“Diabetes Forecast®, the Healthy Living Magazine of the American Diabetes Association, names Stacey Simms as one of 12 People to Know for 2017.” Me & Ben Vereen? Are you kidding? What else to say, but thank you!? (Click here to see the issue online) Thank you to the editors and the committee who puts together…
Hey! It’s Diabetes Blog Week again! All week amazing people in the Diabetes Online Community will be sharing their thoughts on all sorts of cool topics. Karen Graffeo organizes this event every year – I spoke to her for the podcast last week. You can listen here (Karen’s interview starts at 39:00): http://traffic.libsyn.com/diabetesconnections/Ep_101_Final_TrialNet_Blog_Week.mp3 Today’s…
I tweeted this out the night of the Golden Globes. Got a few questions, so I thought I’d explain a bit more. Here’s the story: Note to self: when you interview @LeoDiCaprio in 1993 on Oscar weekend & ask him if he'd like to someday win one, keep the tape. 1/4 — Stacey Simms (@staceysimms) February…
I’m not much for New Year celebrations. We had a quiet night with the kids, making s’mores in the fire pit and toasting with some quality sparkling cider: Instead of big resolutions, just a few goals for 2015: More: Writing, water, veggies, laughing Less: Guilt, caffeine, junk food, staying up late for no good reason…
We’re right in the middle of Hanukkah, lighting four candles tonight. This will be our 8th since Benny’s diagnosis, but I can’t say I’ve thought a lot about diabetes and the Festival of Lights. Interesting then, to read a post on Diabetesmine about Hanukkah in Israel and T1D. The author, Jessica Apple, is the founder and…
Last week I was thrilled to host one hour of the 24 Hour Twitter Marathon for World Diabetes Day. It was a bit of a blur, but it was a lot of fun. I wanted to share some highlights. If this looks like fun, and you’re on Twitter, consider following the hashtag #DSMA. It stands…
We met NASCAR driver Ryan Reed a few years ago, when he was on the ARCA tour. Now he’s in his rookie year on the big stage and he’s really fun to watch. I like knowing that he’s got the same Dexcom receiver Benny uses mounted right on his dashboard! I was able to catch…
The Big Blue Test is one of my favorite diabetes advocacy campaigns. It’s very simple: check your blood sugar, exercise for 15-20 minutes and then check again. Enter the results online at www.bigbluetest.org. Sometimes we forget how important exercise to manage diabetes. This is a great way to bring that point home. We’ve done it a…
This week, I went to a JDRF function as a volunteer and as a reporter. I brought my camera along to interview John Brady, the International JDRF Board President. That interview will air on Time Warner Cable News Charlotte soon. I was also thrilled to see Tom Brobson at the function. We’ve only met a…
As with most holidays, Rosh Hashanah means some very sweet food. But we’ve got it covered – after all, it’s 5775! Apples = 15 carbs each Honey = 17 carbs per Tbsp Have a sweet and happy New Year!! [youtube id=”FlcxEDy-lr0″ width=”600″ height=”350″] (Where were these videos when we were kids?!)