A few weeks ago, I was invited to join some of my advocacy colleagues for a meeting in Los Angeles, CA at the Medtronic Diabetes headquarters. This event was put on by the teams at Medtronic and Bayer, and they covered travel, lodging, and expenses for attendees. (Disclosure out of the way.) The agenda included “interactive sessions on the latest…
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Diabetes Advocacy, Diabetes Community, Diabetes Online Community, Psychosocial Support, Pumping Insulin, Real Life Diabetes, Robot Life(Seems like that post title should end with “to bits!!” including a defiant shout and then the popping open of a can of Diet Pepsi. Or something less specific.) Last week I traveled to Melbourne, Victoria to present at the International Diabetes Federation World Congress. Long, Inception-esque flight. Excellent flight attendant.* My presentation was anchored in the “Living Well With…
During the course of the Roche Summit, I felt very lucky. Lucky to be part of a group that’s invited to hang out in a cool city, in a fancy hotel, and to have a company willing to put up the cash for this event. I thought about how lucky I was to live in a country where, despite our complaints…