I’m off today to San Antonio today for the annual convention of the American Association of Diabetes Educators. I’m one of the few non-medical members of the organization and am privileged to be participating on a concurrent session on Friday, August 6. Our session is entitled Conversations that Matter: Living with Advanced Duration Diabetes.

About 18 months ago, three Registered Nurses and Certified Diabetes Educators (Claire Blum, Cindi Goldman-Patin and Connie Hanham) began work on this session since they were aware that only minimal resources have been utilized to support individuals who’ve had diabetes for a long time. I was invited to join them to present a non-medical story of my 31 years with type 2 diabetes. Claire, Cindi and Connie have all had type 1 diabetes for more years than I and are sure to present an outstanding program.

I am very excited to participate in this year’s convention and eagerly await a positive reception from 200 to 300 CDEs who are expected to attend our session. I’ll have my Flip Video with me to capture the moment and will report on session results in a future post.