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Penny R. 34, Female NC, United States: pennylane5001; Share

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My Son Has Diabetes ( my regular blog)

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Help Find a Cure for Type 1 Diabetes

I'm Home and a Change in Plans

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Do you have diabetes?: I have a relative/friend with diabetes

Type of diabetes: Type 1

Date diagnosed: October 6, 2005

Most recent A1C (BG Average) Value: 7.2

What glucose meter do you use?: Freestyle Lite

Type of treatment you use: Pump

If you use a pump, what pump model do you use?: Animas 1250

Hometown (where you come from):: NC

Where do you live? (City, Country): NC

What is the address for your blog or other web site, if any?: http://www.threeyearsfree.blogspot.com

How did you find out about us? What were you searching for?: from Nicole Purcell's website

Who referred you? (if anyone): N/A

What do you do for a living?: Home Health RN

Help Find A Cure for Type 1 Diabetes

Walk of Hope will be held on Saturday, October 6, 2007. This is Riley's 2 year anniversary of having diabetes. All proceeds from the walk will go to The Iacocca Foundation for research to find a cure for Type 1 diabetes.

To donate, click here. When you fill in your info. under "designation" type in Walk of Hope, so the money will get credited to my walk.

There are literally millions of reasons why we need a cure. Here's one of them.

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Why I hardly ever post here

Hi guys. I hardly ever post here. But, I'm around. I visit often and join in discussions occasionally.

I just wanted to refer you to my regular blog. I've been posting at My Son Has Diabetes for a little over 2 years now. That's why I never post here. It's hard for me to keep up with one blog, let alone two.

I probably won't post here again. I have a feed to my blog on my tudiabetes page so my most recent post is always in the…

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Posted on February 1st, 2008 at 10:39am — 1 Comment (Add)

Check out my video

Please take time to go to the video section and check out my video entitled Walk of Hope 2007.

It is the video I made for my walk this year.

Posted on November 20th, 2007 at 9:40am — No Comments (Add)

A Strange Question

I was speaking to another mother of a child with D today about Walk of Hope. I had invited her daughter to come out and walk as well as to be included in my Faces of Hope presentation. I didn't even ask for a donation because I knew they participated in a JDRF walk.

She said she had never heard of The Iacocca Foundation. I wasn't surprised. I'm sure plenty…

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Posted on October 3rd, 2007 at 2:10pm — 3 Comments (Add)

Does this bother you?

I'm paraphrasing here, but read this statement from a radio ad and see what you think:

"...kids eating school lunches leading them down the path to obesity and diabetes"

Does that statement bother anyone else?

It is a radio ad for Boar's Head turkey. I'm in the car a lot and I hear this ad ever… Continue

Posted on September 21st, 2007 at 9:09am — No Comments (Add)

Hopeful Faces

Walk of Hope is coming up in a few short weeks. I am doing a presentation again this year entitled "The Faces of Hope".

It's just a little slide show of people with Type 1 with a info like their age, age at diagnosis, hobbies, where they live (if they chose to share). Along with that I need a picture.

I had 22 hopeful faces last year. But, this year I only have 10.

If any of you would like to help me out I'd appreciate it…

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Posted on September 19th, 2007 at 4:53pm — No Comments (Add)

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At 7:13pm on May 7th, 2008, Renaee said…: Hi Penny
I checked out your blog My son has diabetes. It made me cry. I hope to start a blog myself soon. I know it has been so helpful to me to read about others trials coping with this terrible disease our kids have. I'm sure that it would be helpful for me to just put the everyday problems and the good things that happens in writing. Thanks for being there.
Renaee

At 6:07pm on May 5th, 2008, Manny Hernandez said…: Thanks for sending the message. If you see any errors, you can always use the "Report an Issue" link at the bottom.

Take care,

At 11:30am on May 5th, 2008, Manny Hernandez said…: Thanks so much!!!

What error message were you seeing? You mind sending it to me, so I can look into it?

At 2:14am on May 5th, 2008, Manny Hernandez said…: Penny: would you be able to help me spread the word about the Children's Contest among the members of the Parents group? Here is the link:
http://tudiabetes.com/forum/topic/show?id=583967%3ATopic%3A135580

Thanks a lot!

At 9:42pm on May 3rd, 2008, Maggie said…: Penny, did your son start out on Lantus? Did he adjust to it pretty fast? How was your experience switching to the pump? How long did the process take once you decided to use a pump, until he was fully "up and running" on the pump?

At 1:27pm on May 2nd, 2008, marcy said…: thank you that means a lot

At 9:55am on May 2nd, 2008, Shannon said…: Hey Penny.. thanks for the welcome and your son is adorable. if you ever need to vent, bring it on. ive had this lovely disease since i was 21 yrs old so I cant even imagine what your son and your family goes thru.. I do know one thing.. never give up no matter how hard it gets..

At 12:44am on May 2nd, 2008, Punk said…: Thanks for the welcome I have added you as my friend. Your son looks like a happy little fellow.
Kim

At 6:22pm on May 1st, 2008, marcy said…: hi my son is adrian i found out when he was 5 now he is 6 it is so hard for me to do i still cry all the time asking why me i dont know no one with a child with it so its hard to talk to anyone im still new at all this stuff but the docs tell me im doing good with it but im so scared all the time i dont like him to play sports i know i cant do that to him but its hard to let go and let him do his thing rite im not doing the pump rite now just shots so sorry for just going on and on how is your son doing with all of this

At 5:29pm on May 1st, 2008, Maggie said…: Hi Penny, my name is Tracy, I'm Maggie's mom. I will be doing the typing and posting. Maggie is 5 and was diagnosed 2 weeks before her 4th bday. So we are about 18 months into this. How soon after your son was diagnosed did he go on the pump. Maggie is still on injections and will be switching from Humulin to Levimir and Humalog in June. Did you use Levimir or Lantus before going on the pump?

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