tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9175362385039466640.post3571788497447369669..comments2023-11-07T11:27:28.658-05:00Comments on Diabetesaliciousness © 2007 - 2024: Why Don't More National/International Companies Embrace November As Diabetes Blue?k2http://www.blogger.com/profile/04167099133092135850noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9175362385039466640.post-30069132059702815552010-10-21T22:59:48.908-04:002010-10-21T22:59:48.908-04:00You wrote: "Do corporate heads think that if ...You wrote: "Do corporate heads think that if we all took Drew Cary’s lead, we could exercise our type 1 and type 2 diabetes away?"<br /><br />Thank you for helping dispel that myth!!! So many people think that Type 2s are lazy over-eaters that could have prevented this or "cure" themselves if they would just lead a healthy lifestyle. I am young and at a healthy weight, but here I am - Type 2. Thank you for supporting us as well!Sue Rerichahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09425504474480595810noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9175362385039466640.post-39292201358864701922010-10-20T10:09:05.587-04:002010-10-20T10:09:05.587-04:00Amen. The sad truth is that the fight for attentio...Amen. The sad truth is that the fight for attention isn't a battle that just Diabetes is losing. <br /><br />The overall discrepency between disease patient populations and the amount of media attention that each gets is jaw dropping. <br /><br />Promoting breast cancer awareness is "sexy" but also is able to draw on everyone's personal and emotional connection to their mother or sister. <br /><br />I think one of the biggest obstacles that diabetes faces is just how prevalent it is. Because it is everywhere, everyone has different interpretations of what a person living with diabetes looks like, making it difficult to create a single identity that everyone can associate with. <br /><br />But that is just my personal opinion...Jamiehttp://blog.joslin.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9175362385039466640.post-30693021912642835372010-10-17T14:22:43.262-04:002010-10-17T14:22:43.262-04:00It's a second class disease here too in NZ. Ho...It's a second class disease here too in NZ. However I think it's because we (speaking at a National Committee member) don't push hard enough. We wait until it's almost November and we need to take ownership of that.(I wasn't a favorite speaker the night I announced this to our group) I think it might be the same in the US. The major orgs needs to have a strong marketing team that targets mainstream marketing venues. It just comes down to sales. That's it. ADA and JDRF need to up their mainstream marketing and they need to start now for next year.Renatahttp://www.thediabeticduo.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9175362385039466640.post-90537892143781693212010-10-17T01:30:46.341-04:002010-10-17T01:30:46.341-04:00Michael, I feel somewhat offended after reading yo...Michael, I feel somewhat offended after reading your comment that ADA and the reason they need to stay "red." I'm a volunteer for ADA and since the creation of WDD, I have worn my blue circle pin. <br /><br />For that matter, all of us on our local board does. Just because organizations may have different colors or logos, that shouldn't stop no one from uniting together for one cause. <br /><br />To me, it's more than the color: it's the awareness that we need to push for.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9175362385039466640.post-24451096822813010592010-10-16T07:29:20.093-04:002010-10-16T07:29:20.093-04:00I like this! I would also like to see doctors and...I like this! I would also like to see doctors and other medical professionals fully acknowledge that there is a direct correlation between diabetes. I would like to see diabetes not just being blamed because of being over weight. I would like people to stop assuming that because I am an insulin dependent diabetic that I do not "try" hard enough to manage my diabetes. Between my anti-depressants and the steroids I have to be on, it is extremely hard to manage my diabetes.Melissa Lynn Shellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09321574763903818850noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9175362385039466640.post-63307367494252463982010-10-15T15:54:58.397-04:002010-10-15T15:54:58.397-04:00Whenever I look at the WDD website, it seems more ...Whenever I look at the WDD website, it seems more buildings are lit up in blue and more events happen OUTSIDE of the United States. <br /><br />With that, do we just let it go? I think we make it a big deal here in our community and out where we can and if that's it then so be it. <br /><br />It sucks but at least someone is trying to get the word out.Georgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14508213573891885604noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9175362385039466640.post-86614206914301342282010-10-15T12:14:16.228-04:002010-10-15T12:14:16.228-04:00I'm in a really sour mood about the whole WDD ...I'm in a really sour mood about the whole WDD thing. I just don't think anyone gives s crap except for us, and if you and me and the rest of the DOC is doing stuff for diabetes with each other, how is that different from any other day?<br /><br />I dislike everything that the big D organizations have done to make the most of it. The ADA is sticking with the red since that's their color every day of the year which is why it's also the color of American Diabetes Month. I was reading the questions that have been submitted to JDRF for teh T1Talk, and I don't like most of the questions, but then I personally think spending an hour hearing about what they're doing to make the cure happen is a waste of time.<br /><br />As you said, the various companies that support the pink ribbon campaign aren't going to be bothered with a blue circle campaign, but honestly, I think most of the companies are simply doing it to promote sales of their products. Most aren't donating proceeds to cancer organizations, but people have the perception that if they buy pink stuff, they're supporting breast cancer awareness. And there's also the fact that in the end, breasts are sexier than broken pancreases.<br /><br />Like I said, I'm not in a fun, happy, optimistic place about WDD these days...<br /><br />I saw Penny was looking for t-shirts though. I made some on cafepress.com, which you might recall I was wearing last year: http://www.cafepress.com/leeannsboutiqueLee Ann Thillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16444534323119682711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9175362385039466640.post-28221855270998569212010-10-14T22:08:54.668-04:002010-10-14T22:08:54.668-04:00I had a similar post planned for tomorrow. I'...I had a similar post planned for tomorrow. I've revised it somewhat because I don't want to be redundant. So, check out my blog tomorrow - there's a big, old shout-out to you!Shannonhttp://ladadeeda.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9175362385039466640.post-83720033045466744112010-10-14T21:09:49.075-04:002010-10-14T21:09:49.075-04:00I read an article this week on the marketing done ...I read an article this week on the marketing done for breast cancer awareness, and it got me thinking. It seems that the ads for breast cancer awareness are actually just ads for breast awareness. The cancer part, amazingly, gets ignored in advertising. You see pink everywhere, things that are supposed to coyly resemble breasts, etc. Let me tell you; boobs don't need any more press. Everyone's already aware of them. The cancer part is what needs attention. And why are they trying to make cancer sexy? <br /><br />Anyway, I digress. Maybe since all of this non-cancer breast cancer advertising worked, we should try to sexy-up diabetes. I mean, the pancreas already resembles a... well....Kimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04857046266371772742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9175362385039466640.post-24800681838550128222010-10-14T19:48:36.315-04:002010-10-14T19:48:36.315-04:00Oh that damn blue circle that every diabetes organ...Oh that damn blue circle that every diabetes organization in the US of A refuses to adopt - that one? Yeah, that one. Try and get a single circle pin. Impossible. Try and get a t-shirt. Impossible. I am seriously gonna copyright infringe someone and make my damn own one soon. JDRF and ADA leave me cold. Sorry. They do. They both don't realize the power they can harness of people and caregivers. The blue circle could unite us all and they blindly ignore it. I'm not sure I quite get why, all I know is that it makes me feel as if they haven't a clue.Pennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11137611120689810820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9175362385039466640.post-38621262893494919492010-10-14T19:40:52.882-04:002010-10-14T19:40:52.882-04:00Ditto sistah!Ditto sistah!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00895126112651188056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9175362385039466640.post-52302295050168039652010-10-14T18:58:20.587-04:002010-10-14T18:58:20.587-04:00AMEN!!! I'm like a cult follower shouting AME...AMEN!!! I'm like a cult follower shouting AMEN at every verse you write! <br /><br />If we could get the ADA and JDRF on the same page with WDD...and make our united color blue...and not that stupid grey! THEN progress would be made.<br /><br />It is frustrating. Agreed.Merihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09752883120541646427noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9175362385039466640.post-84378875625724431832010-10-14T17:11:10.574-04:002010-10-14T17:11:10.574-04:00JDRF is mostly there, as they already have Blue......JDRF is mostly there, as they already have Blue... It's just that group known as the ADA that needs some persuasion dealt their way... Yep. One color that can be embraced would be stellar.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9175362385039466640.post-65303071852891796912010-10-14T16:01:57.772-04:002010-10-14T16:01:57.772-04:00wonderful post...I would love to see more blue!! I...wonderful post...I would love to see more blue!! I wonder how we can make this a reality?<br /><br />Hmmmm you got me thinking!! and that's always a good thing :)Nicolehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07233907890324278905noreply@blogger.com