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No D-Day – FIFA ’13

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So, today is No D-Day where we are to talk about anything but the D.  So, I wanted to take some time to talk about something that has been taking up a lot of my time, FIFA ’13.  This is my first year buying FIFA for XBox.  I have played it in the past here and there, but never got too involved in it.  But my interest in soccer has grown since the last World Cup, so I have been paying more attention and have decided to skip buying Madden ’13 and going with FIFA ’13.

So, to those that read this and play FIFA ’13 for XBox, let’s have some online friendlies.

My gamer tag is KeyOregon360.

That is the tag that they gave me and I never changed it, so that’s why it is weird.  It was easy to remember, so I kept it.

Add me folks.

Worst Day Ever – Lost my COBRA Coverage

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Today has been very close to one of the worst days of my life.  Why is it one of the worst days ever?  I went online to make a payment for my COBRA coverage for the month of September which is due by September 30.  When I went to pay the bill it said that I didn’t have a balance due.  I thought that was pretty strange, so I started clicking out.  I found a section that lists letters that are sent to me and found one that had the word “Termination” in it.

Before I opened it, I already had a bad feeling in my stomach.  I opened the letter, that I never saw because it was sent to a mailing address that I no longer use.  My payment for the month of August was not paid, so they cancelled my coverage!  What? How? That’s impossible, I paid it. Read More

Bennet Dunlap FDA Follow Up

Chris Stocker

Last week there was a guest post / interview with Bennet Dunlap from Your Diabetes May Vary the FDA.  As promised, Bennet was going to answer a few follow up questions from you all and also add some additional details to a few things he spoke about last week. Since a lot of this FDA stuff can be overwhelming, I am breaking this follow up into two separate parts, today and Monday.  There are a lot of links here, so I suggest that you open them all up and then bookmark them or just bookmark this post and come back to the next link after you were able to read through the previous one. Well, let’s get to Bennet’s additional answers. Read More

Diasight: Diabetes Intuition

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For the final day of Diabetes Parenting Week, we have a great guest post from Wendy Rose.  I met Wendy at Roche and noticed her passion and her motherly instincts when it came to the diabetes of other people.  So, without any more delay, here it goes.

Wendy’s oldest daughter was diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes in 2005 (age 2) and Celiac Disease in 2008 (age 5).  Wendy was diagnosed with Celiac Disease in 2009.  She documents her family’s journey with Type 1 Diabetes and Celiac Disease at www.CandyHeartsBlog.com.  Feel free to find her on Twitter @MrsCandyHearts or connect on Facebook to stay in touch! Read More

The Summer-to-School Transition – Lorraine Sisto

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For day two Diabetes Parenting Week, we have another great guest post from Lorrain Sisto.  Let’s get right into it.

Lorraine is the mother of three children: Colin, Caleb and Lila. Caleb was diagnosed with type one diabetes at the age of three. He is now nine. Lorraine and Caleb both share their stories at www.thisiscaleb.com. You can also find Lorraine on twitter as @colcalli.

Lorraine is currently serving on the Board of Directors of the Diabetes Hands Foundation and the Board of Directors of Diabetes Community Advocacy Foundation. You can also find her co-hosting the DSMA Live Parents Talk radio show every other Monday night with Bennet Dunlap of YDMV.   Read More

Letting Kids be Kids Even with Diabetes – Scott Benner

Chris Stocker

For the first day of Diabetes Parenting Week, I am honored to have Scott Benner from Arden’s Day.  Below is a brief bio on Scott, and then right after is his post on Letting Kids be Kids Even with Diabetes.

Scott Benner began his life as a stay-at-home dad when he and his wife Kelly decided to give role reversal a try after their son Cole was born in 2000. Some years later their daughter Arden was diagnosed with type I diabetes just after her second birthday in 2006. Scott began writing about life as a type I diabetes CareGiver on his blog ‘Arden’s Day’ soon after.

Scott’s book, ‘Life is Short, Laundry is Eternal’, from Spry Publishing, will be on shelves in April of 2013. You can follow Scott on FaceBook, Twitter, Instagram or any number of other social media portals by clicking on these links or going to his blog www.ardensday.com and choosing the ‘social’ tab near the top of the page. Read More

Diabetes Parenting Week

Chris Stocker

After having a chance to speak to several different care givers and parents of children with diabetes, I formed a whole new respect for them. Not to say that I didn’t haven’t respect for them already because I obviously did. It’s just that I began thinking about what I would do and how I would act if I had a child with diabetes myself. So, the idea came to me to have a special week dedicated to these caregivers and parents.

That’s where diabetes parenting week is beginning. Throughout this week you are going to see guest posts from parents of children with type 1 diabetes. I will introduce each one of them the night before and day of their post.

Tomorrow you will hear from Scott Benner from Arden’s Day. I had a chance to meet Scott last month and I instantly was intrigued by his stay at home dad lifestyle and taking care of his children. It was a clear, obvious choice to have him write a guest post.

So, come check out the post tomorrow.

Interview with Bennet Dunlap – FDA

Chris Stocker

As I mentioned yesterday, I have a lot of questions when it comes to the FDA and how I can be a better advocate and what can I do more?  I figured that if I had these questions, that I wouldn’t be the only one, so I decided to interview Bennet Dunlap.  There’s not much of an introduction that I have to give here, just read on.

This is a long post, but trust me, it is worth reading every word.

There is a followup post to this scheduled for this week, but we need your help in order to make that post happen.  If you have any questions, comments, concerns or anything else, please leave a comment or send me an e-mail via the contact form with your follow up questions for Bennet and we will post the answers next week. Read More