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Digest - 22 May 2010 to 23 May 2010 (#2010-98)

Sun, 23 May 2010

There is 1 message totalling 58 lines in this issue.

Topics of the day:

  1. Riding to Stop Diabetes / Tour de Cure

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Date:    Sat, 22 May 2010 18:14:35 -0400
From:    Brenda Bell <webwarren@e.......>
Subject: Riding to Stop Diabetes / Tour de Cure

(Posted with McLisa's permission.)


On June 13 (my fiftieth birthday), I will attempt to ride 50 miles in
this year's Tour de Cure to raise money to further the mission of the
American Diabetes Association: to prevent and cure diabetes, and to
improve the lives of all those affected by diabetes.

We all know folk whose lives have been touched by diabetes -- on this
list and elsewhere. (I can think of some old quote lists asking
Libratsie if she has has eaten!) I was diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes
in 2002, and Frank (my other half) -- who had been bordering along
the edges for about a decade -- was formally diagnosed about two and
a half years ago. I can list a number of my family members and
friends outside FK fandom who also have diabetes, and that's without
touching the diabetes online community (or communiTIES) in which I've
been so active the past two years.

In this period of time, I've also learned how frequently diabetes has
been missed, misdiagnosed, or mistreated -- especially in those who
develop Type 1 diabetes as adults, and those in low-income and ethnic
communities -- to the point that it's often not until these people
develop complications of diabetes that the underlying cause is
diagnosed and treated.

With the funds raised in the Tours de Cure (there are a number of
them held all around the United States), the American Diabetes
Association will be able to support more outreach programs into
communities at risk for diabetes as well as research to improve the
treatment of diabetes -- and maybe even one or more cures.

This will be my first time participating in a charity bicycle ride as
anything other than a car-bound (or rest-stop-bound) radio operator,
and I'm eagerly anticipating the event (even if it *does* mean I'll
be 50 years old that day!).

Please help us in the fight against diabetes by sponsoring my ride.
I'm trying to raise at least $500 (do you see a theme of "fifties"
here? it's quite deliberate, I assure you!). You can sponsor me
online by going to http://main.diabetes.org/goto/bfbell where you can
make a secure, 100% tax-deductible donation.


Brenda F. Bell   webwarren@e.......   /nick TMana     IM: n2kye
Arctophile, computer addict, TREKker, stealth photographer...
         UA, PoCBS, FKPagan; Neon-Green GlowWorm
HugMistress of the Ger Bear Project https://members.tripod.com/~TMana/
Gerthering 3 Photos:  https://members.tripod.com/~TMana/gertherng/
Visit the Fiendish Glow at http://home.earthlink.net/~webwarren/glow/

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