Do Our Friends & Identify Unit Of Measurement Sans Diabetes Psyche To What Nosotros Post Service Well-Nigh Diabetes?

So accept yous e'er wondered the same thing & has anyone without diabetes e'er told or showed yous that what yous practise re: diabetes & D advocating matters? 
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Sometimes I/WE wonder if our blogging, tweeting, facebooking, instagraming, etc., of all things diabetes makes a divergence to people inwards our lives sans diabetes. 

I MEAN I know it makes a huge divergence inwards PWDs (people amongst diabetes) lives and I know it makes a huge divergence inwards my life every bit a somebody living amongst diabetes. 
I know it makes a huge a huge divergence inwards people who accept loved ones living amongst diabetes. 

And I also know that Diabetes Orgs in addition to Pharma are paying attending - And rightly so.

I know that other empowered patients read what nosotros write in addition to nosotros read what other empowered patients write - And nosotros larn from ane another. 

And e'er hence piece of cake (VERY SLOWLY,) the media is starting to pay attending to diabetes realities.

But what nearly people inwards our lives without diabetes/a loved ane amongst diabetes or who aren't working inwards the diabetes world? 

Does what nosotros do/say/write/tweet brand a difference, or does it overstep away white dissonance to friends in addition to identify unit of measurement members who don’t alive amongst diabetes on a daily basis? 

Personally, I know nosotros brand a divergence - SO KEEP DOING WHAT YOU'RE DOING PEOPLE. 

How practise I know? My friends in addition to identify unit of measurement tell me inwards passing that it does - Or they come upward correct out in addition to enquire me questions nearly diabetes in addition to tell me they desire to aid spread the D word. Sometimes they tell me that they never realized all the operate diabetes took until they  started reading my posts in addition to other d blogger posts I've linked to on Facebook. 
And every instantly in addition to and then I acquire a facebook message from someone I haven’t seen inwards years, but who follows me on facebook - And they apartment out tell me it makes a difference. They tell me that they've learned something nearly diabetes from what I've posted or linked to. And sometimes they enquire if they tin overstep my refer on to a friend who either has diabetes, or loves someone amongst diabetes. 

Other times I run into non diabetes people from my local Blue Planet inwards existent life in addition to occasionally they tell me the same things. 

And but terminal black a grouping of us were meeting upward amongst our friend Kathy B at a local watering hole. Kath teaches inwards mainland People's Republic of China in addition to was habitation for the holidays  - We overstep away on tabs on ane around other through facebook & IMing - And Kath reads my weblog every instantly in addition to then.  

But dorsum to terminal black - Last black every bit our grouping sat in that place eating, drinking in addition to catching up, Kath passed out Christmas gifts from China. 

She gave me my gift outset in addition to said: You first! You acquire the blueish ane - For Diabetes, World Diabetes Day, and... Blue Fridays - It’s Blue Fridays, right? And dude, yous tin lay your diabetes materials inwards it! 

And for a instant I was like: WHAAAT? 

And in addition to then I said: WOW! Thanks & yous made my day! I can’t believe yous remembered all that D info!! 

And this is the gift Kathy gave me: 

5X7 Blue (for diabetes) Bag from my friend Kathy!

And in addition to then everyone else went dorsum to talking in addition to opening their gifts in addition to I went dorsum to eating my exceptional occasion Cheeseburger.

But when I was driving habitation terminal black I kept thinking nearly how Kathy had retained all that D information nearly the DOC. Granted, she’s an English linguistic communication instructor in addition to she’s ane smart cookie - But I was impressed none the less! 

And I idea to myself: Tonight reinforced the fact that all of us inwards the DOC bespeak to overstep away on doing what we’re doing - And non but for people amongst diabetes - But for everyone else who needs to larn nearly diabetes - Because what nosotros tell isn't white noise.... And footling ripples brand big waves. 

One to a greater extent than thing: How cute is my bag!