![]() ![]() ![]() We discussed the signs of low and high blood sugar in their spouse or partner, and how to emotionally support her. We kept it basic in the first year of the Partner’s Perspective Program. ![]() We realized that if a woman who has diabetes has never met another woman with diabetes, then her husband or partner probably hasn’t met a counterpart who is living with someone with diabetes. There are a lot of women out there who had never met another woman with diabetes. How did you decide what was important or interesting as you developed the curriculum?Ĭhris: A lot of it was from the feedback and experience Brandy and I had when we did the first conference for DiabetesSisters in 2010. Nadia: You have a lot of experience living with someone with diabetes. So when we debuted the Partners Perspective Program in 2012, we had a very good turn out. We pride ourselves at the conferences on taking feedback from attendees and trying to incorporate it into the next year’s conference. How did the partners’ segment get started?Ĭhris: At one of the conference exits in 2011, a woman suggested we include husbands and/or partners of women with diabetes. Nadia: Chris, it’s wonderful that you’re involved in the DiabetesSisters’ Weekend for Women conferences. You can garner their insights at their next two conferences-the first in May in Raleigh, North Carolina, and the second in San Francisco in October.īefore then, I thought you’d enjoy reading what Chris has to say about life with Brandy.
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