World Diabetes Day pix and links to my Facebook and MySpace pages. I also uploaded WDD, JDRF, CureDiabetes and WHO Diabetes photos on each of these site as well as my SparkPeople pages.  I also e-mailed family and friends telling them of World Diabetes Day.  I also sent a Facebook Friend message to President Barack Obama asking him to observe and recognize World Diabetes Day.

Unfortunately I wasn't able to participate in the JDRF Type 1 Talk on uStream, but I hope this becomes a regular event and not just once a year.

I've had Type 1 for 40 years as of 4 November 2010 (diagnosed 4Nov1970).  We've made incredible progress, I have few or no complications despite the genetic "brittleness" of my T1D.  We still have far to go and World Diabetes Day helps spread awareness as well as bringing and giving support to us all, including the "unknown" people with Diabetes.

Let's start a Type 1 Diabetes Day.  While only 5 - 10% of people with Diabetes have Type 1, it is the lesser known form, and in many ways unique.  Type 1 Diabetes Day (U.S. or World), anyone?

Warmest regards,

John

P.S.: Big Blue Test (and Fasting Blood Glucose): 93 mg/dl! Yay!

My husband and I participated in a WDD themed Photo Scavenger Hunt.  For the whole afternoon, our team of five people wandered the streets of downtown Toronto (Ontario), seeking items that matched our list of clues and snapped photos.  At the end of the day, we met back with the approximately 35 other T1 diabetics and shared drinks, dinner, stories and lots and lots of laughs!  To top of all the fun of the day, our team won the Scavenger Hunt!!!  It was soooooo great!

Nads, that sounds like a lot of fun ! I'm glad you had a great time.

Thanks, Orange...  it was seriously a very significant day in my life, not necessarily because it was WDD, but because I was surrounded by so many other T1s, and my husband and he even got something out of it:  Oh, yeah, there are other adults than my wife who live with this every day!

I had the most AMAZING World Diabetes Day yesterday!

I got together with forty amazing young (and young at heart) adults with Type 1 (along with their 5.5ers--non-D fam and friends) and hosted a World Diabetes Day themed photos scavenger hunt! The event was such a phenomenal success! I already can't wait for next year!

Teams took over the downtown Toronto area to educate people, to get noticed and spread awareness about life with diabetes and to get active. The pictures were AMAZING!

Here's a pic of (most of) the group!

Soon, we'll have a slideshow of all of our pics up online! They're slowly starting to trickle in: http://www.facebook.com/connectedinmotion

Jen

I got together with forty amazing young (and young at heart) adults with Type 1 (along with their 5.5ers--non-D fam and friends) and hosted a World Diabetes Day themed photos scavenger hunt! The event was such a phenomenal success! I already can't wait for next year!

Teams took over the downtown Toronto area to educate people, to get noticed and spread awareness about life with diabetes and to get active. The pictures were AMAZING!

Soon, we'll have a slideshow of all of our pics up online! They're slowly starting to trickle in: http://www.facebook.com/connectedinmotion

ha ha!  Yeah, but the "young at heart" crowd won first prize!  lol

I cannot wait until the slidewhow is ready...  what is taking that man so long...  does he actually have a life ?!?!?  LOL

Okay, maybe one more last time:  Thank-you jen, you are the best!!!!!!!!!!! 

nads is that you peeking out the back? hahaha :o) definitely looks like fun!

yep, that's me!  For once, I, the short person, got to stand in the back!!!  And yes, it was most definitely a lot of fun!