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November is Diabetes Awareness Month! I am pleased to present you with D-Quote, a Diabetes Light initiative that gives voice to our community and helps provide awareness for this challenging invisible condition. Thank you for reading. I encourage you to pass these meaningful quotes and stories along to increase our advocacy and outreach efforts. All advocacy moves us closer to a cure. Thanks for your help! 🙂

**A special thanks to our community members for taking the time to write and bravely share their stories and experiences to provide diabetes awareness.

“It is during the darkest hours with diabetes that the greatest human strength is discovered. For it is here, when walking the darkest paths and deepest valleys, that the friendship, support, kindness and kinship that the diabetes community offers, shines through to raise me up once again. For this community and the blessings it brings, I am eternally grateful.”

Anna Presswell
I am 31 years old and have lived with T1 for 26 years, I ‘turn 27’ in diabetes years on Christmas Eve this year.

Anna’s Blog: www.insulinindependent.blogspot.com

You have just read a D-quote, a Diabetes Light initiative to create awareness and support for November’s Diabetes Awareness month. Please like, comment and share to promote advocacy and awareness for diabetes. Thank you!

*Like/follow us on Facebook at Diabetes Light: My holistic journey to health to read more quotes this month from those living with and affected by diabetes. The quotes are also being shared at http://diabeteslight.com!

In Peace & Light,

Cynthia

November is Diabetes Awareness Month! I am pleased to present you with D-Quote, a Diabetes Light initiative that gives voice to our community and helps provide awareness for this challenging invisible condition. Thank you for reading. I encourage you to pass these meaningful quotes and stories along to increase our advocacy and outreach efforts. All advocacy moves us closer to a cure. Thanks for your help! 🙂

**A special thanks to our community members for taking the time to write and bravely share their stories and experiences to provide diabetes awareness.

“Diabetes is something I do, something I care for, not who I am. I am a woman who loves, plays, hurts and struggles. Has successes and failures, good days and bad days. I am strong and healthy, sensitive and emotional yet capable and willing. I will not be defined nor limited by a diagnosis. I am so much more both because and in-spite of diabetes.”

Sama St Pierre
Living with Type 1 since 11/17/92
Dx’d at age 17

Special note: Today is Sama’s 21st diabetes anniversary! Please join me in celebrating her! Happy Anniversary Sama, you are amazing!! Much love to you. <3

You have just read a D-quote, a Diabetes Light initiative to create awareness and support for November’s Diabetes Awareness month. Please like, comment and share to promote advocacy and awareness for diabetes. Thank you!

*Like/follow us on Facebook at Diabetes Light: My holistic journey to health to read more quotes this month from those living with and affected by diabetes. The quotes are also being shared at http://diabeteslight.com!

In Peace & Light,

Cynthia

November is Diabetes Awareness Month! I am pleased to present you with D-Quote, a Diabetes Light initiative that gives voice to our community and helps provide awareness for this challenging invisible condition. Thank you for reading. I encourage you to pass these meaningful quotes and stories along to increase our advocacy and outreach efforts. All advocacy moves us closer to a cure. Thanks for your help! 🙂

**A special thanks to our community members for taking the time to write and bravely share their stories and experiences to provide diabetes awareness.

‘If at first you don’t succeed, try, try, try again.’

“Today is my Diaversary.  37 years ago on November 15, 1976 I was diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes.  I didn’t have perfect numbers that day or on any day since. But without fail I have gotten up every day and tried to lead a successful life with diabetes.  I tried yesterday, I will try today, and I will wake up tomorrow and try again.

Maybe success with diabetes is not measured by perfect numbers anyway.  I think that I have figured out a much better way of measuring the success of my life.”

Laddie Lindahl
Type 1 since 11/15/76
Age 61
Blog:  http://testguessandgo.com

You have just read a D-quote, a Diabetes Light initiative to create awareness and support for November’s Diabetes Awareness month. Please like, comment and share to promote advocacy and awareness for diabetes. Thank you!

*Like/follow us on Facebook at Diabetes Light: My holistic journey to health to read more quotes this month from those living with and affected by diabetes. The quotes are also being shared at http://diabeteslight.com!

In Peace & Light,

Cynthia

November is Diabetes Awareness Month! I am pleased to present you with D-Quote, a Diabetes Light initiative that gives voice to our community and helps provide awareness for this challenging invisible condition. Thank you for reading. I encourage you to pass these meaningful quotes and stories along to increase our advocacy and outreach efforts. All advocacy moves us closer to a cure. Thanks for your help! 🙂

**A special thanks to our community members for taking the time to write and bravely share their stories and experiences to provide diabetes awareness.

“Hopefully soon we’ll have a cure and I’d hate to see all of the acronyms that have become so popular with diabetics go to waste. So it’s only fair that we give them new jobs with different meanings. I’ll need some help from the D.O.C. (DIABETICS ON COMPUTERS )
 Here’s a few I’ve come up with.
b.g.-previously blood glucose. Now- BILLY GOAT. imagine how much time and resources could be saved by shortening it to simply b.g. Alright, I may need a little help with these.
T1D- previously…well it’s probably obvious. Now- TWENTY ONE to DRINK. o.k., I guess that’s obvious as well, but they still post it, so now on a smaller sign.
D.A.D.- previously diabetic alert dog. Now- DRIVING AFTER DARK. Or DIAMOND ALERT DOG, these dogs would be retrained to alert the smell of diamonds.
P.W.D.- previously person with diabetes. Now- PERSON WITHOUT DIABETES. Obviously my favorite
HbA1c – previously Hemoglobin A1c. Now- HAPPY BIRTHDAY ANOTHER 1 CURED. As everyone can’t be cured all at once, they’ll be cured on their birthday.”

Jim Murray
Type 1 for 13 years
DX age 27, 10/31/00

You have just read a D-quote, a Diabetes Light initiative to create awareness and support for November’s Diabetes Awareness month. Please like, comment and share to promote advocacy and awareness for diabetes. Thank you!

*Like/follow us on Facebook at Diabetes Light: My holistic journey to health to read more quotes this month from those living with and affected by diabetes. The quotes are also being shared at http://diabeteslight.com!

In Peace & Light,

Cynthia

November is Diabetes Awareness Month! I am pleased to present you with D-Quote, a Diabetes Light initiative that gives voice to our community and helps provide awareness for this challenging invisible condition. Thank you for reading. I encourage you to pass these meaningful quotes and stories along to increase our advocacy and outreach efforts. All advocacy moves us closer to a cure. Thanks for your help! 

**A special thanks to our community members for taking the time to write and bravely share their stories and experiences to provide diabetes awareness.

*****

“Last night Rach had a delayed hypo at 1am and so I brought her a juice box and she drank it, in her sleep like always because she is so used to being woken that she will drink it and be half asleep. The juice did not work so I tried to get her to drink some more juice and she didn’t want any more and so she held her mouth shut and refused to drink any more.

Moments like these, I just feel so sad, that I have to force my child to eat or drink just to keep her safe. It hurts so much knowing that I am her mummy and there is not one thing I can do to take this disease away from her. It hurts, trying to explain to your child why you are constantly stabbing them with needles and sets and her not understanding that the very things that hurt her, also keep her alive and safe. I would do anything for my child, anything! But the one thing she wants I can’t give her.

Fast forward to this morning and my babe woke up and was full of sunshine and happiness ready for her Walk to Cure Diabetes. Our Diabetic children are amazing! They deal with so much and I know how hard this disease is to live with and yet they keep on looking up.

My girl gives me hope in my darkest hours because she keeps pushing on through in her hard times and she makes me, her mummy do that also. I love her so much and seeing this smile on her face today helps me through these hard times when all I want to do is cry. She is my blessing in life. I love her so much!”

Lisa McGarry
Type 1 Diabetic for 13 years & Diabetes Mum.
and Rach is
Rachel McGarry
Type 1 Diabetic
diagnosed 22nd February 2012
age: 9

You have just read a D-quote, a Diabetes Light initiative to create awareness and support for November’s Diabetes Awareness month. Please like, comment and share to promote advocacy and awareness for diabetes. Thank you!

*Like/follow us on Facebook at Diabetes Light: My holistic journey to health to read more quotes this month from those living with and affected by diabetes. The quotes are also being shared at http://diabeteslight.com!

In Peace & Light,

Cynthia

November is Diabetes Awareness Month! I am pleased to present you with D-Quote, a Diabetes Light initiative that gives voice to our community and helps provide awareness for this challenging invisible condition. Thank you for reading. I encourage you to pass these meaningful quotes and stories along to increase our advocacy and outreach efforts. All advocacy moves us closer to a cure. Thanks for your help! 🙂

**A special thanks to our community members for taking the time to write and bravely share their stories and experiences to provide diabetes awareness.

“Las Vegas is 24/7. Diabetes is 24/7/365 – every decade, every year, every month, every week, every day, every hour, every minute, every second, every millisecond.”

Judy Reich
Las Vegas, NV
Type 1
Dx’d June 1967

You have just read a D-quote, a Diabetes Light initiative to create awareness and support for November’s Diabetes Awareness month. Please like, comment and share to promote advocacy and awareness for diabetes. Thank you!

*Like/follow us on Facebook at Diabetes Light: My holistic journey to health to read more quotes this month from those living with and affected by diabetes. The quotes are also being shared at http://diabeteslight.com!

In Peace & Light,

Cynthia

November is Diabetes Awareness Month! I am pleased to present you with D-Quote, a Diabetes Light initiative that gives voice to our community and helps provide awareness for this challenging invisible condition. Thank you for reading. I encourage you to pass these meaningful quotes and stories along to increase our advocacy and outreach efforts. All advocacy moves us closer to a cure. Thanks for your help! 🙂

**A special thanks to our community members for taking the time to write and bravely share their stories and experiences to provide diabetes awareness.

*****

“People ask me all the time ‘Aren’t you afraid riding your bike on the city streets?’ My answer ‘Never let fear keep you from doing something you love’ and I LOVE riding my bike. Saddle up people. :)’

Christina Ingrassia
Type 1 Diabetes
-You needed to know my diagnosis date Jan 1978, & by the time you post this quote I will be 43 cause right now I am still 42! Ha.

You have just read a D-quote, a Diabetes Light initiative to create awareness and support for November’s Diabetes Awareness month. Please like, comment and share to promote advocacy and awareness for diabetes. Thank you!

*Like/follow us on Facebook at Diabetes Light: My holistic journey to health to read more quotes this month from those living with and affected by diabetes. The quotes are also being shared at http://diabeteslight.com!

In Peace & Light,

Cynthia

November is Diabetes Awareness Month! I am pleased to present you with D-Quote, a Diabetes Light initiative that gives voice to our community and helps provide awareness for this challenging invisible condition. Thank you for reading. I encourage you to pass these meaningful quotes and stories along to increase our advocacy and outreach efforts. All advocacy moves us closer to a cure. Thanks for your help! 🙂

**A special thanks to our community members for taking the time to write and bravely share their stories and experiences to provide diabetes awareness.

“Diabetes may win a few battles, but you control the outcome of the war.”

-Jaim Zuber
Type 3 (husband to a Type 1) for 6 years

I am married to an incredible man, Jaim Zuber is my spouse. Although not always easy, T3’s (friends, family, partners) of those of us with diabetes have big shoes to fill, helping give us support and strength when diabetes is throwing one of it’s tantrums. That support came in the form of this quote one early day in September this year when we were on vacation on the North Shore.

I was rattling on about my diabetes and the frustrations it was causing me one morning when he shared the above wisdom. I loved it in it’s simplicity and truth. Right then and there I made him write it down, saying it was perfect for D-Quote! 🙂 I love my husband and the support and encouragement he provides– it is a big part of coping with this condition day in and day out. Here is a BIG thanks to all of the T3’s in our lives never forgetting to put a smile on our face when we need it most. I love you sweetie! <3

-Cynthia Zuber
Type 1 for 26 years

You have just read a D-quote, a Diabetes Light initiative to create awareness and support for November’s Diabetes Awareness month. Please like, comment and share to promote advocacy and awareness for diabetes. Thank you!

*Like/follow us on Facebook at Diabetes Light: My holistic journey to health to read more quotes this month from those living with and affected by diabetes. The quotes are also being shared at http://diabeteslight.com!

In Peace & Light,

Cynthia

November is Diabetes Awareness Month! I am pleased to present you with D-Quote, a Diabetes Light initiative that gives voice to our community and helps provide awareness for this challenging invisible condition. Thank you for reading. I encourage you to pass these meaningful quotes and stories along to increase our advocacy and outreach efforts. All advocacy moves us closer to a cure. Thanks for your help! 🙂

**A special thanks to our community members for taking the time to write and bravely share their stories and experiences to provide diabetes awareness.

Cynthia

November is Diabetes Awareness Month! I am pleased to present you with D-Quote, a Diabetes Light initiative that gives voice to our community and helps provide awareness for this challenging invisible condition. Thank you for reading. I encourage you to pass these meaningful quotes and stories along to increase our advocacy and outreach efforts. All advocacy moves us closer to a cure. Thanks for your help! 🙂

**A special thanks to our community members for taking the time to write and bravely share their stories and experiences to provide diabetes awareness.

“With Diabetes you must not just think outside the box, you must think as if there were no box.”

 

“Through Education, Support and Encouragement we WILL make a difference.”

Laura
diagnosed at age 19, now 45
Type of Diabetes unknown but suspected as having monogenic diabetes.

You have just read a D-quote, a Diabetes Light initiative to create awareness and support for November’s Diabetes Awareness month. Please like, comment and share to promote advocacy and awareness for diabetes. Thank you!