This past weekend, DiabetesSisters hosted its 5th Annual Leadership Institute. Focused on the growth and development of our PODS Meetup Leaders, the weekend hosted nearly 30 leaders from all corners of the country, including Nevada, Washington, New Jersey, Florida and Ohio.
Last month, I had the privilege of attending the ADA’s 79th Scientific Sessions in San Francisco. This meeting, geared toward sharing medical advances, results of clinical trials, and best practices, welcomes thousands of attendees each year.
This past weekend, DiabetesSisters hosted the 4th Leadership Institute. Designed to bring our PODS Leaders together for a weekend of training, education, and support, two dozen women gathered in Chicago to do just that. And much more.
Last month, I attended the American Association of Diabetes Educators (AADE) Annual Meeting. This year, the meeting gathered over 3,100 attendees in Baltimore, Maryland, for four days of learning, networking, and valuable discussions in the diabetes space.
Twenty-five years ago, I was diagnosed with diabetes. With a blood sugar of over 1200 mg/dL, my body was shutting down. I was 18 years old, in many ways, just beginning my life.
In those 25 years, much has changed in my life: college, career, relationships, marriage, motherhood. The one constant has been diabetes.
Last month, I had the privilege to travel to Abu Dhabi to participate in the 2017 International Diabetes Federation (IDF) Congress. While I had attended previously (2015 IDF in Vancouver), this was my first experience presenting.
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Earlier this month, I attended the 77th American Diabetes Association Scientific Sessions in San Diego, CA. My second time attending, I was once again awed by the number of attendees (14,000+), the scientific posters, the educational sessions, and the exhibit hall with companies sharing the latest (and greatest) advancements in the world of diabetes.
Like many Diabetes Hands Foundation (DHF) Masterlab Fellows, I was not sure of exactly what to expect from the experience before I arrived in Oakland on Friday, March 31 for the 2017 Masterlab weekend. Like many of you, I had read many blog posts and spoken with several advocates in the diabetes online community who attended Masterlab in previous years (and a few of them were in the room this year, too). But this year’s event seemed different – and turned out to be different in a lot of ways.
I arrived in San Diego for the American Association of Diabetes Educators (AADE) Annual Meeting, #AADE16, and immediately went to the special event for the #DSMA Live Twitter Chat “Taking the Online, Offline.” I have never been able to take part in #DSMA before due to commute/schedule/timezone stuff, and haven’t attended AADE before this year, either. But there was no reason to worry – it was an engaging and important kickoff to great diabetes conference.