I received the Joslin 50 Year Medal yesterday. For me, it feels like a real accomplishment--50 years as an insulin dependent Type 1 diabetic. Only PWD really understand what it means. It takes a lot of blood, sweat and tears to get to 50 years.
Everyone here has helped a lot; being part of the DOC has been really meaningful to me. And, thanks Richard for your application assistance; I really appreciate it.
I bet we have a lot MORE Joslin Medalists from TU to come! WE ROCK HERE AT TU!!!!
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Spock, this post actually brought tears to my eyes!! CONGRATULATIONS!!! Such an amazing accomplishment, my friend. Thanks you for sharing it with us here on TuD!
My congratulations to 50 years! Your perception shows how rewarding this recognition really is. It would be wonderful if a Diabetes Center in Germany would adopt Joslin's tradition.
or all over europe, then i have a goal besides stay healthy too ;) congrats from me too, spock, you are doing a great job!! they should give out a medal for each day well lived with Diabetes.
Congratulations sounds so inept! (because it is) still, Congratulations! Like Emily Coles, I too got teary eyed, (I think it was the "blood, sweat and tears" part that got me...) SPOCK, YOU ROCK!
Congratulations. I got mine 2 years ago & I was delighted when such an impressive medal arrived, it really makes you feel you have accomplished something. Now onward, side effects free for the next 5, 10 or whatever years.
50 years! What an accomplishment. And praying a cure will arrive before the next ten. I know what that medal represents: courage, constant vigilance, self control, discipline and brains. Congratulations.
Wonderful Spock! Congratulations to you! I know it's a thrill to make the 50th year with D and we really appreciate receiving a lovely gift in acknowledgement of it. That's a huge milestone. Enjoy it and many more good years are wished for you.
Congratulation. Having had type 1 since I was 2 years old (I am now 57 and was diagnosed in 1958) I am amazed at all the changes that have come along with the treatment of type 1 diabetes. As you said, it takes a lot of blood,sweat and tears to live with this condition. I have been so fortunate to have been complication free so far, but it has taken hard work and control every day of my life. I am also so grateful that I had parents who were able to manage my diabetes when I was too young to manage it by myself, and a husband and son who are so intuitive to me that they can tell whenever my blood sugar was getting too low. Also wonderful doctors who were wise enough to be aware that I knew how I felt and could manage my diabetes and quietly suggested changes knowing full well that I would make the best choices for me. So much more to come and to accomplish.
