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0 Comments 1 LikeHi TuDiabetes community. I'm the Diabetes Hands Foundation Program Manager, and here's a bit about me:
I'm originally from Pennsylvania, but have lived in San Francisco since 1996, and consider it home now.
I was diagnosed with type I diabetes in 1978, when there was no structured way for people with diabetes to connect. My parents tracked down another family with a diabetic child my age, and every few months we would drive 2 hours to visit them so that I could have a "peer". And do you know what? I did not like that kid AT ALL. But she was my entire diabetic peer group up until I went to college, so there we were.
Look how different it is to have diabetes now! Bye-bye, rotten kid. Now I've got thousands of potential diabetic friends to share with, all right here.
In college I studied biology and considered going into medicine, but opted for "life experience" before making such a commitment. In 1996 I moved to San Francisco and made my way into public health, by way of much volunteering and networking. At the time there was strong focus on HIV/AIDS-related work in SF, and I became a research assistant in the SF AIDS Office within the Public Health Department. Soon thereafter I decided to go back to school for epidemiology in order to progress into a career studying infectious disease, which I did in 2000, at Stanford University.
Epidemiology turned out not to be quite the right fit for me. I got the degree, but the actual work was too solitary. Lots of numerical data, not much human interaction.
... So of course the logical next step was to become a ballroom dance teacher. ALL human interaction! I worked for a dance studio from 2005 to 2008, and then for myself from 2008 to the present. I love it, and I still teach, perform and compete in ballroom dance to this day.
All through this story I still had diabetes, of course, and it has always been a main theme in my life, even as I've tried to focus my attention elsewhere. In 2010 I decided to go ahead and DO something with it. That decision eventually led me to DHF, and I could not be more thrilled that it did! My position here combines perfectly my passion for public health and advocacy, my love of personal human contact, and my long- and hard-earned knowledge of diabetes.
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Dear Sue Progress Report(PR) followers,
Tonight we need you all to pray for a procedure that Sue is having done very early in the morning. At 3:30, when I arrived, Sue and I met with two gals from AMH who spelled out what decisions had to be made today in order for Sue's Physical Therapy Treatment to continue. Sue had to weigh all the options and I helped her, as well as her own…
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Francine Ratner Kaufman, M.D. has had a 30 year distinguished career in diabetes care, research and advocacy. In 2009, she stepped down as director of the Comprehensive Childhood Diabetes Center, and head of the Center for Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism at Childrens Hospital Los Angeles to become Chief Medical Officer and VP of Global Clinical, Medical and Health affairs at Medtronic Diabetes (Northridge, CA).
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American Diabetes Association® Alert Day® is a one-day "wake-up call" asking the American public to take the
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Donna H said… Thanks for the birthday wishes, Emily! I am so lucky to be a part of DHF!
Danica said… It's not working for me to post it! The file is too big.
Danica said… Yeah sure, I'll go ahead and upload it! Thanks :)
Richard157 said… Hi Emily, I received a tweet from Manny today about the interview with the alert dog people, but it was held on May 2. Is that right? I have missed several interviews that I wanted to hear.
What is the correct procedure to find the youtube videos of these interviews?
I hope you are well in CA, I am doing very well in NY. I am anxious to go to the FFL meeting i July. It will be my first time. Have you ever been to an FFL meeting? Thousands of type 1 children and their families from all over the world. WOW! I am glad adult T1D's are invited too.
Marie B said… I really enjoyed watching it, loved all the Latin, but I really thought you stood apart in the waltz.
Marie B said… hey Emily, I'm just double-checking the live event his week is Friday, correct? I thought we'd switched to Thursdays. I'm going to be including a link to it when I welcome new members tomorrow.
Trudy said… Hi Emily. About the April Poetry. I put a haiku on http://www.tudiabetes.org/profile/NoSugarAddedPoetry. As of right now, it's the only new poem, which leads me to wonder if I put it in the correct place? Thanks.
Spring said… :)

Linda G said… I'm passing this on to a few more of my friends ♥ Have a great Tuesday!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?feature=player_embedded&v=nj2ofrX7jAk
luv and hugs....linda

SEAGATOR said… Hello Emily. I just wanted to let you know how much I appreciated the new Profile form...much easier.
how are things with you\? Still dancing? I am ding well for an old duffer. I am like the Energizer bunny I keep going going going. BG 108. Can you believe it was 30 degrees and a freeze last night. Take good care. HUGS,Reed
Manny Hernandez(Co-Founder, Editor, has LADA)
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