Writing to Ellen
My note to Ellen DeGeneres, inspired by Penny's blog post about Riley's diabetes.Dear EllenMaybe you'd consider dropping Ellen a note also?
I know this month you're focusing on raising awareness about a cure for cancer. And that's a great cause.
Well November 14th is World Diabetes Day and there are 2 million Americans that have Type 1 diabetes. Many of us get it as children and still have it when we grow into adulthood.
We'd love to have a cure, but because of insulin a lot of people think it HAS been cured. Trust me, it's not.
Check out our diabetes365 project at http://www.flickr.com/groups/mydiabetesathome/pool/ to see how diabetes affects us each and every day. Tell me how you'd feel if a child of yours was diagnosed at 3 and you had to give them multiple daily injections of insulin to keep them alive.
Please consider focusing on this terrible disease on your November 14th program.
Thanks
Bernard
http://blog.bernardfarrell.com
Labels: ellen, worlddiabetesday
posted by Bernard @ 9:02 AM
3 Comments:
Great Bernard.
My letter started off pretty much the same way yours did, praising her for creating awareness about breast cancer.
I hope other people follow suit.
Great Idea! I will definitely send one too.
Hi Bernard,
I've enjoyed reading your blog posts. Ellen and I have the same birthday, so that's how I started my note...hope she read the rest :)
Cheers,
Kathy (T1 for 25 yrs, now 37 yrs old)
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