Category Archives: Diabetes By The Numbers

Diabetes By The Numbers: Mike Lawson talks Big Blue Test.

October 14, 2016 – 9:08 am

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Today begins one of my favorite times of the year. Every year, Diabetes Hands Foundation sponsors the Big Blue Test. Now until November 14 (World Diabetes Day), you and your loved ones, plus anyone else you know, are encouraged to get moving. And log the results. And help diabetes groups doing amazing work to build community and help others.

Here’s how it works: first, check your blood glucose. Not living with diabetes? Skip this step. Then get out and get moving for 14 to 20 minutes or more. You can walk, run, swim, bike, play badminton, ride a Big Wheel, whatever. Then do another BG check (or skip it if you don’t live with diabetes) and log the results at BigBlueTest.org. Or make it easy on yourself and download the Big Blue Test app on your iPhone or Android device, and do the same.

For the next month, every Big Blue Test logged will result in a $3.00(US) donation, split evenly among three wonderful diabetes non-profits:

Diabetes Sisters

We Are Diabetes

Riverside Community Diabetes Collaborative

Three fantastic organizations providing help, education, and support to those living with or at risk of living with diabetes.

Today, Mike Lawson, Senior Director of Programs and Marketing for Diabetes Hands Foundation, joins me to talk everything Big Blue Test, including a little about this year’s grantees, the goals for this year, and a new way for exercise groups to get involved in the Big Blue Test initiative. Have a listen, then click on the links below.
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Mike Lawson is Senior Director of Programming and Marketing for Diabetes Hands Foundation:
diabeteshandsfoundation.org

You can log your Big Blue Test Results at:
BigBlueTest.org

You can also log your exercise after downloading the Big Blue Test app on your iPhone or Android device.

Groups can sign up and log their group exercise activity by going to:
BigBlueTest.org/groups

Don’t forget to share your Big Blue Test activity and follow others by using the hashtag:
#BigBlueTest

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Diabetes By The Numbers: Asha Brown

July 18, 2016 – 9:08 am

Asha Brown is a unique individual. Diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes at the age of five. She later developed diabulimia, a dangerous condition. Fortunately, she was able to overcome diabulimia, and she has been in recovery for seven years now.

The really cool thing about Asha is that she co-founded We Are Diabetes, which works with families patients, and health professionals across the USA to help and support those living with diabetes and eating disorders.

Today, we talk about diabulimia, how We Are Diabetes serves and supports, and the challenges faced by patients post-treatment. This was a conversation I’ve wanted to have for a long time, and I came away with a lot of knowledge that I didn’t have when we began.
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Asha Brown is Founder and Executive Director of We Are Diabetes, which provides information, hope, and support to people living with diabetes and eating disorders:
wearediabetes.org
 

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Diabetes By The Numbers: Daniele Hargenrader.

April 1, 2016 – 9:08 am

Daniele Hargenrader is one of the hardest working people I know of in the diabetes community. Both on a personal and a professional level.

She’s a nutritionist, a health coach, a certified professional trainer. She’s an international speaker, and an author too.

Today, Daniele talks about the things that motivated her to lose weight, get fit, and rock her diabetes. She talks about why nutrition is focus number 1. She talks about her book, Unleash Your Inner Diabetes Dominator: How to Use Your Powers of Choice, Self-Love, and Community to Completely Change Your Relationship With Diabetes for the Better. And she talks about her latest project.

Seriously, I don’t know how she does it all, but she does it well.
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Daniele Hargenrader writes blog posts, hosts video chats, teaches online courses, and more through her website:
diabetesdominator.com

Daniele mentions using MyFitnessPal to log her food choices:
myfitnesspal.com

Want to pick up Daniele’s fantastic book? You can find it on Amazon right here:
Daniele’s Book– Unleash Your Inner Diabetes Dominator

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Diabetes By The Numbers: Joslin’s Dr. Munshi talks care for aging adults with diabetes.

March 18, 2016 – 9:08 am

After a brief hiatus, the Diabetes By The Numbers podcast is back.

Today’s podcast features Dr. Medha Munshi, Director of Joslin Diabetes Center’s Geriatric Diabetes Program. She’s co-authored a recent (and first ever) American Diabetes Association position statement designed to help homes and other skilled nursing facilities care better and more appropriately for senior patients living with diabetes.

Dr. Munshi shares key points on the position statement, and great insights on caring for older people with diabetes.
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Dr. Medha Munshi is Director of the Joslin Geriatric Diabetes Program and an an assistant professor at Harvard Medical School. She’s also a staff geriatrician at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston.
CLICK HERE to find out more about Joslin’s Geriatric Diabetes Program.
 
 
To read the American Diabetes Association position statement co-authored by Dr. Munshi, CLICK HERE.
 

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Diabetes Podcast Week! With the vivacious, committed, and reliable Merle Gleeson.

February 2, 2016 – 9:11 am

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You read that right… it’s Diabetes Podcast Week!

Brainchild of Stacey Simms at the Diabetes Connections podcast, this is a week where a dozen diabetes podcasters will be uploading new episodes and helping to raise money for the Spare a Rose, Save a Child campaign. Listen to the beginning and the end of today’s episode of Diabetes By The Numbers for more information on the Spare a Rose, Save a Child initiative and what an amazing difference it makes for children living in developing countries throughout the world.
Insulin should not be a luxury.

Today’s episode of Diabetes By The Numbers features the Superwoman known to her friends and compatriots as Merle Gleeson. In our opening round question, she describes herself as vivacious, committed, and reliable. She’s that and a lot more.

Merle has been living with Type 1 Diabetes for over 50 years. She’s also a Champion Athletes With Diabetes medal winner. Around nineteen years ago, her and a few friends started something called the Type 1 Diabetes Lounge, which holds regular meetings, fundraisers, parties, and more in the Chicago area. It’s quite an operation, and if you’re looking to kick start a local diabetes meetup or amp up the meetup you already have, you can do a lot worse than listening to Merle.

Here then is my conversation with Merle Gleeson, and a special message about Spare a Rose, Save a Child.
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Help save the life of a child living with diabetes in a developing country by donating to the Spare a Rose, Save a Child campaign today: www.p4dc.com/spare-a-rose/give/
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Merle Gleeson is founder and CEO of the Type 1 Diabetes Lounge in the Chicago area:
type1diabeteslounge.com/

More about Diabetes Podcast Week can be found at Stacey Simms’ blog:
staceysimms.com

Spare a Rose, Save a Child is an initiative of Partners for Diabetes Change. To find out more about Spare a Rose, Save a Child:
www.p4dc.com
 

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