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Did you or are you planning on doing anything to celebrate National Diabetes Awareness Month? Share in the comments your plans!
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Giving my 6 year old T1D a chance to learn something new in his own diabetic self care routine
Bought pen needles because on sale. Does that count?
I’m boycotting NDAM this year. “In the next 10 years” has been over 30…I’m no longer buying into it 🤦🏻♂️
50+ for me.
70 years ago, the message was the same. Now, that’s saying something. I hope big Pharma hears it loud and clear.
Almost every day I have been posting facts about Diabetes-more specifically T1d on FB. It is so important to educate others about diabetes as there are so many things that are misunderstood or not even known.
Yes
Watch the documentary “Pay or Die”.
It is just like every other month. No one else in the world knows about it but diabetics. Maybe a trip to the store and buy one Hershey bar. lol j/k I’ll make a sugar substitute angle food cake and fresh berries with sugar free whipped topping. While I look for a job. I am grumpy do not mind me.
Try to get off the roller coaster and back into range. All part of my 41 year journey!
Postings and sharing postings on Facebook pages (personal account and my t1d group). Education and awareness at the hospital I work at, including “wear blue” for awareness on 11/14.
Running 100 miles in the month of November…3rd year in a row doing it
and now 65 years young! T1D for 13 years!
Although I said no, I did recognise that it was the anniversary of the birth of Sir Frederick Grant Banting’s (1891) yesterday.
Celebrate 7 years surviving T 1 diabetes
My daughter in law has an annual fundraiser at her salon.
We are NOT celebrating this awful disease. We are however trying to raise awareness by wearing ‘Diabetes Awareness’ shirts this month. I also cheer on the teams who ran the NYC Marathon with the goal of raising funds for T1D research- one such team raised $ 92,000 !!
Nov. 14 is my birthday so I always celebrate it. I do point out to friends that if it weren’t for Banting, whose BD it is also, I wouldn’t have had any more BDs after 1983, so I try to give him some props too.
“Yes” But a weak one. I usually post something on my Facebook page about diabetes this month.
Yes, I traveled to London, Ontario, Canada and the Banting House Museum (where insulin was discovered) yesterday to take
part in the World Diabetes Day celebration of the 100th anniversary of the discovery of insulin. Very enjoyable and inspiring.
Did a 45 mile, 3,000 ft elevation bike ride on Nov. 14th with a T1 friend who did more than twice that
I did not have any plans but this question is making me want to do something. I think what I’m going to do is have a day where I celebrate My successes and surviving. Specifically, I would like to have a day called give yourself a break, recognizing this is a difficult condition to manage and accept that not meeting goals does not equal failure.
No. In my life experience every month is diabetes awareness month and every day is diabetes awareness day. If I didn’t live with 24/7/365 diabetes consciousness and self-awareness my body would have died a long time ago.
After 57 years with T1D, about all the people I know, know the score. I don’t have the time to sit down and discuss Diabetes. Especially people with T2D.
Changing pump, CGM, counting carbs, paying for what insurance doesn’t and being thankful. Also, keeping up with latest innovations to treat t1d. Refresh my attitude. Weeding out bad habits and doing a reset!!!!
I don’t celebrate diabetes or diabetes awareness. It’s insulting. Big Pharma are the only one’s celebrating.
School awareness-raising project and social media post
Yes! I am wearing blue every day, plus I am wearing my devices on my arm with blue patches. Normally, I do not wear my CGM on my arm, nor do I wear patches. I also have a World Diabetes Day pin from the first WDD in 1991 that I wear for this month, plus a Diabetes Warrior pin. So, I guess you could say that I am all decked out in blue!!