I'm IN! Love your passion and drive.

Now what?

I'm in!

Great post. I have these same feelings about these same organizations. All are great, but where is the SAME support for Diabetes!

Me, me, me! I'm all in!

AMAZING post! How do you girls do it? I can barely put together a coherent FB post on the subject and you whip up this....I am with you! We need more info out there on T1D!

Hell yes!!!! Amazing post!! I heart u so much! Im ready!!

Count me in! HUGS!!

I'm totally with you!!!

I want all those things too! Let's GO GET THEM!!!!!

Hello you can count me in :)

I'm in! I agree with you 100%!

Amen sister. I'm fighting, too. I'm in. Always!

It totally irritates me, too. I do t to take anything away from these other diseases.... But come on! What about us???? Why is it that no one knows how serious it is? Why does no one get it? And you're right... Grey ribbon? Blue circle? I need to know people! I need to accessorize!!

Maybe it's up to us. PWD's and D Mamas ans Papas. It's OUR disease. I'm ready. Let's DO this.

(and I totally laughed at Dr Dumbass! He and O are like the Dynamic Duo of ignorance and ego!)

I just shared the video on FB. Not sure I will be able to stop crying for a week after watching it. I'm so in!

This was an amazing POST my friend!! I love you!! THANK YOU

I agree. I also agree with Hallie that it's up to us to decide what the symbol is - then all of us use it...and don't feel frustrated or ashamed to educate.
We have people in our family who have battled breast cancer and each of them have acknowledged that it was tough, but nothing compared to the lifelong commitment to treating diabetes.
As for the red dress campaign I say it's about time that we actually look at what kills more women and make women more aware of heart disease rather than always worried about breast cancer which is much less prevalent.
I think that the other major issue is that there are too many places to raise funds for t1d mostly the ADA and JDRF so people get mixed messages from those two different groups, too. JDRF sells the idea of an artificial pancreas being a cure and the ADA promotes a million cook books about how to manage your diabetes through diet.
So, it's up to us - where do we go from here? I'll back your ideas as I am sure that you have all of our children's best interest at heart as they're sitting in the same boat as Nate.
Thanks for writing such an honest, but hard post, too!

Great post Laura. I am 2000% IN.

I agree...one symbol...and a celebrity. I read one of Wil's posts recently that stated the ADA will not embrace the blue circle and that has been a major baracade in unifying all of us...although I do get that the ADA is more type 2 geared.

Wonderful post Laura! Absolutely fantastic! I am 1000% in!!!! You know who can do all this - WE CAN! I totally believe we can harness our energy and our drive and our passion. WE can promote the blue circle and WE can call celebrities and WE can do it. We just need a plan.
I'm done with ADA personally. I just got the biggest catalogue of crap from them - honestly - cheese slicers? wrapping paper? Are we in 5th grade or something? I was so disappointed I wanted to cry. And blog about it. I say WE do it together - all of us D Moms and Dads.
How do we get a chat together online that lets us all participate and brainstorm and get something going? Much like the DSMA chat on Wednesday nights????

A blue flamingo!! That could be our sign! LOL!

Great Post! But now the hard part . . .everyone says I am in but there has to be mroe . . .there has to be action, there has to be a leader . . .there has to be news media . . .this post needs to be seen everywhere so someone somewhere will step in and help in those departments. . . it will probably be a grass roots effort but it can be done . . .Put the DMom heads together along with the non DMoms who love the DMoms and T1's and lets get a plan!! . . .it may be a slow process but it has to go to the next level . . .

What do breast cancer; heart disease; AIDS; and autism have in common? They are perceived as major threats to the general population. Women, half our population, fear breast cancer and heart disease. AIDS is scary because so many people are out there having sex. And, autism seems so common, and all of us our afraid of our kids getting it. And, with so much else to worry about out there, people simply aren't worrying about their kids developing diabetes. I think it takes people viewing something as a threat to them personally before they are actually going to spend time making themselves aware of it. That's why JD lacks the "star power" of some of the other health issues out there. That being said, a creative advertiser can put any issue at the forefront. Maybe if we could just hire on the people that come up with those cool Target ads.

ALL IN!!!
But that damn video just about killed me :(

I'm in here too!! Great post Laura!

I'm in! Sure we see Bret Michaels talking about diabetes, but we need him and Nick Jonas, Tommy Lee, and Hallie Barry to bring attention to TYPE 1, not just a general sweep of the word diabetes.

Well said Laura. I think the DOC could help move this along..maybe an organized contest to design a logo? Between all the writers out there - there must be talents in design and advertising and someone who knows how to get a foot in the door with PR...

I agree, we need to get something put together and out there before having Diabetes is as common as having Cancer, Heart Disease or AIDS.

I am all in to help you out! It has been something I have thought about too, but I never know where to start.

Just my opinion but I say we go with the blue circle! No ribbon. I want us to be different. The blue circle fits perfect. Just for Type 1.

And there should a red circle for type 2. I say that since the ADA is red and a bigger supporter of Type 2 then Type 1. There certainly needs to be two different symbols for the two different types of diabetes. Maybe that would help people distinguish between the two a little better.

Go Laura!! I am in for sure!!! Yay for you!!

Hell yeah!

Got my fightin gear on!!!! Ready to rumble.

incredible!
also- here in my house we're big eagles fans so football is on the tv often
in november why is my screen PINK?
who's idea was it to cover the field and MANLY FOOTBALL PLAYERS in pink.
i say they should be in blue for diabetes.

You have 419 facebook friends?!!!? I only have 53....pathetic.
And Tommy Lee's diabetic????
Talk about getting hit with the stupid stick!

As bad as this may sound, I get SO sick of all the other diseases having the popular stigma and diabetes is swept under the so called rug. I'm down with the rockin' slogan and single symbol.......maybe it should be a giant single drip of clear liquid "Clear out Diabetes".

I'm all in friend. I'm ready for us to step forward united. Let's do this thing!