Roche, ADA & My Love for D-Folks.
I’m back from my whirlwind trip to Portland and San Diego, and am on the ground in New York for all of 72 hours before I hightail it back to the Left Coast. I was planning on posting something last Friday, but my schedule was more chaotic than I anticipated, and I flunked posting yesterday because of, well, work. I was blogging, it just wasn’t here!
Anyway, last week’s Roche Diabetes Social Media Summit and the American Diabetes Association’s Scientific Sessions over the weekend were ah-may-zing. I had so much fun, which you wouldn’t normally think for something so tech and science heavy. But it was great. Being with people with diabetes is probably my favorite thing ever, and being able to do it for six days straight? Heaven. The only thing that wasn’t heaven was schlepping all over the San Diego Convention Center, but I’m pretty sure that it was the only thing keeping me from gaining five pounds on the trip. Silver lining. We have lots of posts about what we did and learned over at DiabetesMine, so those who want to be in the know can hop over there.
But that doesn’t mean I can’t share a few photos from the weekend:
Here’s our “serious” group photo. You’ll have to enlarge it, but yes, that’s me in the middle. Rocking out with the electric guitar.
Our “goofy” photo. This was actually kind of hard for me, because I was only holding the guitar with one hand and leaning the rest of it on the railing. That thing was heavy!
This is me and my boss, Amy, at the Joslin reception. She’s awesome.
We also had the honor of meeting Bob Krause, who I interviewed a few weeks ago on DiabetesMine. He is 90-years-old and was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes a mere five years after the invention of insulin. Put another way: his brother died the year before he diagnosed because he didn’t have access to insulin at the time. Wow.
I had such a great time and I am totally exhausted, but I am so excited to be heading back to Oregon tomorrow where I will spend the next week finishing preparations for my wedding! We’re in the single digits folks: nine days!
Love it that there was a fear of gaining five pounds at a Diabetes conference hehe. Those d-peeps know how to party
Bob Krause is amazing! Gives me warm fuzzies – I still remember being told by a doctor at a young age that diabetics on average live 10 years shorter than the general population. Take that statistics/averages, Bob Krause is living proof that numbers aren’t everything
Sounds like a blast at the Summit-welcome back and bring on the countdown!
Yes, D-peeps do know how to party! But when most of your meals are at a catered buffet, it can be easy to eat and eat and eat… and then just bolus. I had to restrain myself from going overboard. Even healthy food has calories!
The buffet table can be a harsh mistress . . . endless bowls of strawberries at the fruit section have a habit of pulling me in. Hard to resist their sweet siren song haha.
Dang you have had a whirlwind month of June! And how crazy that the wedding is coming so fast! How exciting!!! I hope things slow down a bit so you can sort of enjoy this time leading up to the wedding – well, as much as a bride can enjoy those last days of work/preparation!
It was great seeing you in San Diego… although somehow we barely had a chance to talk so that’s kind of a bummer. It’s hard to catch up with everyone though when there are so many awesome people together.
Very cool that you got to meet Bob Krause, and I’m glad you enjoyed ADA. I’m sooo excited that it’s going to be in Philly next year! It’s not a cheap conference, but I can swing it when my travel cost is a $5.40 round trip train ticket each day
Since July is cuckoobirds for me with CWD followed by 3 weeks in Boston for school (eep!), I might not get a proper chance to wish you the best on your wedding day. I hope it goes smoothly and it’s everything you’ve imagined, but my words of wisdom are that even if you encounter a hiccup or two, don’t sweat it because at the end of the day, you’ll be married to the love of your life. Best wishes, Allison!