Category: People (Celebrities)

Miss Idaho Sierra Sandison with insulin pump during Miss America competition

Interview with Miss Idaho, Sierra Sandison

As Emily’s parents told me she had been bullied for her diabetes, especially the fact that she wore a CGM, I glanced over and saw the sad look in her eyes. I knew that even though I didn’t think my talking to her would do much, I had to try. Every time I had an opportunity to talk to Emily one-on-one, she asked sincere questions, and truly wanted to know my answers. Had I ever been made fun of for having diabetes? Had I ever felt self conscious about it? How did I come to love myself in spite of living with the disease?
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Kim Savage - Family

YA Author and D-Mom Kim Savage Does It All

D-Mom Kim Savage embraced raising her young son with Type 1 diabetes while going full on chasing her dream, too. Now, her son with diabetes is a teenager and her career is on the brink of superstardom thanks to a three book deal with the prestigious publishing group of Farrar, Straus & Giroux/Macmillan.
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Sierra-Sandison-Miss-Idaho-with-insulin-pump

Miss Idaho Shows that True Beauty Comes in Making a Difference

Sierra Sandison became a role model, symbol, and icon to the millions of people with Type 1 diabetes all by deciding (in an admittedly somewhat hesitant way at first), to do something so simple and yet so complicated it’s hard to fathom: wear her insulin pump in clear sight while competing.
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JDRF Childrens Congress - Mary Tyler Moore

Thanks to Mary Tyler Moore…

Mary Tyler Moore was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes some four decades ago, and through the years she’s been perhaps the world’s top diabetes spokesperson. But advocacy couldn’t protect her from Type 1 diabetes complications. The new Closer Weekly Magazine cover story on Mary Tyler Moore, tells the story of her battle with type 1 diabetes, and her current state of health.
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Tom Hanks - Diabetes

Tom Hanks Has Type 2 Diabetes

Tom Hanks has type 2 diabetes. He revealed his diagnosis on the David Letterman Show. Hanks said the doctor told him, "You know those high blood sugar numbers you've been dealing with since you were 36? Well, you've graduated.
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