quotable quotes - July 2012
“On a given day, he played doctor and patient as well as third base.”
-Vicki Santo, at the Major League Baseball Hall of Fame induction ceremony for her late husband, Ron Santo, July 22, 2012, Cooperstown, NY. Ron was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes at 18 and played for the Chicago Cubs from 1960-1974.
“As most of you know, there are only 2,000 of us [endocrinologists] taking care of 24 million people in the US. In other words, it’s totally impossible… So it makes sense that patients be advised and use mobile technologies.”
- Dr. Satish Garg (University of Colorado School of Medicine, Denver, CO) at the 2012 Barbara Davis Center Keystone Conference, July 12-15, 2012, Keystone, CO.
“Having diabetes in our house makes me no more an expert than standing in a garage makes me a mechanic.”
- Tom Karlya (Diabetes Research Institute Foundation, Hollywood, FL) at the International Children with Diabetes Conference – Friends for Life (FFL), July 3-8, 2012, Orlando, FL.
“CGM turns mountains into molehills.”
-Gary Scheiner, MS, CDE (Integrated Diabetes Services, Wynnewood, PA) at the International Children with Diabetes Conference – Friends for Life (FFL), July 3-8, 2012, Orlando, FL.
“Diabetes has taught me more discipline than football has ever taught me.”
-Former NFL player Kendall Simmons, with type 1 diabetes, at the International Children with Diabetes Conference – Friends for Life (FFL), July 3-8, 2012, Orlando, FL.
“If diabetes is a ball and chain that I must drag behind me, it better be able to swim 2.4 miles.”
-Type 1 triathlete Jay Hewitt (Finish Line Vision, Greenville, South Carolina), referring to the 2.4 mile swimming component of the Ironman Triathlon. From the International Children with Diabetes Conference – Friends for Life (FFL), July 3-8, 2012, Orlando, FL.
