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Manny Hernandez 36, Male
Palo Alto, CA, United States

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I am an Electrical Engineer (EE). I first went to school in Venezuela and then went to Cornell University (in New York state), where I obtained my M.Eng. also in EE. Still I have found my true professional love to lie in the web space, so I eventually became a Web Product Manager.

Since January 2008, I live with my wife and son in Palo Alto, CA. Here I used to work at Ning.com, the company that offers the Social Networking platform that TuDiabetes runs on. Since late April 2008 I am running the Diabetes Hands Foundation, a non-profit we created with the goal of having no people with diabetes feel alone and people without diabetes learning more about what it's like to live with diabetes.

I was diagnosed with diabetes in late 2002 (initially diagnosed and treated as type II) and formally starting shooting insulin (effectively called a "type I") in 2003. I got on the insulin pump (Minimed 515) in July 2005. I am constantly working on exercising more: that is my constant struggle. In 2007, I learned that I actually have type 1.5 diabetes!

Since September 2007, I started writing a monthly column called "Hola Diabetes" for dLife in English and Spanish, aimed at the Latino community. In May 2008, I started writing the column "Diabetes Hacker" in MyDiabetesCentral.com.

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Profile

Do you have diabetes?
Yes
Type of diabetes
Type 1.5 (LADA)
Date diagnosed
October 23, 2002
Most recent A1C (BG Average) Value
6.2 (June 10, 2008)
Type of treatment you use
Pump, Diet and Exercise
If you use a pump, what pump model do you use?
Minimed Paradigm 515
Hometown (where you come from):
Caracas, Venezuela
Where do you live? (City, Country)
Palo Alto, CA
What is the address for your Facebook profile, if any?
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=83500262
What is the address for your MySpace page, if any?
http://www.myspace.com/askmanny
What is the address for your blog or other web site, if any?
http://www.askmanny.com
How did you find out about us? What were you searching for?
Founder of TuDiabetes.com
Who referred you? (if anyone)
n/a
What do you do for a living?
President of the Diabetes Hands Foundation

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At 2:31pm on July 23rd, 2008, Rachel Joy said…
Manny,
If you need any further info for the interview, just email me at souleap at hotmail and I will get back to you. I have been out of town and now am back and have the time to help you with whatever info you still need! Hope to hear from you soon,
Rachel
At 12:17am on July 23rd, 2008, Xin Wu said…
Thanks for welcoming!
I am a software engineer for IBM for database tooling projects. At the same time, I am also a nutraceutical consultant working with clinics helping patients with wellness programs with nutraceuticals instead of pharmaceuticals. That includes heart health, diabetes, bone&joint health, weight management, etc. so the people I know with diabetes are those that I help from clinics. About a week ago, I heard of this wonderful site where people with similar health conidtion background share their feelings and knowledge. I think I might be able to contribute somehow and learn from others too. Thanks for organizing this community and I believe this helps a lot of people.
At 4:48pm on July 22nd, 2008, Jessica said…
I'm hooked!
At 1:58am on July 22nd, 2008, Kristin said…
I added a link to your blog on mine :)... hope that's OK with you!
At 3:07pm on July 19th, 2008, Lysander Marchena said…
Hi,
How have you been my friend ? I am still in Full Sail starting ANP August. Can't wait to get out of here. How have you been ? Jus droppin in sayin hi.
Take care,
Lysander
At 9:36am on July 18th, 2008, sohair said…
Hi Manny,
i just suggested to Bek who writes beautifuly that you can gather artistic and touching comments from this site,find a publisher and the book to be sold to benefit charities dealing with diabetics in need.
there are many artistic locely people in your site.
please advertise diabetes supply art on main page!
At 3:54am on July 18th, 2008, sohair said…
phil is great,he inspires us to do a lot, IDF is doing its best to move us in the right direction.
At 11:44am on July 17th, 2008, justinebaron said…
Thanks a lot for your approval, I will be posting the research link very soon. I will spread the word about the community! Every online community helps people receive encouragement and support, and contributes to raise awareness about diabetes, which is important!
The people on this site sound very friendly, I have had many welcoming me even though they don't know me, it's wonderful!
A summary of my results will be made available as soon as this is possible (probably about two months from now, by the time I collect the data and then analyse it).
Thank you very much,
Justine Baron
At 2:06am on July 17th, 2008, sohair said…
I do not know how to thank you for creating this group,if you know how diabetic people feel in our place, but things are improving and the social stigma is fading.
you inspire all of us.
I write peotry books in english and arabic,sold to help diabetic kids.
if you know any charity working for diabetics,I can donate some of my books to be accessed on the net with a dollar and money go to the charity.
i donate half of every book published to be sold in events for diabetics and money collected by these charities,
At 8:30pm on July 16th, 2008, Jessica said…
Wanted to say thanks. Although I still haven't quite figured out some things here I am def addicted to checking mail, leaving comments, etc. What a great feeling that I am not alone in the struggle! God bless.

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TuDiabetes Meetup in CWD 2008, Orlando

Posted on July 24th, 2008 at 12:40am — 1 Comment (Add)

As I turn 36...

Posted on July 14th, 2008 at 7:31pm — 10 Comments (Add)

Honored to serve on the board of iPump.org

Posted on June 25th, 2008 at 3:07pm — 2 Comments (Add)

DiabetesTalkFest and DiabetesDaily sport new Home Pages!

Posted on June 18th, 2008 at 3:41pm — 4 Comments (Add)

 
 

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