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Partnering Our Way through Healthcare

Posted 9 months ago

by Scott Strange
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How many times have we, as patients or caregivers, felt that we were not taken seriously or marginalized by our healthcare providers? How often do we hear of people leaving their endo appointments in tears? Or feel guilty because of a single number on...
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Let's Talk Stigmas

Posted 11 months ago

by Scott Strange
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This post originally appeared at Strangely Diabetic on May 22, 2012 as part of Mental Health Awareness Month Since I have written so heavily about my own battle with depression and going through therapy for the last 6 months or so, you’d think I’d...
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Meet the College Diabetes Network

Posted over 2 years ago

by Scott Strange
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** College season is upon us and I want to tell you all about someone I recently met who has a great passion for supporting diabetics as they transition through college and beyond. I met Tina at the 2011 Friends for Life Conference and learned of The...
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I Saw Children

Posted over 2 years ago

by Scott Strange
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It was with some trepidation that I went to the Children With Diabetes 2011 Friends for Life Conference . For those of you who haven’t read my blog in the past, before I found the fantastic support of the DOC (Diabetes Online Community) I was totally...
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A New Direction in Kansas City

Posted over 2 years ago

by Scott Strange
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On Wednesday evening, May 18th, a group of T1 diabetics and their partners gathered together in Kansas City. This was the first meeting of this particular group since Jeffery Brewer’s announcement of the JDRF’s new outreach program for the...
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Meeting the Parents

Posted over 2 years ago

by Scott Strange
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** Please forgive the brevity of this post and the lack of links to other great #JDRFGovDay posts; but I am really under the weather and also really wanted to get this done. Honestly, I really wanted to have it out there a week or two ago and I fear that...
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What's $1,900,000,000 Between Friends?

Posted over 2 years ago

by Scott Strange
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Yes, that is 1.9 billion. A sizable chunk of change. A plethora of moola. And that is how much the JDRF Government Relations Office has raised thru the Special Diabetes Program thanks to volunteer advocates telling their stories of how diabetes has affected...
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JDRF Government Relations meets the DOC

Posted over 2 years ago

by Scott Strange
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This is a quick post and I am actually trying to do it from my iPhone whilst typing with my thumbs. I'm running on a lot less sleep than normal but I did find Diet Coke in the basement cafeteria of Longworth Building as I wait for a meeting with MO...
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Mr. Strange Goes to Washington!

Posted over 2 years ago

by Scott Strange
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Jimmy Stewart stars as a… wait… I think that’s already been done… Darn the luck! But seriously, I have been invited, along with a list of other bloggers much more distinguished than I, to the JDRF Government Day in Washington...
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How can I not?

Posted over 2 years ago

by Scott Strange
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After reading some really great posts today by Allison , Lee Ann , and especially by Kelly (among others), I decided that I wanted to post my takes on new directions for the JDRF as described in Diatribe’s Interview with JDRF President Jeffery Brewer...
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Well... At Least My Endo is Happy

Posted over 2 years ago

by Scott Strange
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First of all I want to thank all of my DOC family who thought I was worthy to win a DOC award and for gifting me with the “Blogger You’d share a Drink With” Award. Honestly, winning this category against some very deserving DOC members...
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Is there A Civil War?

Posted over 3 years ago

by Scott Strange
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** There’s been a lot of conversation about the Civil war: Diabetes vs. diabetes article by Julie Deardorff that originally appeared in the Chicago Tribune . One of the contributor’s was David Edelman and his post on Diabetes Daily , Which...
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After the Pat Down, Not Even a Text Message

Posted over 3 years ago

by Scott Strange
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Last week I wrote about my adventures on a horrendous diabetes day from hell . One of the comments, well actually two, the TSA agent who frisked me got under my skin and I felt the need to expand on them. The first comment I’ll expand on was actually...
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On the Road With the Big D

Posted over 3 years ago

by Scott Strange
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I travel for business a few times a year and this past week was one of those times. So, sports fans, I got to experience the new TSA Full Monty Booty Body feel-up pat down techniques up close and personal! Now, while I am sure there are some over-zealous...
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An Understanding - Part III

Posted over 3 years ago

by Scott Strange
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** As part of National Diabetes Awareness Month, I am re-posting a blog I originally wrote on April 20, 2010 As I wrote An Understanding – Part I and Part II , something kept bugging me. I felt like I was missing something, something so important...
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An Understanding – Part II

Posted over 3 years ago

by Scott Strange
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** As part of National Diabetes Awareness Month, I am re-posting a blog I originally wrote on April 12, 2010 Last time I wrote An Understanding – Part I. That was a walk-thru for a pretty average day for me… Hmmm, let’s see…...
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An Understanding - Part I

Posted over 3 years ago

by Scott Strange
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** As part of National Diabetes Awareness Month, I am re-posting a blog I originally wrote on April 6, 2010 As a PWD (person with diabetes, Type 1 in my case), there are certain things that I do everyday without really even thinking about them. Having...
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Reach Out and Touch Somebody

Posted over 3 years ago

by Scott Strange
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Recently, I had the opportunity to speak with Andrea Hulke who is the Director, National Outreach for the JDRF. You may remember that a few weeks ago, I described a discussion I had with Mike Kondratick , who is the Director, National Grassroots Advocacy...
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Walking the Walk in Kansas City

Posted over 3 years ago

by Scott Strange
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This past Saturday, I participated in my first JDRF Walk for the Cure . I have to say, it was a really amazing event. I haven’t seen any official numbers, but they were expecting 10,000 people and to raise, I believe, $750,000. Our adult T1 Team...
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KU Med has a Research Study for Teens and Young Adults

Posted over 3 years ago

by Scott Strange
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Here’s the basic info: If you are between the ages of 16 and 29 and have type 1 diabetes (or type 2 treated with insulin) and would like to feel more confident in managing your diabetes as well as its personal and social challenges – as well...
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Invisible Chronic Illness Week

Posted over 3 years ago

by Scott Strange
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This week is Invisible Chronic Illness Awareness Week 30 Things About My Invisible Illness You May Not Know – A Meme 1. The illness I live with is: Type 1 Diabetes 2. I was diagnosed with it in the year: 1970. 3. But I had symptoms since: for a...
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After an Open Letter the JDRF Opens Up – Part II

Posted over 3 years ago

by Scott Strange
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Yesterday at Six Until Me (thanks again, Kerri!) I described part of a conversation that I had with Mike Kondratick, Director of the JDRF Grassroots Advocacy program. And again I want to thank Mike for the nearly 2 hours he spent on the phone with me...
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Guest Post: After an Open Letter the JDRF Opens Up – Part I

Posted over 3 years ago

by Scott Strange
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Today is the first day of National Invisible Chronic Illness Week and by strange (get it? strange? ha! I kill me!) chance Kerri over at Six Until Me asked me to act as a guest blogger today. I was quite pleased to do so, as Kerri was one of the first...