My friend told me the story that explains that it takes a village to raise a child. In other words to make things happen and to succeed requires not just the work of one individual parent but the work, commitment and support of the whole of society.

Maybe it’s a bit like living with diabetes. We need the expertise of the medical professionals, the support of our family members, help and encouragement from friends and associates and a generous dash of self belief that we can face and deal with the day to day challenges.

The reason for the existence of mydiabetes.com is for patients, family members, friends and healthcare professionals to give support and encouragement to each other on the diabetes journey. Maybe to provide that little extra splash of encouragement when we need it.

There has been some really positive activity on the site this week with discussions about Hba1C, Blood glucose monitoring in the snow, meetings with famous actors and 30 new members. Our official launch is next weekend

Some recipe ideas

Thanks to Amy for sharing with us her favorite recipe –have you tried it yet? Do you have a favorite recipe that you could share with our community?

http://mydiabetessocialnetwork.ning.com/forum/topics/sharing-recipescooking-tips.


How can we help mydiabetes.com to help other patients?

How many of you are budding artists? Could you design a poster that we could use to display in our local communities? One of our members suggested that it might be a good way to tell people about mydiabetes.com.

It’s one day at a time

As you know people with diabetes can live a normal healthy life and at the same diabetes can lead to very serious complications. We’re told, encouraged and persuaded that exercise where possible has great benefits. However it is not easy to start exercising. How many great ideas do we have between us that can include exercise in our daily lives without having to join a gym or athletic club? I think health coaches call in non exercise activity or NEAT.

I’ve started a forum so we can share our ideas.

http://mydiabetessocialnetwork.ning.com/forum/topics/excercise-me-where-do-i-start

Enjoy today and best wishes.

David


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