Life with Diabetes

Andrew Kallman, Co-Chair of the 2010 San Francisco Walk to Cure Diabetes, writes about why he participates in the Walk. Says Andrew, “I recall my first Walk at age 17. I never knew there were so many type 1 diabetics. Before that day, I felt like I was the only one.”

After Kim Rasmussen was struck by the diagnosis of her daughter with type 1 diabetes and 2 deaths in her family, she was looking for something positive in her life. Says Kim, “I needed to do something for good instead of dwelling on all the bad that had happened that year. This is when I signed up for the JDRF Walk to Cure Diabetes…It was the first time I had seen smiles on so many faces in a long time. What a great feeling this was to be surrounded by all our friends and family and so many others!”

Meri Schuhmacher shares her family’s walk fundraising letter. In it she writes about having 3 boys with type 1, the importance of JDRF-funded research, and anticipating the excitment of the diabetes community walking across the Golden Gate Bridge.