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KK: Why did you create Diabetes Sisters?

B.B: My first 18 years with diabetes were pretty lonely. I was never ashamed of my diabetes or tried to hide it, but I just wasn't ever able to connect with another woman with diabetes for a long-term friendship. Of course, I had friends, but it always seemed like there was this one aspect of me that was hidden away, not because I wanted it to be, but because it had to be. All through high school and college I quietly wished for a friend with diabetes who could understand what my life was really like. I was ecstatic to meet the diabetes educator who had diabetes at my new endocrinologist's office. For years, I looked forward to my quarterly check-ins with her...and always went in with my list of questions that could only be answered by another woman with diabetes! My pregnancy in 2004 was met with mixed emotions of excitement and anxiety. Excitement because I was responsible for bringing a new life into this world...and anxiety because I was responsible for bringing a new life into this world-- with the added challenge of diabetes-- and I knew no other woman who had accomplished this feat. The diabetes educator had never had a child, so the loneliness and frustration set in again. My web searches for information and support were lackluster at best. I asked my endocrinologist and my high-risk OB to connect me with another woman who had achieved a successful pregnancy, but unfortunately, they were not able to do so. After the successful birth of my daughter, Summer, in 2005, I knew something needed to be done to address the unique challenges faced by women with diabetes, but I didn't know exactly what the solution was. It was in the Fall of 2007 when I was blessed with the vision for DiabetesSisters... and the rest is history!

KK: In your own words describe the "Sisterhood" of Diabetes.

BB: I am so proud of and grateful for our Sisterhood! It is made up of women throughout the world with all types of diabetes who want to support, empower, and educate their "Sisters" with diabetes and receive the same in return. As women, we are naturally social, look to others for support, and want to help others. There's a certain comfort found in talking to someone who has walked in your shoes. Every day, we walk by women with diabetes on the street and we have no way of knowing that they have diabetes. Our website and our in-person meetings encourage women with diabetes to step forward with pride and "own" their diabetes, ask for support and education when they need it, and offer support and practical advice to Sisters who are in need. It's very much a give-and-take-- like any healthy relationship! As a woman with a biological sister, I know the power of the bond that we share because we grew up in the same household and have certain things in common. My hope is to create an environment that replicates that same kind of bond among women with diabetes. After all-- we all need a Sister who shares those special inside jokes and funny stories that only they could understand. It's no different for women with diabetes!

KK: If it's my first time attending the 2011 Diabetes Sisters Weekend for Women Conference, what's the ONE thing you think a Diabetes Sister newbie will take away?

The one think that a DiabetesSister newbie will take away from the Conference is that she is not alone in this disease! In fact, she has a huge, supportive sisterhood to empower her and educate her about all issues related to being a woman with diabetes.

KK: Our healthcare system tends to overlook women in general, and women with diabetes specifically. DiabetesSisters wants to fill this void created in our system. Can you give us some examples of how?

BB: Our current healthcare system has so few resources to help women with diabetes deal with the challenges that the hormones of menstruation, pregnancy, and menopause throw at us. In addition, the vast majority of women with diabetes are unaware that they are at increased risk of developing cardiovascular disease, depression, osteoporosis, eating disorders, body image issues, and ketoacidosis when compared to their non-diabetic female peers and their male peers with diabetes. Finally, (before DiabetesSisters) there was no single national organization out there that was focused on fighting for women with diabetes to ensure their voice is heard. DiabetesSisters' programs and services focus on filling these voids in three different areas: patient support, community education, and advocacy.

Women’s Forum- a place for women to talk openly, share stories and ask questions about diabetes among their peers without fear of judgment; SisterMatch- an international buddy program designed to connect women with a friend to support them on their diabetes journey; SisterTALK Blogs- information about the nuances of living successfully with diabetes from those who understand it best- type 1, type 2 and pregnant women who are living with the disease; From the Experts Columns- offer dedicated professionals in the diabetes healthcare and legal fields to answer reader’s questions and offer evidence-based advice; Monthly e-Newsletter- a free publication contains women’s diabetes articles, organization news, and links to news and research updates.

Our In-Person programming, such as our PODS Meetups and our National Conference Series offer women the opportunity to meet the women they have been chatting with online or for those who aren't involved in our online programs, they offer the opportunity for women to come together and support each other in person. We now have PODS Meetups in locations throughout the US- and are launching new locations on a weekly basis. We also have Conferences on the East Coast and West Coast this year! In terms of advocacy, in 2010, we launched the "orange: will" campaign to raise awareness about the unique issues faced by women with diabetes. Orange will empower women with diabetes to make their voice heard!

KK: If I'm experiencing Diabetes Burnout OR have decided to put myself first and make my diabetes a top priority in 2011, how will attending your Weekend for Women help me??

BB: Not only will you be educated on gender-specific diabetes topics, but you will be in a life-changing supportive environment surrounded by 200 women with diabetes. There's nothing like sitting down to a meal and hearing meter and pumps beeping all over the room and overhearing light-hearted debates about the number of carbohydrates in a specific food. Most importantly, the Conference offers new ways to think about nutrition, physical activity, and all of the things that have become mundane/second-nature in our lives. It also offers sessions on the emotional aspects of diabetes- that are often overlooked. So, it nurtures your health and nourishes your spirit- ensuring that when you walk away from the conference you feel rejuvenated and re-focused on the things that should be a priority in your life.

KK: How has being a member of Diabetes Sisters helped you live your diabetes life?

BB: In 2007, I was an average woman with diabetes and I literally knew no other women with diabetes (besides by diabetes educator). Fast-forward four years and now my life has done a complete 180-degree turnaround. I am surrounded by so many women with diabetes-- who are successful and inspirational. I am never at a loss for who to contact when a diabetes-related question arises.... because I have thousands of women in the Sisterhood to email or call on at a moment's notice. None of us are perfect in our diabetes management, but we know we can lean on each other and get practical advice from each other.

By being involved with DiabetesSisters, I've also learned a lot of important health information about being a woman with diabetes that I was unaware of previously. I also feel like DiabetesSisters has given me, and all women with diabetes, a much-needed voice in America! I feel so much more connected to women with diabetes around the world! I have to pinch myself on a daily basis because it's quite unbelievable that this is what I get to spend my days doing now!

WHEN: April 29 - May 1, 2011 WHERE: The Marriott City Center in downtown Raleigh,NC.

What You Can Expect: The weekend is open to all women with diabetes age 18 and older. Participants will have the chance to attend educational sessions on gender-specific topics related to diabetes treatment and management (such as pregnancy, body image, concurrent illnesses, nutrition, physical fitness), and engage with other women living successfully with diabetes. Attendees will receive unbiased information on the emergence of new equipment and medications, and learn new tactics and coping mechanisms to improve their mental and physical health.

REGISTRATION DETAILS: Registration is offered at a subsidized rate of $100 and includes all meals and snacks on Saturday (including the Celebration of Strength Dinner), breakfast on Sunday, and admittance to all eight educational sessions, and many other giveaway items.Conference registration must be made online at www.diabetessisters.org . Discounted group rate of $99 per night has been secured at Marriott City Center. Hotel reservations can be made by calling 1-888-236-2427 and

using group code DSSDSSA.

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r online: http://cwp.marriott.com/rdumc/diabetessisters2011.

Why has the NHS failed? Why does it spend over £100 billion annually, and still struggle to meet the level of patient demand in the UK? Why is chronic disease (almost any chronic disease you wish to mention) at record, epidemic levels? Why is there constant managerial and structural changes to the NHS?

These questions have never been answered with any clarity or certainty. Do we need to spend more? Do we need to change the management structure again?

No! We need to stop spending money on a medical system that has failed, has always been a failure, and which will continue to fail. For those who want to look more deeply into this, go to the following website.

The Failure of Conventional Medicine

Given the dangers and lack of effectiveness of ConMed drugs, their 'evidence base', their 'science' is about the only thing they have going for them. But this is also a myth, albeit of popularly believed myth. Medical science is not 'science'; it is bought science, cheque-book science. You cannot trust it because those who pay for it determines its conclusions!

This is well, and simply explained in a new article in Natural News

False Foundations of Science: Can Vaccine Studies Be Trusted?
in which Neil Z. Miller explains that "many 'scientific' studies are literally nonsense. He quotes the Journal of the American Medical Association [2005;294(2):218–28] that showed that a third of "highly cited original clinical research studies" were eventually contradicted by subsequent studies.


He explains that drug and vaccine studies are normally funded by the manufacturers, and they expect the outcomes to validate the safety of a drug or vaccine they want to promote. In most cases, the drug companies will have spend many £s millions on developing the drug.

"Sometimes study conclusions contradict core data in the study. It is not uncommon to read the abstract or summary of a major paper touting a vaccine's apparent safety or benefits, only to find that upon examining the actual paper, including important details, the vaccine is shown to be dangerous and may have poor efficacy as well. For example, a landmark study published in Pediatrics [2003;112:1039-48] found that cumulative exposure to thimerosal-containing vaccines "resulted in a significant positive association with tics" and "increased risks of language delay."
Miller goes into some of the tricks used to give the public the wrong information - misinformation. This is, of course, the evidence that homeopathy denialists say is the 'evidence base' for ConMed. It is a sham.


* Evidence of harm can be downplayed, and no-one picks this up
* Important information can be missing from a study, including information on the efficacy of the vaccine or drug. Sometimes, evidence of harm is not mentioned.
* Drug companies commission studies in order to prove that fears about a vaccine or drug are unfounded.
* On ploy is to "design studies comparing vaccinated people to other vaccinated people" when the "honest studies would compare them to an unvaccinated population"
* Many studies excludes groups, like older people and children, or those with pre-existing conditions, but are then used with these groups.

"Although some studies are mere propaganda, part of a larger disinformation campaign designed to promote a vaccine agenda, other studies link vaccines to debilitating and fatal diseases. For example, the British Medical Journal [1999;319:1133.] and Autoimmunity [2002;35(4):247-53] published data correlating the haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) vaccine to rising rates of type 1 diabetes. The hepatitis B vaccine has been linked to autoimmune and neurological disorders. Guillain-Barre syndrome - a serious paralytic disease - is a well-known adverse reaction to the flu vaccine. These are just a few of the many scientifically documented correlations between vaccines and incapacitating ailments that I will discuss in upcoming articles".


As patients, we should not trust a medical system that can do such things. ConMed does not have an 'evidence-base' worth dying for! It is time that governments, the NHS, GPs, and above all, the mainstream media began to raise these questions.

The European Medicines Agency has suspended authorisation for this drug, Reductil (also known as Reduxade and Zelium) across the European Union. It is known as Meridia in the USA. The Agency now believe the risks of these drugs to be 'greater than the benefits'.

http://www.ema.europa.eu/pdfs/human/referral/sibutramine/3940810en.pdf.

The drugs have been widely used to treat obesity, and of course, highly profitable, but have been found to cause increased risk of serious, non-fatal cardiovascular events, such as stroke or heart attack. The Agency also concluded that the benefits of the drug were 'modest', and were not maintained when patients stopped taking it.

The withdrawal of 'wonder drugs' is, of course, a regular event.


Patients searching for safe medicine, however, should notice that the mainstream media does not publish this. It rarely does. In fact, no-one tells us; not the government, the NHS, or our doctors. Patients have been, or will be advised to see their doctors privately - but the media's silence on these matters indicates not only that mainstream drugs are dangerous, but that we don't realise it, and the mainstream media sources are reluctant to inform their readers/viewers/listeners. We are to be left in ignorance rather than the media running the risk of upsetting a major source of advertising!

Also, if you go to the manufacturers website, http://www.reductil.co.uk/ukreductil.html, you will see that the news has not reached there either as yet! This is what the website still says

"UK Reductil slimming pills, have proved to be an effective prescription weight loss pill. Reductil just works to promote fast weight loss. More doctors prescribe Reductil in the UK then all the other weight loss pills combined".

Nor can I see, on a site offering to sell the drug, any mention of the DIEs (disease inducing effects; I refuse to call strokes and heart attacks side-effects) which have been known for many years.

Reductil, and its related drugs, were fully tested, and of course found to be both effective and safe for use. It was licensed in 1999. So much for the safeguards of 'science', at least the chequebook, 'junk' science the Pharmaceutical Companies use to promote their wares.

Many families are now using homeopathy for children diagnosed with Autism, and particularly a new form of treatment known as CEASE. And from these accounts, it appears to be working for their children. Please take a look at the following websites, for the accounts of some of the parents using the technique.

Here, Caleb's mother says: "As of yesterday's IEP, Caleb is back to our home school full time! He has come so far in such a short time! Per his ASD room teacher, "The gap between Caleb and the other autistic students is so wide now that it's no longer appropriate to have him here." Music to my ears........... :)


http://ilovequeenanneslace.wordpress.com/2010/07/11/cease-therapy-day-20/ 
Here, the parents of Lizzy talk about how they are working with CEASE, and how it is not always easy. "Everyone in the house contributes to the cause. We all share ideas and observations. We have meetings about what needs or could be done to improve the way things are going. It is not just about Lizzy, it is about all of us. People often ask me how do you do all of this stuff? I don’t.  We do! This has been a great learning experience for all of us. Yes, it can be painful and difficult. When is growth not painful or difficult. We all can relate to this, no matter what the age.


CEASE therapy works by detoxifying the body; and many of these toxins are ConMed drugs and vaccines. So this treatment not only provides a way forward in the treatment of this awful disease, and the role that homeopathy can play. But it points to the cause of the disease.

This is something that the parents of all autistic children should look into. If you want to find a homeopath who is trained in CEASE techniques, go to the following website.

http://www.cease-autism.com/3842/autism.aspx