Northerner
Admin (Retired)
- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 1
On Feb. 18 I moderated the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation Capitol Chapter's second annual Research Summit on Type 1 Diabetes.
My first question when I got the call to moderate was, "Why me?" (Not unlike the response I had to my diagnosis of Type 1 diabetes 40 years ago.) And I wasn't just fishing for compliments.
Most of my work in diabetes is in building emotional resilience and behavior change. Science? Beta Cells? Islet infusions? I don't even wear an insulin pump and I tried a continuous glucose monitor for only 10 days. I'm an old-fashioned girl.
"That's why we want you," said Elna, who had the onerous task of calling me. Well, she didn't say that exactly. She said something about my spunk or zest. So OK, I said yes. Maybe I'll learn something and meet some interesting people. I did.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/riva-greenberg/diabetes-research_b_1320689.html
My first question when I got the call to moderate was, "Why me?" (Not unlike the response I had to my diagnosis of Type 1 diabetes 40 years ago.) And I wasn't just fishing for compliments.
Most of my work in diabetes is in building emotional resilience and behavior change. Science? Beta Cells? Islet infusions? I don't even wear an insulin pump and I tried a continuous glucose monitor for only 10 days. I'm an old-fashioned girl.
"That's why we want you," said Elna, who had the onerous task of calling me. Well, she didn't say that exactly. She said something about my spunk or zest. So OK, I said yes. Maybe I'll learn something and meet some interesting people. I did.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/riva-greenberg/diabetes-research_b_1320689.html