Mayo Clinic Presentation

I was honored to give a presentation on The Joy of Diabetes to about 100-120 Diabetes Educators at the Mayo clinic yesterday. Jack Bisson helped me with a lot of the improv games, and he did a great job. It was hilarious to see all these folks up and around playing games and being funny. We focused on "Yes and" to help them see the benefits of agreement and positive reinforcement. The presentation ran about an hour and we have had a lot of positive feedback in regards to the message and the concept. The Omni-Pod folks were also there and had a display table set up for information.....I think a good time was had by all......Peace, Bob

It has been interesting for me the last few months (as a rookie blogger) to see the many different ways that people deal with this disease. I often see a whole myriad of emotions and ways that people choose as their "style".I have always taken the learn more and apply what makes sense to me method of trying to aggressively manage this disease. I find humor and a focus on the positives of life also help me to find joy in life. For me, it's the easiest way to go through the journey of D-Life. What is your normal way of coping with the disease..is it denial, humor, anger, immersion in data..... or something else. What's your style...............?

Living with Diabetes....

Friday evening I was interviewed by Diabetes Living magazine for an article to come out in November.
The reporter was gracious, very hospitable, and asked many good questions. I hope the article is helpful in promoting the idea of being accountable to others and personal responsibility in managing diabetes.
It's a tough disease, but I believe humor and a positive mindset are helpful tools in living with diabetes.
as I often like to say.....Diabetes, it's all in your head.
Keep going.....Peace, Bob

Nothing much happening...just me n Oprah dancing

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If Diabetes were an automobile.....

a diabetic car...
1962 convertible corvette...candy apple red, white top, and raring to go...
the only thing is....it would have to have an external fuel tank...and the fuel pump wouldn't work..so I would have to have a gas can and a syphon line with a bulb to press to put in fuel. The gas gauge wouldn't really be accurate, so I would have to stop a few times a day and check the fuel level with some sort of "dipstick"

What would yours look like...?