Can you sense I am excited ?

I have signed up for my number 12 Team Diabetes event, Amsterdam October 20, 2013 .

A list of my 10 BEST reasons 1 ) to assist the Canadian Diabetes Association www.diabetes.ca and the 9 million Canadians living with diabetes and pre diabetes to live healthy lives 2 ) celebrating living 50 years in Canada 3 ) living 30 of those years with diabetes , without complications 4 ) walking/running/crying ?? by my College of…

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Sheila Thorn, who was born in Kamloops, B.C., and spent the first seven years of her life in this country, was described by the British health advocacy group Diabetes U.K. as "the longest surviving insulin-dependent person with diabetes in the world."
Read more: http://www.calgaryherald.com/health/Early+patient+insulin+discoverer+Banting+dies/6344366/story.html

The e-mail I received today , after coming home from volunteering at the local SPCA ...great news .I used similar story used when carrying the Olympic Torch 2010..." diabetes made me do it" :

Hi Difference-Makers!

A while ago, you had applied to our online contest to be a Medal-Bearer in The Rick Hansen 25th Anniversary Relay and you’ve been selected! We are wondering if you would still like to be a Medal Bearer! Please email or call us before Friday, March 16, 2012 to let us know…

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The link has lots of interesting information .....

http://www.itsallaboutwomen.ca/

I will join the Conference and Gala event ( Hubby will join this part as well ) on Saturday January 28th 2012 for what has become the premier event for Women in the Shuswap Okanagan area. A Fund Raiser for S.A.F.E. Society

This is the award someone in Salmon Arm nominated me for : The Kay Braby Community Spirit Award…

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Want to share ...closing date is June 7 , 2011 . I have the " urge:" to comment to those who comment , but this is unavailable to the participant ..of course one can always start another " comment "



Copied and pasted and deleted password etc.from the e-mail .

" You have been invited by Michael Cloutier to participate in Canadian Diabetes Association's Easing the Burden of Diabetes THINKahead. Using Syntegrity Group's 'ThinkAhead'™ application, this session will allow us to… Continue

http://salmonarm.myezrock.com/Blogs/PatrickRyley/blogentry.aspx?BlogEntryID=10169621



My CGMS showed an up trend ...was I nervous ???....YES . Patrick put me at ease with his comment about wearing leather pants :) . Unrehearsed and from the heart .Looking in hindsight , one would have wanted to say much more , however remember time restrictions .

PS I had no idea , how to get the link… Continue

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http://www.diabetessummersurge.ca/featured-nel.php



Lets see how " smart" I am and try to post this here ( without any help ) .



The event is similar to last year , with lots of family and friends attending my BD party in person and virtually , donating towards the CDA's Diabetes Summer Surge...



EXCEPT I am one year older and both Gordon… Continue

Come , join and follow by visiting the link
http://www.diabetes.ca/get-involved/news/association-volunteer-and- diabetes-advocate-carries-the-olympic-torch/
Included a bit of a story and a link to CTV webcam ( Canadian TV station ) ...as I said before and here : Diabetes made me do it ;-)
On the Canadian TU site terrie8 started a post , November , 2009 ...Thanks Terrie !!!

I went to my GP about 6 weeks ago and complained about my FATTER right arm ( lymphodema ) ...it is fatter since the heat wave started here in the Shuswap, BC , Canada. Todate :X-ray of arm , a body bone scan , a hip X-ray , because the bone scan showed bursitis in the right hip , and an ultra sound of the arm ...I had lympnodes removed in 1984 ; wear a tension sleeve most of the time ( with the hot weather a darn nuisance, since I sweat a lot ;-( ) and had some massage treatments. I have a GP… Continue

Gordon and I are celebrating my 69 th birthday , July 25. We are inviting everyone, who would like to be here in person or virtually to make a donation to the CDA instead of birthday cards and gifts. Our original fund raising goal started out at CAN

$ 1,000.00 ; we have recently changed it to CAN .$ 1,400.00 . You can donate on line http://my.e2rm.com/personalPage.aspx?EventID=29167&LangPref=en-CA&RegistrationID=678450

or send me a message for more detail .

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I have officially started with my training . The marathon date is October 11 and it will take place in our beautiful capital city of our province British Columbia , Victoria . The 18 week schedule is on the kitchen counter, so I wil be reminded daily and do some planning with my pump and insulin delivery accordingly .

Today a 7 k hike ; put my pump on temp. basal for 1 1/2 hour , my sensor readings telling me numbers staying stable . Did a finger poke , when I came home ...result good :… Continue

Hi all , I have signed up for my 9 th event in Victoria ...1/2 marathon , October 11, 2009 and I have reached the minimum fund raising amount and because of that decided to register for the Calgary Marathon , May 30, 2010 ...hope to finally get to meet Anthony H. our TU member from Alberta ;-) ..my fund raising for Calgary , 2010 has started. Please sent me a message if you like more detail or and donate. , either here or private.This event will happen just before my 70 th ..Please realize I… Continue

It is time to get serious. Tackling Diabetes in British Columbia.

Diabetes is serious .Every 20 minutes a British Columbian is diagnosed with diabetes. More than 300,000 British Columbians have diabetes.More than 500,000 aged between 40 and 74 have been diagnosed with pre-diabetes. 1 in 10 hospital admissions in BC relate to people with diabetes needing acute medical care for heart attacks, strokes and kidney failure resulting from their diabetes .

Diabetes is costly ..

$ 1… Continue