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Friends For Life: Celebrating Life, Joy, Empathy And Strength | The LOOP Blog

Friends For Life: Celebrating Life, Joy, Empathy And Strength

Posted by Editorial Team On August 6, 2013 In Lifestyle
Last year at the Medtronic Diabetes Advocate Forum, my friend and fellow D-dad Bennet Dunlap looked me in the eye and said "You need to go to Friends for Life. It's a life-changing experience." Fast-forward to a few weeks ago, when I took a break from my busy work schedule (I traveled over 100,000
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Celebrating A Pumpaversary | The LOOP Blog

Celebrating A Pumpaversary

Posted by Editorial Team On May 3, 2012 In Lifestyle
A few weeks ago, I celebrated my fourth "pumpaversary". And I really did celebrate the milestone of being on an insulin pump for four years, because my road to get here was a long one.
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Diabetes Is Your Own Disease

Posted by Editorial Team On June 9, 2011 In Lifestyle
Today we hear from 14-year-old Claire Montgomery, founder and writer of her own blog where she writes about the many changes over the past few years, including being diagnosed with type 1 diabetes and moving to Mexico. She talks to us today about the lessons she has learned since her diagnosis and the
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