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Rick Mendosa
Rick tells how his search for diabetes information led him to create and maintain his own Web site.
Jerry Mathers
"Beaver Clever" on the classic TV show "Leave it to Beaver," tells how a diabetes diagnosis caused him to gain control of his weight problem.
Alan Thicke
Finding out your child has diabetes is tough, especially when he's only four. Alan describes the challenge of raising a diabetic child.
Nicole Johnson, Miss America 1999
Nicole tells how she got her condition under control and became an ispiring role model for people living with diabetes.
Maria de Alva
Past president of the International Diabetes Federation, shares her personal story of life with type 1 diabetes.
Michael: DiabeTips
Based on personal experiences: pointers for improving health for diabetics - spices, herbs, supplements, vitamins. Better glucose, cholesterol levels without side effects; books to consult; sweeteners summary. Encouragement to research further.
Gary Hall: Olympic Gold Medalist with Diabetes
If you take care of your diabetes, you're going to be able to do anything you want to do. I'm living proof of that,that you can fulfill your dreams.
Diabetes.me.uk
Maintained by a type 1 diabetic from South-East London. Scott is 25 and has been diabetic since he was 17 years old. Learn more about diabetes and share personal experiences.
Life with Diabetes
A personal insight into diabetes and diabetic retinopathy, written by a diabetic with over 17 years experience.
Road to Santiago
Dudley Glover, an insulin-dependent diabetic with cardiac complications, has an online journal of his 500-mile trek across northern Spain as he follows the Road to Santiago.
My Experience on an Insulin Pump
This site describes my experience going on an insulin pump and is aimed at giving somebody considering pump therapy an idea of what to expect. Shows details of my diet and insulin during my first four days.
Searchin' for a Cure
Explains how the author was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes and her recommendations for sugar-free drinks and food.
Juvenilediabetic.com
A creative, passionate, and somewhat off-beat site about juvenile (type 1) diabetes. It offers a tough look at alienation, anger, & discrimination. Its account of life and hope is created by a former Spider-man artist threatened by losing his sight by this condition.
Diabetes News
Diabetes-related news from magazines, newspapers, journal articles, and medical sites, updated semi-daily.
Nora House-Petz's Diabetic Execise
The site and story of 38-year-old Nora House-Petz, bodybuilder, who was diagnosed with juvenile diabetes at age 9 and is now the first pump-wearing diabetic to compete in bodybuilding.
diabeticquest
The quest of a type 1 diabetic to build a 30' cataraman and sail solo from the U.S. to Australia to prove that diabetes should not limit a person's dreams.