Why diabetes365?
Why would anyone want to take one picture every day for a year? And what good does it do?Beth of the in search of balance blog first came up with the idea in early October. And when I read her post I saw this as a great way to explain to those who don't have diabetes what it's like to live with this disease.
It's been a little over a month now, we've got an official web site, and almost 30 photographers who are telling a little part of their story. In pictures and in words.
Because often there's more to the story than you can see at first glance. Like this shot of my foot protectors.
You see a pair of well-worn slippers. But because of my diabetes, I see my trusty foot protection.
When you have diabetes, your circulation is often affected. And that means that any damage to your feet can take a long time to heal. Even minor cuts, bruises, or blisters. In fact diabetes is responsible for "more than half of all lower limb amputations in the US" according to the NIDDK.
Maybe you already knew this.
But I'll bet that if you look through some of the over 500 pictures in the diabetes365 project you'll learn things about diabetes that will surprise you and may even move you.
If you have diabetes and would like to get involved learn more at the Project Diabetes365 site.
And if you'd like to keep up with the photos as they're added to the pool, you can use the flickr-provided RSS feed for diabetes365.
Labels: diabetes, diabetes365, feet, nablopomo
posted by Bernard @ 11:00 PM
2 Comments:
Bernard,
I used to go barefoot when I was a kid. Then one day at the neighbor's house, I stepped on a soda can tab & cut my big toe real bad. Since then, I where my shoes almost all the time. As soon as I get dressed in the morning, the shoes go on immediately. Then they stay on my feet until I go to bed that night. My friends think I'm crazy for leaving my shoes on so long. They can't stand to wear their shoes all day. But it worries me to go without them - especially with so many dogs in the house. You never know what they're going to chew up & leave little pieces of all over the floor. Plus, I'm clumbsy & would surely stub my toe on something. So I prefer to be safe than sorry - like you.
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