Dear CrossFit: My Diabetes Homies & I Would Like You To Know....

NO, NO, NO. 

Dear CrossFit: My Diabetes Homies & I Would Like You To Know.... 

Making fun of people with diabetes isn’t funny. It’s offensive, disturbing and it perpetuates diabetes myths instead of perpetuating and teaching diabetes realities. 
And because of tweets/jokes/rubbish like yours, diabetes becomes an unending diabetes blame-game,a target and punchline, that keeps people living with diabetes and regardless of the type, in the Diabetes Closet. 
Your offensive tweet  also directly impacts funding for diabetes research. 
Diabetes shaming is a thing and a horrific thing at that. Diabetes shaming like your unfunny tweet makes fun of a very real group of diseases (t1 diabetes, LADA type 1.5, and T2 diabetes,) that are never ending and have the potential to kill. 

And just to be crystal clear, I didn’t develop my type 1 diabetes as a skinny 8 year old because I drank too much soda. 
And my friend Jen didn’t develop her t2 diabetes because of soda. She doesn’t drink soda, weighs 20 pounds less than I do and has always worked out. 
But Jen’s mother and grandmother have and had type 2 diabetes - so there you go.
Genetics came into play - as it usually does with type 2. 
And lets just say for shits and giggles that some people living with t2 struggle with their weight - as a company that promotes fitness and a healthy lifestyle, do you really think it’s OK to make fun of others via social media (or any other platform,) struggling with their weight???
Do you think it’s OK to publicly mock people struggling with their health via social media? 
NEWSFLASH: IT ISN’T.

Diabetes shaming in tweets like yours are exactly why people have difficulty managing/accepting and living with their diabetes. 

Diabetes, regardless of the type, is never ending, physically and emotionally demanding - not to mention financially draining. 
People with diabetes work so hard and we never get a break or a day off from living with diabetes - personally, I haven’t had a day off from diabetes in 13,687.5 days. 
As a Type1, I do not have the ability to make insulin because my own body attacked the part of my pancreas (the Islet of Langerhans,) that produces insulin, way back when I was skinny eight year old. I was in the hospital for 3 weeks and put on a 3000 calorie a day diet because I looked like a concentration camp victim - my body was literally starving itself. 

FTR: People need insulin to to live - and will die without. I could run marathons everyday and I would still require insulin to live. 

Do you know anyone that’s died because of diabetes? 
Unfortunately I do and I can assure it’s painful, scary, and you will never get over the loss or the pain. 

My older sister Debbie, who died of diabetes complications as a 32 year old type 1 in 1991, didn’t lose her life to diabetes complications because she drank to much soda. 
Debbie lost her life to diabetes for a multitude of reasons - all directly related to diabetes. 
Unfortunately, Debbie was diagnosed in the mid 60’s, a time when there was no such thing as fast acting insulins or diabetes technologies. The treatment for t1 diabetes back then was archaic the life expectancy of someone with t1 in the 1960s was grim.
 Not to mention that no one ever considered the mental side of living with diabetes, nor was  talked about, let alone treated.  Her little body was ravaged from years of living with t1 and watching her die was a tragedy. 
My parents never got over her death - and truthfully, neither have I. 

Are you aware that people with Type 1 can die from something called “Dead-IN-Bed,” syndrome? They die from a low blood sugar in their sleep. Nothing funny about that. 

Crossfit - You will never get a single dime from me. 
But hopefully Coca-Cola will take the extra millions and millions of dollars they have the potential to win in a lawsuit re: your egregious use of their logo/copyright infringement, and use said money to provide funding for diabetes research for the cure, Peer to Peer Diabetes Support, Artificial Pancreas research, grass roots diabetes efforts and the likes there of.  

Kelly Kunik
t1 PWD (Person with Diabetes) for almost 38 years. 

Special shoutout to Moira McCarthy for showing up in my Facebook feed the minute I logged on this morning and alerting the DOC! 

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You Are What You Eat - So Today I Am 2 Cups Of Starbucks Medium Roast...

There was a facebook discussion where I brought up well meaning people who didn’t even know telling me that I just did this, or didn’t eat that, I wouldn’t need insulin. 

And for some reason the term: You are what you eat, has been looping in my mind ever since. So I went with it - And this what I came up with.

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They say (and by THEY, I mean a multitude of dudes  and in a multitude of different variations) that you are what you eat.  

Which means today I am 2 cups of Starbucks Medium Roast, a greek blueberry yogurt, a heaping spoonful of peanut butter dripping with honey, followed by a lunch of gluten free garlic crackers and cream cheese, a raw yellow pepper and a tangelo. 

Last night I was a large rainbow colored salad with hardboiled eggs and croutons, lightly doused with Paul Newman Olive Oil dressing. Immediately followed by a tangelo and two Trader Joe’s Old Fashioned oatmeal cookies with vanilla Silk soy milk lightly sprinkled with cinnamon. 

SIDEBAR: The cinnamon was not sprinkled in the vanilla Silk soy to lower my blood sugar. It was sprinkled in my vanilla Silk soy because it’s damn tasty!

And earlier yesterday I was two Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup Hearts - 36 grams of deliciousness and worth every drop of insulin I used to cover them! 

Speaking of insulin, no matter what I am or what eat for that matter, I am ALWAYS going to need to bolus insulin to cover my meals and take correction boluses to correct my blood sugars  for the rest of my life - That is my reality, not my choice. 

 And if you’re reading this,  there’s a good chance it’s your reality (or someone you love’s reality,) too.

Why am I writing this? Because sometimes I (we) have to remind people that no matter what we eat as people with type1 diabetes or how many miles we run, walk, or ride or bikes,  -we will always need insulin in order to live.

And while the amounts of said insulin may change depending on the blood sugar; the meal, the amount of exercise before said meal, whether or not we are fighting off an infection, going through a growth spirit, or dealing with hormones - Ladies I’m talking about  PMSing,  have our periods, etc.  The fact that people with type 1 (and some with type 1.5 and type 2) are going to need insulin. 

Insulin not a demon, on the contrary, insulin = life and we shouldn’t ever have to make excuses for taking it - or feel guilty because we need more or less insulin at certain times. 

 But sometimes we do feel guilty, so THANK YOU SOCIETY.

Insulin is what allows us to walk around and live - So  those in society who think differently can SUCK IT. 

Moretic, Moron Diabetic/PWD, WHATEVER. I Have A Major Case Of The Diabetes Stupids

4 times in 24 hours - And I think it might very well be a record in the adult category.

What am I talking about?? Changing my insulin pump infusion set, that's what!

The first time was early yesterday afternoon when I realized that my infusion set of three days wasn't absorbing the way it should be. That happens every now and then, so it was really no big deal. I changed it and continued on.

The second time happened late yesterday afternoon when I was running out the door and said infusion set looped around a doorknob and ripped out! Again, that's happened before and I went about the business of fixing my mishap

The third time was my really my fault, in my haste to put in a new infusion set and get on with my day, the sticky sticker part of the infusion set somehow folded over so that there was a hugeunsticky part (are you following me? ) that I knew would never stay stuck, so I had to start AGAIN.

Wait a second, that's the third and fourth time right there. HOLY GUACAMOLE, that means that 5 minutes ago when I got up from my desk and my tubing became tangled in my chair's armrest was actually the 5th time in 24 hours that I had to change my infusion set.

OK, it's official! just call me Molly Moretic The Moron Diabetic , or MORON, OR moron pwd/Diabetic WHATEVER. I'm having a MAJOR case of the Diabetes Stupids! And I feel terribly uncoordinated and extremely dumb right now.

Just tell me I'm not the only one whose ever had The Diabetes Stupids, PLEASE. With copious amounts of carbs on top!

Don't BullSh*t Me Or My Insulin Pump, Mr. TSA Man At San Diego Airport!

Saturday morning came to soon for me as I my taxi made it’s way from The Hard Rock Hotel To San Diego’s Airport. It had been an amazing and jam packed three days at The 2011 Roche Social Media Summit and I didn’t want to leave.

Plus, I was tired, and the very thought of an almost 6 hour flight made me queasy - As did the thought of traveling with diabetes & previous TSA encounters.

I checked my bags and received my boarding pass at curbside check-in, and then I dragged my feet and carry-on over to security and mentally tried to prepare myself for the whole insulin pump TSA interrogation that would most certainly occur.

Just one day earlier on Friday, as the Roche Social Media Summit was in it’s last hour, I re-tweeted the following tweet:

@diabetesalic SHAMEFUL RT @hrana Elderly woman asked 2remove adult diaper during #TSA search bit.ly/lufLsr - Absolutely unacceptable behavior by TSA

The story of that poor woman, whose only crimes were her advanced age & declining health had me sick to my stomach. It made me think about my mother's fragile health and my own “insulin pump/TSA issues.”

And it made me angry! As I stood in line preparing myself mentally to be interrogated, it was that poor woman I was thinking of.

I was surprised how quick my turn came up and I put my shoes, laptop, carry-on, etc .in bins & then onto a conveyor belt. Then I walked through the security gate thing, and was immediately pulled over.

TSA Dude: IS that an insulin pump

Me: Yes it is.

TSA Dude: Well, you know I’m going to have to get a female security to give you a pat-down.

Me: Um, no you’re not. My pump (a 512 medtronic minimed - yes, you read right, a 512- YES, I suffer from Insulin Pump Purchase Anxiety ) has no metal parts so there’s no reason for a pat down. And even if it did have metal parts, it's still ridiculous & goes against my civil rights under the American With Disabilities Act.

Feel free to swab the pump and my hands, like they do at every other airport in the country, but you’re not patting me down.

TSA Dude then began to have a series of powwows with 3 different TSA employees regarding the best way to handle my insulin- pump contraband.

TSA Dude: Well...... You can have the female security pat you down.....or you can walk through the full body scanner.

Me: She's not patting me down and I’m not walking through the full metal body scanner.

1. If it damages my pump in anyway - I’m screwed.
2. I don’t need to give a free peep show. If you’re going to see all my lucky charms - so to speak, then you can buy me dinner first!

TSA Dude: You can’t see anything. FYI, he sounded both annoyed & hurt at that accusation.

Me: Yeah, actually you can.

God, I only wish I’d read THIS article before our exchange, because then I could have mentioned TSA Dude's co-worker’s unfortunate genitalia size and the fact that yes, you can indeed see EVERYTHING.

Then TSA Dude had me go over to the side, and then TSA Dude proceeded to swab my hands & my insulin pump, and then he told me I could retrieve my things.

Me: So, we’re done, then?

TSA Dude: Yeah, it’s just next time you should really just go through the full body scanner - It's easier for everyone.

Me: It's not easier for me!

At that point, I could either continue arguing my point & continue to prove him wrong, (but as far as I was concerned, I'd won) or I could get my things and grab a much needed cup of coffee.

I walked away and started to retrieve my things from the conveyor belt - Then, I noticed the woman who had been behind me in line had been pulled aside for her medical device. This woman, a breast cancer survivor who no longer had any lymph-nodes on her right side, was wearing a compression device so her arm wouldn’t swell up.

This was apparently the first time she’d ever experienced the TSA welcome wagon & she was scared & annoyed.

I heard her say to the TSA Chick: Look, I’m not going through the full body scanner with this and you’re not patting me down.

I’m going to assume that there was no metal parts, because TSA Chick ended up swabbing the device & the woman it was attached to.

When Survivor Woman’s ordeal was done, she and I looked at one another as we put our shoes on and said: You deal with this every time you travel?

Me: Yep, 9 times out of 10 - And it’s bullshit! My guy didn’t even know the rules and he was literally making them up as he was going along!

Survivor Woman: They have to figure this out!

Me: Agreed & no shit - This is ridiculous! I’m all for safety, but I’m also for respecting the person who medically needs assistance. Making an elderly woman remove her diaper & giving those of us with medical devices so much crap is WRONG.

Seriously TSA, if you want your jobs to be easier, respect the people who you are both protecting and interrogating - We are one in the same after all! And for god-sakes TSA, know the rules of engagement!

If I......

If I were pasta, I'd be served with diablo sauce.
If I were a cupcake, I'd be vanilla coconut.
If I were a band, I'd most likely be a "bittersweet symphony", with a rocker edge and copious sides of Mama Cass, The Beatles, Crowded House, Prince, Lincoln Park, Annie Lennox, madonna, GaGa, Nellie McKay, Mary J. Blige, Pink, Foo Fighters & The Beastie Boys thrown in for good measure.
If I had a hammer, there's a good chance I'd hit the nail on my hand instead of the nail in my hand - And you bet your sweet ass I'd curse like a sailor!
If I were a dancer, I still wouldn't be tiny and my performance would most definitely turn into a comedy of errors.
If I had a dog, I would love it very much.
If I were a movie, I'd most likely be a dramady.
And If I had wings, there's a good chance my feet would never touch the ground.

If I were to meet you on the street, there's more than a good chance that I'd give you a hug.

Except when you have the nerve to send me a blog comment that blames people for their diabetes and then you don't even have the courage (or the cojones) to sign your name.

So I mark your comment as spam and immediately write you a response & post it on my blog since your nom de'plume is Anonymous.

And it reads a little something like this.
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Dear Anonymous -

If you're going to leave an offensive comment about my people on my blog, than have the courage to leave your name and stand behind your idiotic and offensive words.

Don't blame people for something you obviously know so little about.

Don't point fingers and say that it's "their own fault" while preaching magic elixirs and cures, stomach stapling and self esteem.

Don't try and divide my family up into types, because while we're all part of different diabetes family branches, we're still all part of the same diabetes family.

If I could meet you in person, I'd tell you all this and then some.

I'd tell you that until you walk in a person with diabetes shoes (regardless of the type,) you have no right to make character assignations or pass judgement on people living with diabetes.

You're not God, nor are you the guru of all things pancreatic and the master of metabolism & all things autoimmune related.

You're just some schmuck with an opinion.

I'm not blaming your lifestyle choices for being a complete moron, so I'd appreciate it if you'd stop trying to convince me that other peoples choices are what's causing their diabetes.

Every person with diabetes has a different story to tell.

How dare you assume to know those stories without bothering to get to know the people behind THEM.

Then I'd tell you why I chose NOT to publish your incredibly offensive comment is because the very act of putting your diabetes myths into print (for all who Google to see,) perpetuates those diabetes myths & stereotypes - And that's just not how I roll~

I'd end it by saying that DIABETES IS NOT A ONE SIZE FITS ALL DISEASE & that you need to stop perpetuating diabetes myths and stereotypes and take the time to learn the diabetes realities!

And then I might say something like: BITE ME.

And then I'd wash my hands of you.

Because I Like Carrots, THAT'S WHY!

Much like the monxter dude above, I ate the rainbow on my plate & it was delicious!

photo courtesy of monxters.com

So I was at a friend’s bbq a few weeks ago, and before the official meat feast began, I was enjoying the crudites, otherwise known as the veggie & dip platters.

I’ve been trying to up my veggie servings as of late, and let’s face it, the veggie trays at the bbq made it more than easy to do that.

My plate looked like a veggie rainbow, filled with raw yellow and orange sweet peppers, cucumbers, grape tomatoes, sugar-snap peas, celery, and baby carrots all nicely arranged.
And I had a feeling that my CDEs would be pleased!

I scooped a few spoonfuls of hummus & tzatziki on my plate and was just about to grab a seat and indulge, when a Friend Of A Friend (who shall now be referred to as FOAF for the rest of the post) came up to me and said:

FOAF: Hey, don’t you have diabetes?
Me: Yes, I do.
FOAF: Well, then why are you eating carrots?
Me: Because I LIKE carrots, that's why. Why are YOU eating carrots?
FOAF: Well, I’m allowed to eat carrots. You do know they're loaded with sugar, right?
Me: I’m going to go out on a limb here and fill you in on a few things.
A. I count carbs, not sugar grams. B. Whatever sugar i.e carbs these carrots may have, the fiber, vitamins & tasty deliciousness are worth it. And C. I REALLY LIKE RAW BABY CARROTS.

FOAF: Well, I just wanted to make sure THAT you knew about the carrots. After all, I’d hate for you to run into a problem.

Me: Thanks, but I got it covered.

FOAF walked away, looking perplexed and annoyed. FOAF also spent the next few hours looking over at my plate every now and then, but tried to look like she wasn’t.

And FOAF damn near had a conniption when I placed homemade brownie on my plate!

But I ignored FOAF for the rest of the bbq and I thoroughly enjoyed my raw veggies, my bun-less turkey cheeseburger & homemade brownie.

I hung out with my friends and totally ignored the FOAF elephant in the room.
I just didn’t feel like defending myself over freaking carrots!

Nor did I feel like verbally annihilating her and carving her a new one so to speak. And I didn't I flip my Diabetes Bitch Switch (Yes, SHOCKING,I know) I just let it go.

FYI: My blood sugars for the rest of the evening were 150, 137 & 133.

SO Yeah, I ate a veggie rainbow - WITH CARROTS - AND A BROWNIE - And lived to tell about it!

HFCS - The Sweet Facts Are: We Aren't Confused - YOU ARE.

I’m confused about lots of things in life. I don’t get why people watch the Kardashians or the Jersey Shore and am “confused” as to what the attraction is to shows like that?

The concept of North, South, East, & West confuses me - and if truth be told it confuses various family members as well. In my diabetesalicious my mind, Canada is UP and Florida is down.

I understand the whole “clean up after yourself,” concept, and have understood it since nursery school. Simply put; if you make a mess, clean it up. I’m “confused” as to why BP Oil has such a tough time grasping said concept.

One thing that does not “confuse” me is High Fructose Corn Syrups negative effect on my blood sugar. I’ve done the “Diabetes Math” folks. I’ve counted the carbs, tested my blood sugar, and did the correct bolus for a snack size bag of corn chips/cookies, and was incredibly confused as my blood sugar skyrocketed to the moon.

I’ve called my CDE damn in tears, frustrated with the results of carbo counting for HFCS laden foods and was told quite bluntly: If HFCS is in the first five ingredients of a product, don’t eat it- it will wreck havoc with your blood sugars!

That was 10 years ago, and since then I’ve steered clear of the dietary demon that is HFCS.

I’ve read books, talked with numerous health care professionals, and watched documentaries on the HFCS, - it's not a pretty picture. I’ve written numerous blog posts about HFCS and tweeted facts. Seriously folks, there’s nothing “sweet” about what HFCS does to your body.

I w as mega confused when I start receiving out of the blue tweets from @Sweetfacts (a PR firm for the Corn Refiners Association) telling me that “I’m confused about HFCS” and that’s “it’s perfectly fine if consumed in moderation.” @sweetfacts also sent me lots of links to posts saying HFCS has nothing to does with the rise of type 2 diabetes in this country. YES – I laughed so hard I could barely catch my breath.

I tweeted back the correlation between HFCS being added to soft drinks in 1980, which happened to be the year children started being diagnosed with type 2. No answer on that one.

@sweetfacts @sstrumello FYI - US rates of type 2 diabetes at a crazy rate since 1980, when soda co's started substituting sugar with HFCS

I decided to tweet @Sweetfacts a rather simple question that would ease my mind regarding HFCS. I even used @Sweetfacts very own words. I asked: How does one consume HFCS in moderation when it’s in almost every processed food under the sun?

I asked this question multiple times and in multiple ways and tweeted a few other HFCS facts as we:

@sweetfacts I am confused though, because I have absolutely no idea how one consumes #HFCS in moderation - do tell!

@sweetfacts So tell please tell me because I'd love 2know how you do it. How does 1 consume #HFCS in "moderation,"since it's in everything

@sweetfacts SERIOUSLY? There's no confusion here-HFCS is NOT "a health food" in anyway,shape, or form. it's a genetically modified sweetener

@Sweetfacts FYI,I absolutely support farmers&buy fresh corn@ a wkly farmers mkt. The edible kind,not the yellow dent #7-spawner of HFCS kind

@sweetfacts Here's a question for you. Since #HFCS is in virtually EVERYTHING, how can it be consumed in moderation?

Of course I didn’t receive an answer – and there’s a good chance I won’t.

I also became royally confused when @KSGrains – another tweeter paid to tweet poetic about HFCS tweeted me this:

: @ksgrains @diabetesalic Saying #hfcs is in everything is totally misguided. Best way to eat healthy: http://bit.ly/HR7Bi

Yes, girlfriend sent me a link to the food pyramid - PLEASE!

So I tweeted:

@ksgrains Don’t tell me the "best way 2eat healthy,” I’ve been a type1diabetic since I ws 8& have been working w/nutritionists &CDES for years

@ksgrains Both personally&professionally. The nutritionists & Certified Diabetes Educators I work w/tell their patients to stay clear of #HFCS

@diabetesalic Exaggerate much? lol I think you need a good laugh -- What would Julia say about sweeteners? http://bit.ly/dyz4aH

My response:

@ksgrains NO,I tell it like it is. Julia Child ws a proponent of real food& ingredients& I’m sure she thought #HFCS ws BS.

Ironically, the producers of with the Julia Child wanna-be video and the site it airs on Sweetscam.com are rumored to be funded by those who make money from #HFCS.

I could cut and paste more tweets, but I’d rather just tell you how I feel.

I found the whole exchange and condescending attitude of both @ksgrains & @Sweetfacts to be really offensive.

I find it offensive that people who are paid by the corn conglomerate tell me and others like myself that we are confused about #HFCS.

As a person with type 1 diabetes for over 30 years, I don’t have the luxury of being “confused” when it comes to what I put in my body. My world revolves around all types of numbers.

Blood sugar numbers; carbs,fiber, fat grams and caloric intake. Not to mention A1C, blood pressure rates, kidney function rates, and cholesterol. I could go on, but you all know the diabetes drill.

I (like millions of others) MUST calculate the numbers for every piece of food I put in my body. I, like my diabetes cohorts, MUST test my blood sugar, and figure out (with the help of my bolus wizard the precise amount of insulin needed to cover every piece of food that goes into my body.

I have no choice but to test my blood sugar at least ten times a day if I want to live a great life with diabetes.

I’ve experienced first hand what a processed food product loaded with HFCS does to my body, verses it’s raw sugar counterpart. I have the numbers to back it up – DON’T YOU DARE TELL ME I’M CONFUSED.

Don’t send me to sites with “quirky” videos produced by the people who pay you to talk nice about them,

I’m offended & disgusted that @sweetfacts and @ksgrains have so little faith in my intelligence as both a consumer and as a person with diabetes.

Please guys, tell me how you feel about #HFCS – and tell them to!

And don’t even get me started on the Chiropractor on twitter who suggests pooping 3 times a day to help control your diabetes – he’s full of shit!

But I digress, and will leave that subject for another post!

Internal Diabetes BullSh*t Filter Switch Is Flipped

I couldn't sleep after last nights twitter cage match with Dr. "Shit For Brains, Diabetes Bible Cure" @Doncolbert . I was enraged. Apparently, he didn't agree with my post/assessment of his snake oil Bible Cure book.

I was on the road all day today and am just getting back on the Twitter/Blog track.

Instead of writing about what happened last night, I thought I'd just let you read it.

And big shout out to Ellen (@CureT1Diabetes ) for DMing me with his twitter info!

Shoutouts to all who tweeted with the Bad Dr., you guys ROCK!

BIG PROPS to Becky , Kerri , &Sarah for writing fantastical posts about the Bad Dr. Colbert!

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@diabetesalic @DonColbert Since your making $$ of my disease, please answer my question. Does your"Diabetes bible cure" cure Type 1 diabetes???

@diabetesalic @DonColbert You say in your book "regardless of which type of diabetes you have, God can heal either 1 w/out effort or difficulty."

@diabetesalic @DonColbert @diabetesalic Kelly, I have seen hundreds, if not thousands of miracles. I believe you can be healed of anything if you just ask God.

@diabetesalic @DonColbert So please, I beg you, give me the name of a person with type 1 #diabetes that God has cured.

@DonColbert @diabetesalic Type I can be controlled through diet, exercise, and supplements. I have seen few cases of it being cured.

@diabetesalic @DonColbert You stated The "diabetesbiblecure" could cure eithr type regardless. Here, this refresh your memory. http://tinyurl.com/28vjd9z

@diabetesalic @DonColbert Not real clear here. U R telling @CureT1diabetes that u cant cure t1, but here you say u can: http://tinyurl.com/28vjd9z

@DonColbert @diabetesalic Kelly, results speak for themselves. If you do have Type I diabetes, try out some of the recommendations in the book.

@diabetesalic ATTN: DOC'ers, feel 2share your thoughts w/ @DonColbert author of the DibetesBibleCure , Wrote about it on Mon. http://tinyurl.com/28vjd9z

@diabetesalic D-O-C:Share your thoughts w/ @DonColbert,author of the DibetesBibleCure, Wrote about it on Mon.@curet1diabetes is http://tinyurl.com/28vjd9z

@diabetesalic @Sugar_Nova @curet1diabetes tweeting with @DonColbert , the author of diabetesbiblecure - think I might hav mentioned it on Mon& Tuws

@diabetesalic @Doncolbert Nobody prayed harder than my parents or my sister 4 a cure for t1diabetes.My sister still died. Did they not pray enough?

I @diabetesalic disagree @DonColbert. This girls parents prayed http://texasfred.net/archives/1039 I believe you are spreading false hope to million

@diabetesalic @DonColbert Please, Don, give me the names & contact #'s for these cured type 1's. And the name of their endocrinologists

@diabetesalic @DonColbert I've been a type1 for over 30 years.Im in great health,I eat right& have conversations w/God daily-we're buds. Still a diabetic

DonColbert @diabetesalic God did not kill your sister Kelly. God loves you and your sister as much as he does anyone.

@diabetesalic @DonColbert Don, I never, ever said that God killed my sister, are you on crack? I said she prayed! Of course God loves us

@diabetesalic @DonColbert What does the FDA have to say re: these suppliments? Send me the info, along w/the names & contact #'s of the cured t1 diabetics

@diabetesalic @DonColbert Im offended that you said, I said that God killed my sister. You continually say if you pray heard enough- GOd can cure anything

@diabetesalic @DonColbert Can you send me the "results" and or studies that you speak of? Seriously, my readers would LOVE to know about them.

@DonColbert @diabetesalic Kelly, false hope would be telling people with type I or type II that taking a shot every day is the best answer. It's not.

diabetesalic BS! RT @DonColbert @diabetesalic False hope would be telling people w/ type1/II that taking a shot every day is the best answer.It's not.

@diabetesalic @DonColbert Your full of crap Dr. I do not produce insulin- the area of my pancreas that makes it is destroyed. We need insulin 2live.

@diabetesalic @DonColbert How would you suggest I get the insulin my body no longer makes ?? Drink it?

@diabetesalic BS! RT @DonColbert @diabetesalic False hope would be telling people w/ type1/II that taking a shot every day is the best answer.It's not.

@diabetesalic @DonColbert Your a Dr. What went wrong here? http://bit.ly/bYGWSu Unfortunately that poor child's insulin was withheld

How much $$ do you make from the supplements/herbs and book sales Dr? How much is spent on research? How much goes to charity?

@diabetesalic @DonColbert Glad you believe that,I believe god is w/me everyday &the miracle he's performed on me is giving me an internal bullshit radar

@diabetesalic @DonColbert God has given me the tools 2live a healthy&happy life -even if I do have a broken pancreas. He/She has given me many giftst

DonColbert @diabetesalic Would you like me to tell you that's God's best for you? Because in my heart, I believe God can perform a miracle for you.

@diabetesalic @DonColbert I would like you to tell me that you are making a shitload of money preaching a cure to millions. How many actually get cured?

@diabetesalic DonColbert I want you 2tell me what you cleared last year on your Diabetesbiblecure book sales &then I want you 2tell me how many u cured

@diabetesalic @DonColbert While your at it, I want you to tell me that she didn't pray hard enough to cure my sisters and I.

@diabetesalic @DonColbert Dr, how many folks got sick with your methods? What are the numbers in that particular area of the study?

@diabetesalic @DonColbert Tell me Don, what aren't the millions of people with type 1 & type 2 diabetes saying wrong in their prayers for a cure?

@diabetesalic @DonColbert Don, I've introduced thousands of people to your book this past week. Please, tell them what they are doing wrong

@diabetesalic @sstrumello @DonColbert Re: t1's staying on insulin- That's not what you say in your book Don.

@diabetesalic Please anwer my question @DonColbert. This girls' parents prayed, so why did she die? http://bit.ly/bYGWSu

@diabetesalic @talesofrachel @sixuntilme HE's still not answered our questions.

@diabetesalic @DonColbert Since your now backtracking on your books claims, will you be reimbursing all the people who bought your book?

@diabetesalic @DonColbert So Don, how much$$ do these miracle pills cost?? Are they FDA approved? Will my insurance cover them? Yeah, I didnt think so

DonColbert @diabetesalic God gave us medicine to avoid these kind of tragedies.

@diabetesalic @DonColbert No, scientists gave us medicine Don. God gave them the brains.

@diabetesalic @talesofrachel is 1 of the most healthy people /t2's I know @DonColbert. She eats whole foods,exercises,vitamins,etc. Still,she has diabetes

@diabetesalic @DonColbert Yes indeed,Dr Banting& Dr Best gave millions & millions of people with diabetes life! And yet,you still say insulin is over RXd

@diabetesalic @DonColbert Don, do you supplements help to grow new islets of langerhans?? Cause if they did, that would REALLY be something!

@diabetesalic @DonColbert Don, I was checking out your supplement pricing and packages. Many cost more than insulin

@diabetesalic @DonColbert Don,miracles happen every day.Lotus grows out of mud, Boston won the 2004Series,Banting&Best discovered insulin& saved millions

@diabetesalic @DonColbert Some can smell bullshit a mile away Don. I feel sorry for the many that can't& buy into your miracle cure.

@diabetesalic AND.....SCENE.

@diabetesalic Scientists gave us the medicine,God gave them brains RT @DonColbert: @diabetesalic God gave us meds 2avoid these kind of tragedies.

@diabetesalic Seriously, Im done now. Friends, goodnight, godbless, take your bloodsugar. Then; eat, pray, bolus. Wash, rinse, repeat.

It was so hard to read all the tweets - I really need a good tweet option - any suggestions?