Recent Stories
Gluroo: Comprehensive T1D Support to Simplify Management
SAVE THE DATE! March 3rd, 5pm PT/8pm ET. Let’s learn about Gluroo with Greg Badros, founder and father of person with T1D. This event will allow for Q&A, and will be recorded and available on our YouTube channel.
Wellness Wednesday with AARP Senior Planet – Getting to Know Diabetes And How We Age With It
SAVE THE DATE! March 4th, 10:30am PT/1:30pm ET. Wellness Wednesday with AARP Senior Planet Presents “Getting to Know Diabetes – And How We Age With It” (as part of the Lunch and Learn series). Featuring Julia Blanchette, PhD, RN, BC-ADM, CDCES, FADCES, Joanne Milo (T1Dto100), and Laurie Harper (T1Dto100).
The Wit and Wisdom of Fran Carpentier: 57 Years with Type 1 Diabetes
“I think that my first husband felt that I made life hard for us. I couldn’t be as spontaneous as he probably wanted me to be. You know this was pre-insulin pumps and CGMs. We were young, he wanted to go out and do things and I felt I had to do things a certain way to keep my sugar really well-controlled. I think I’m the most fun person in the room, but he felt that I was a wet blanket. There was probably truth to it forty years ago. Today, technology has freed up life for us T1Ds. Of course that freedom means relying on all manner of medical apparatus and being visible about it.”