Tag Archives: Story
Shannon Smith OmniPod Customer Story
Posted on 26. Apr, 2012 by rfd admin.
Shannon Smith is a golfer, a flautist—and a teenage girl, with all a typical teenager’s concerns. She wants to be a good student. She wants to have a pretty dress for her prom. She wants to fit in. Since she started using the OmniPod, every one of those dreams has been realized. She no longer [...]
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Success Story Eddie Mcquilling
Posted on 12. Apr, 2012 by rfd admin.
Eddie Mcquilling has type one diabetes. (Disclaimer: All results may vary) Eddie currently is using an Insulin pump to control his diabetes. He chooses Visalus Shakes for breakfast and sometimes lunch as a quick way to grab something to eat and to maintain healthy food options. Visalus shakes are diabetic friendly and are for anybody [...]
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Lisa Seaman OmniPod Customer Story
Posted on 17. Mar, 2012 by rfd admin.
Lisa Seaman thinks nothing of rising before dawn, strapping 40 lbs. of camera equipment on her back and a pair of skis on her feet, and setting off to document a back-country ski trip. She needs an insulin delivery system that adjusts to her schedule—because there is no way her schedule can adjust to it. [...]
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The Poulin Kids OmniPod Customer Story
Posted on 09. Mar, 2012 by rfd admin.
The Poulins take a big family trip to Disneyworld every year. But when their two children, Tommy (age 7) and Maddie (age 6), were diagnosed with diabetes, parents Annette and Tom found it was like having babies again. “Instead of packing a diaper bag, we were packing a diabetes bag,” Annette remembers. Old photos of [...]
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Living with Diabetes: Glen’s Story Part 1
Posted on 16. Jan, 2012 by rfd admin.
Glen Lowe talks about his diabetes diagnosis and work with Medtronic’s Healthcare Disparities Group
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Life Transforming PCOS Infertility Story
Posted on 24. Dec, 2011 by rfd admin.
I was informed that I would never conceive a baby naturally without fertility medicine and/or pharmaceutical intervention – and I did. It’s everything I could ever have dreamed of to be spontaneously enraptured in love and create this gift of life. I am so grateful and I want others to benefit as I have. The [...]
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Joslin Clinic | Laurie’s Story
Posted on 11. Nov, 2011 by rfd admin.
As part of her long association with the Joslin Diabetes Center, Laurie was one of the first patients in Joslin’s Insulin Pump Program. Today, Joslin’s Insulin Pump Program, headed by Dr. Howard Wolpert, is the largest pump program in the United States. For more information, visit www.joslin.org
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