It’s Diabetes Blog Week! Thanks to Karen from Bitter~Sweet Diabetes for coming up with and coordinating this exciting annual event. It’s a great chance to discover other diabetes bloggers from around the world. Here’s my fourth entry for the week!
Welcome to Diabetogenic Live! Here is my first ever (and possibly/probably last ever) vlog. I’m talking about the changes I’d like see in the Land of Diabetes (which is nowhere near as much fund as the Land of Goodies or the Land of Birthdays or the Land of Do-As-You-Please).
A few words of warning before we start:
- I speak really fast.
- And I wave my hands around a lot.
- I speak really fast.
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May 14, 2015 at 11:59 am
Ashley
Haha this is awesome!! You need to do more vlogs 🙂
Wholeheartedly agree with equal access and stigma!
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May 14, 2015 at 1:58 pm
RenzaS
Thank you! And yes – I thought that both issues would strike a chord with you, especially stigma. Keep fighting the good fight!
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May 14, 2015 at 1:50 pm
Tony
Yeah more vblogs. It comes across different to when I read them, could be because you talk slower than me 😉
Great work by the editor also 😆
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May 14, 2015 at 1:59 pm
RenzaS
Thanks Tony. Not sure about the whole vlogging thing. But at least I can say I have done one now! And the editor is an excellent employee – works for hugs.
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May 14, 2015 at 2:39 pm
Scott E
It’s so nice to hear your voice! Now I can hear you speak in my mind when I read your posts, rather than some arbitrary voice with an improper New Zealand dialect.
But more than that, I love how your passion comes through in the video. Not that your writing isn’t fantastic (it is), but the gestures and expressions really tell volumes about what’s important to you.
And not to neglect the things you hope to change, those two topics are spot-on as well. I’d take stigma a step further and wish my meter and CGM wouldn’t use audible cues and alarming colors to tell me when my BG is out of range.
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May 14, 2015 at 2:42 pm
RenzaS
Thanks for your comment, Scott. The Aussie accent (what accent??) when combined with my slightly manic rate of speech can be startling to those not familiar with it. Perhaps I should have included sub-titles.
Oh – and I completely agree with the very judgemental alarms/colours on diabetes devices. Something a little more gentle, with a kind ‘way to go!’ every now and then would be quite lovely.
Thank you for reading/watching!
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May 14, 2015 at 6:51 pm
Heidi Lilley
You are SPOT ON !!!!
I could not agree with you more. What we as Americans (which I know your not) take for granted, people around this world have no access to. It makes me cry. My ten year goal (and there is many reasons it is such a long range goal) is to try to work/volunteer in a country to help bring access to diabetes supplies and medications to people who do not have it.
Stigma ! OMG, as a type 2, who is also very obese (although have lost 120lbs so far), I struggle with that daily. People will see me test and then see me eat a salad with croutons and say “you shouldnt eat crountons” oh FU of course I can eat 6 croutons, get out of my face. Diabetes should stigmatized, diabetics should never feel “less than” because of a disease.
Thank you for every day speaking up about this.
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May 18, 2015 at 4:50 pm
RenzaS
Thanks for your comment, Heidi, and for reading. And thanks for sharing what you have been going through. And I agree – no one should feel ‘less than’ because of diabetes. Thank you.
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May 14, 2015 at 9:09 pm
Frank
So great to put a voice to the face – I never imagined you with an Aussie accent though! I agree completely with stigma, I don’t talk about diabetes enough with those around me, but the DOC is really inspiring me to. Slowly.
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May 18, 2015 at 4:51 pm
RenzaS
Thanks Frank. The DOC is indeed inspiring! Glad you are finding your way around and meeting heaps of great people.
Now, tell me, how did you think I would sound? I am a Melbourne girl – how else would I sound?!?!
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May 18, 2015 at 7:07 pm
Frank
I don’t know why, but my first impression was an academic…a lot of them at uni were from the UK and overseas so I probably just tacked on an accent in my mind haha
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May 14, 2015 at 9:47 pm
Colleen
Loved listening to you and hearing your enthusiasm – and totally agree with your two issues.
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May 18, 2015 at 4:51 pm
RenzaS
Thank you, Colleen.
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May 14, 2015 at 10:04 pm
Mike Hoskins (@MHoskins2179)
Yep, I’m not going to be able to stop humming that song today. And so: I will now play it on Spotify. #LikeYouDo
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May 18, 2015 at 4:51 pm
RenzaS
Yep – I did too.
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May 15, 2015 at 1:46 am
Laddie
Well said and fun to hear your voice. I found everything quite understandable and your message is always strong. You might have to do more blogs in the future:-)
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May 18, 2015 at 4:52 pm
RenzaS
Thank you Laddie. I’m glad to hear that I was easily understood. Perhaps I will have to consider doing some more vlogs in the future! Thanks for reading.
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May 15, 2015 at 4:41 am
Laddie
I think that autocorrect changed my vlog comment to blog… But you know what I mean!
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May 15, 2015 at 6:10 am
changeispossibleblog
Love, love! And I could understand every word you said. 🙂
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May 15, 2015 at 11:56 pm
StephenS
Renza… sorry, I havent’ been able to get to this until today. You should absolutely do more vlogs! This was fantastic! And just like there should be no stigma around diabetes or complications, there should be no stigma about how someone sounds when they speak. Of course, that’s easy for an American to say, with our y’alls and ain’ts. Great vlog!
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May 18, 2015 at 4:53 pm
RenzaS
I love all your y’alls and ain’ts. Nothing wrong with them at all. I do find that each time I have been in New York I have come home adding ‘right?’ to the end of all my sentences.
Thanks for your lovely comment and for reading, Stephen. I really appreciate your support of Diabetogenic.
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