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Revisting 2011

December 30, 2011 — Scott

I’d like to thank everyone who has visited, read and commented here at Strangely Diabetic in 2011. It’s been a great year for me personally, having been able to meet so many other members of the DOC in the past 12 months both virtually and in real life! You all inspire me and help me cope with everything life throws at me, not just diabetes! Thank you all so much

Highlights for me included:

Being invited to attend the 2011 JDRF Government Relations Day(s) in March which was a great experience.
Being fortunate enough to attend the 2011 Friends for Life Convention in Orlando and meet so many fantastic people. Heck, British comedian Oliver Double even gave me a shout out at the conference during his fantastic comedic presentation.
VJ over at Diabetic365 gave me the opportunity to appear on his vlog
Chris interviewed me on his podcast of We’re Just Talking and my cat was the star!

In conclusion, I’d thought I’d list the top 10 most read posts for 2011

Again, thank you all so much and I wish everyone a fantastic and safe 2012!

P.S. Don’t forget FFL 2012!

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What Makes A Patient “Successful”?

December 15, 2011 — Scott

A while back I received an invitation from a medical professional to participate in a project involving “successful diabetics” who had an “inspirational and uplifting story”. I asked if they had ever actually read my blog, they hadn’t and after doing so, we quickly agreed that I probably wouldn’t be a good candidate on the “inspirational and uplifting” part, LOL. But I digress.

In this project, success was defined as having no (or few) complications while having a life of family, career, etc… You know, just like those non-pancreatically challenged folks do.

But that definition of success seemed to center on how many complications a person had, seeming to further perpetuate the stereotype of a person being defined only by his or her medical condition.

I’m sure the end result of this project will be valuable to many people. I’m all for that, but how do you define “success” in your lives? Where does diabetes or whatever condition you may have fall into that equation for success? Does your definition of success change over time? Change because of events in your life?

I’d like to hear what you all think about this

** This post is my December entry in the DSMA Blog Carnival. If you’d like to participate too, you can get all of the information at http://diabetessocmed.com/2011/december-dsma-blog-carnival/