This week Cara finally talks to someone with a disease people have actually heard of: Type 1 diabetes. Christopher Snider is creator of the My Disease Secret communities, ePatient advisor for Stanford’s MedicineX conference, blogger at tobesugarfree.com, and host of the Just Talking podcast. He also has Type 1 diabetes. In this week’s episode, he talks about living with Type 1 Diabetes, the divides within the diabetes community, getting involved in the community himself, and launching the My Disease Secret platforms.
LINKS
CDC data on diabetes: http://www.cdc.gov/diabetes/data/national.html
Information on diabetes from the World Health Organization: http://www.who.int/topics/diabetes_mellitus/en/
More information about diabetes from the American Diabetes Association: http://www.diabetes.org/diabetes-basics/?loc=db-slabnav
JDRF: http://diabetesfoundation.jdrf.com/info/jdrf/
Christopher’s Blog: http://tobesugarfree.com/
Twitter: @iam_spartacus
My Disease Secret resources: http://mydiseasesecret.com/help
My Diabetes Secret: http://mydiabetessecret.com/
My Disease Secret: http://mydiseasesecret.com/
My Arthritis Secret: http://myarthritissecret.com/
My Chronic Pain Secret: http://mypainsecret.com/
My Cystic Fibrosis Secret: http://mycfsecret.com/
My Mental Health Secret: http://mymentalhealthsecret.com/
My Lupus Secret: http://mylupussecret.com/
Response to criticism of the My Disease Secret platforms: http://mydiseasesecret.com/post/132375339935/a-response
Stanford MedicineX Conference: http://medicinex.stanford.edu/
Just Talking podcast: http://justtalkingpodcast.com/
Kerri Sparling’s blog: http://sixuntilme.com/
