Today is the last day of Diabetes Blog Week, and our prompt is to write about our diabetes hero(es). As an aside, I just learned that “heroes” is plural when referring to people and “heros” is the way you write it when referring to sandwiches. Very interesting. It just wasn’t looking right to me. But I digress.
As many other people have and will write today, it is pretty much impossible to name one diabetes hero. There are so many. I have so much respect for those who do research to find better ways to manage (and someday prevent/cure) diabetes. The health care professionals who dedicate much of their lives to helping people live successfully with diabetes are pretty awesome too.
As D-blog Week comes to a close I think the people who have done important things to create an interactive community for people with diabetes are heroes. I have learned a lot from the Diabetes Online Community over the past 16 months, and I continue to learn everyday. Finally, Karen Graffeo, at bittersweetdiabetes.com is a hero for putting together D-blog Week for the third year in a row.