Fighting the Unseen: Life With Diabetes

• Juvenile Diabetes www.jdrf.org The international organization devoted solely to curing type one diabetes.

• Joslin Diabetes Center www.joslin.org/ Joslin Diabetes Center is the world's largest diabetes research center, diabetes clinic and provider of diabetes education.

• Diabetes Health Magazine www.diabeteshealth.com A magazine devoted to informing, investigating and inspiring diabetics around the world.

• Tu Diabetes tudiabetes.com A community of people touched by diabetes manned by Manny Hernandez, creator of the Diabetes Handprint.

• Diabetes Mine www.diabetesmine.com/ Your dose of Diabetes information and sarcasm to boot. Information is kept up to date and a healthy dose of chuckling is added for good measure.

• Juvenation (JDRF) juvenation.org Sponsored by JDRF, meet in a community designed specifically to cater to those dealing with type 1 on a daily basis.

• D Life www.dlife.com A site and a TV program for "your diabetes life!" hosted and founded by Miss America 1999 Nicole Johnson

• 1 Happy Diabetic www.1HappyDiabetic.com Visit 1happydiabetic.com to read up to date blogs and articles related to living with type 1 diabetes.

• Wretched (this is my sorry) www.amazon.com/Wretched-this-sorry-Katherine-Marple/dp/1434885275/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1240845724&sr=8-1 A fiction narrative novel about type one diabetes and its effects on a relationship.

• This Side of Normal www.amazon.com/This-Side-Normal-Eric-Devine/dp/0981724930/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1240846017&sr=1-1 "Just like all the rest, he'll find his health problem is beyond his control." A story about type one and overcoming obstacles.

• www.ButYouDon'tLookSick.com www.butyoudontlooksick.com/navigation/BYDLS-TheSpoonTheory.pdf Though the "spoon theory" is about lupus, you can easily insert "type 1 diabetes" in its place and have the same exact story. Please read and try to understand what it's like to be Type 1 and/or diseased.

Use these products to promote the Fighting the Unseen site, and tell everyone who witnesses to learn about Type 1 Diabetes. All proceeds go to benefit Type 1 Diabetes research with the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation. (www.jdrf.org)

• Women's Long Sleeved Team Shirt www.zazzle.com/fighting_the_unseen_tshirt-235723476031491076?group=womens&lifeStyle=all&rf=238147857141054459 I created this shirt for my team members during our JDRF walk a thons.

• Men's Short Sleeved Team Shirt www.zazzle.com/fighting_the_unseen_tshirt-235145400894577945 I created this shirt to be worn by team members during JDRF walk a thons.

• Greeting Card www.zazzle.com/type_one_diabetes_awareness_card-137338108900836870 Use this card to promote the awareness of Type 1 Diabetes- or as an opener for fundraising options.

• Informational Children's Short Sleeved Shirt www.zazzle.com/this_aint_no_kids_stuff_tshirt-235523910035689305 T-shirt for children/ young adults. Many people who DO know of type 1 diabetes believe it to be a soley "children's" disease. This shirt proudly displays two messages: it's a tough break for a kid, and sometimes it's diagnosed in adults too.

• "Defined" Adult Short Sleeved Shirt www.zazzle.com/dont_call_me_diabetes_tshirt-235156590618270297 Having diabetes should not define who you are as a human being. This t-shirt states that "just because I have diabetes, doesn't mean i AM diabetes." Sometimes it's good to talk about something else.

• Truthful Short Sleeved Shirt www.zazzle.com/diabetes_awareness_tshirt-235117000854503539 Diabetes can have some pretty serious effects on the body. This shirt tells the truth- diabetes is not all cotton candy and balloons. It's tough and we should all be aware about how serious a disease it is.

• Humorous Short Sleeved T Shirt www.zazzle.com/sugar_go_down_tshirt-235038721314755484 A humorous look at insulin and diabetes glucose levels. A spin off a classic movie

• Determined Short Sleeved Shirt www.zazzle.com/shot_for_shot_tshirt-235433500786020411 For the sporty and/or determined diabetic: "I'll match you, shot for shot" with a hidden diabetic message.

• Sarcastic T Shirt www.zazzle.com/ice_cream_to_diabetics_tshirt-235854542772760015 A sarcastic, yet also truthful point of view- the comparison between a "normal" ice cream sundae and a "diabetic" insulin shot.

• Flirty Short Sleeved Shirt www.zazzle.com/i_dissolve_in_the_rain_tshirt-235611374612797712 "I dissolve in the rain"- which implies, because I'm made of sugar. A humorous, flirty diabetic t-shirt

• Bumper Sticker www.zazzle.com/cure_type_1_diabetes_bumper_sticker-128331609673523351 For your car, laptop, window, books... proudly display your determination to make type 1 diabetes a disease of history.

• Med IDs www.medids.com

• www.NicksSimpleWins.com Created by Nick Jonas from the Jonas Brothers

• Austin Cooper www.evasionmedicalid.com 16-Year-Old Turns Type I Diagnosis into an Opportunity to Create Hip ID Bracelets

• www.coolmedid.com

• www.tah-handcrafted-jewelry.com/

• www.IDonMe.com

• www.LaurensHope.com