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FYI: Early Bird registration for The Diabetes UnConference is $139 until Oct 15th, at which fourth dimension the toll to register volition go $159 ##### I can't expect to attend The Diabetes UnConference at The Flamingo Hotel inwards Las Vegas on Fri March 13th in addition to ending Lord's Day March 15th at 1pm. I CAN'T WAIT.  And I could wax poetic close in addition to hence many things.  Like how fantastical Christel Marchand Aprigliano is for creating a conference for all adults living amongst diabetes in addition to regardless of the type, in addition to how amazing it volition go to participate in addition to have all the love, back upwardly in addition to agreement from in addition to past times a clan of people who "get it." And how speaking of "getting it," T he Diabetes UnConference is run past times people amongst diabetes for people amongst diabetes.  I could verbalize for hours close how diabetes is 24X7, amongst no fourth dime...

The weather condition is craptastical,  it’s bumming me out, driving me crazy in addition to I've developed a wicked example of cabin fever! And of course, the weather condition written report predicts anywhere betwixt five in addition to 10 inches (of snow, sickos - acquire your minds out of the gutter. Also: that's what she said,) inwards the side past times side 2 days.   So for this post, I'm focusing on what I’m looking frontward to inwards the side past times side xiv days to acquire me through the snow.   ###### Daffodils: I withdraw my daffodil fix. Daffodils remind me of boundary in addition to my woman raise in addition to daffodils are resilient. They poke through the snowfall in addition to present us that nil is impossible. Daffodils are my favorite - Daffodils personify promise in addition to brand me hopeful. Spring: I’m looking frontward to boundary in addition to sunshine in addition to seasonal warm weather condition - I don’t withdraw lxxx...

Traveling amongst diabetes tin hand the axe hold out a challenge, incredibly frustrating in addition to downwardly correct maddening. And when crap happens,  I write nigh it .  So when proficient materials happens when it comes to traveling in addition to diabetes, I write nigh that stuff, too.  ###### So final calendar week I had similar the nicest experience, EVER amongst TSA at Philadelphia International Airport in addition to en road to the Diabetes UnConference inward Vegas ( ship service on that amazing experience to follow,) in addition to I wanted to part it.   As I waited inward the safety describe amongst a large bottle of H2O inward mitt in addition to my electronic pancreas clipped to my hip, I looked some in addition to asked the closest TSA Agent close me for a visual inspection for my insulin pump.  The Agent, a xx something African American adult woman amongst a reassuring grinning in addition to a sort vocalisation told me "no problem" ...

Big thank yous to Christel for turning  advocacy  into activity in addition to making The Diabetes UnConference into reality! ####### The 2015 Diabetes UnConference attendees It’s taken me a piece to wind my caput to a greater extent than or less The Diabetes UnConference in addition to write a postal service for many reasons.  It was emotional inwards all dimensions - And for some reason, it’s actually difficult to articulate those emotions I wanted to brand certain non to divulge anything remotely individual because nosotros every bit a group/collective (see what I did there,) decided that in that place would hold upwards a Social Media blackout/moratorium thus that the people assist had a house to percentage their most individual diabetes thoughts in addition to fears  There are thus many wonderful posts direct hold already been written on the subject, what could I tell on the dependent area that hasn’t already been said?   But every experience/...