Last year.....
KIVI Ch 6 News at 6:30
Feb 9, 2015
1st Annual T1D Awareness Day coverage
Hi! This is Carson! I could never have imagined
when I rode up to Governor Otter and First Lady
Lori on my unicycle
asking if they could help me with a Type 1
Diabetes Awareness Day in the state, that
it would become this BIG of a deal! Our second
annual T1D Awareness Day at the Capitol
was Feb 8, 2016.
You can view tv newscasts, videos,
news articles,
and photos of the AWESOME day here!!
I have a dream of every state in the country
having a T1D Awareness Day
at their state capitol and EVERY
legislative district in Idaho having a proclamation
and T1D awareness day in that district!
I need your help! Let me know what state you are
in and I will help you get started!
This year...
February 8, 2016
2nd annual T1D Awareness Day coverage
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| The second annual Type 1 Diabetes Awareness Day in Idaho took place on Monday, February 8, 2016! To see how this annual day came about (me asking the Governor from a unicycle) click here:http://carsonscruisers.blogspot.com/2014/06/asking-governor-for-favor.html The signing of the Proclamation in the Governor's office is here: http://carsonscruisers.blogspot.com/2014/08/one-step-for-t1d-and-one-giant-leap-for.html To see my post on the first annual T1D day, click here: http://carsonscruisers.blogspot.com/2015/06/type-1-diabetes-awareness-day-in-idaho.html |
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| Katherine Jones from the Idaho Statesman spent the day with us and made the most amazing documentary about T1D! Thank you, Katherine! You can view the video here:http://www.idahostatesman.com/news/local/community/article59222778.html |
Fabulous documentary video made by:
Katherine Jones, Idaho Statesman
at the T1D Awareness Day at the capitol
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| Lt. Governor's Facebook post. Thank you, Lt. Governor Brad Little, for reading the 2016 Idaho Type 1 Diabetes Awareness Day proclamation! You can view the proclamation here: http://gov.idaho.gov/mediacenter/proc/2014/8%20Aug/8.14.14%20Type%201%20Diabetes%20Day.pdf |
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| Idaho State Journal |
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| Betsy Russell with the Spokesman Review wrote an article that reached a wide market! You can view the article here: |
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| We were excited that JDRF tweeted about our Type 1 Diabetes Day in Idaho. I would love to see every state have a day like this to spread awareness! |
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| This facebook post was worth the entire day! This little guy was diagnosed less than 2 months ago!! |
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| We loved all the T1Ds and their families who came to the capitol and met us!! |
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| Amy Smith, volunteer with JDRF Boise, was instrumental in making this day happen! Thanks, Amy! |
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| I read a speech I wrote about my diagnosis and how this day came about. I ,then, introduced Lt. Governor, Brad Little, who read the Proclamation! You can View the video here!!! |
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| Special thanks to http://www.andreasbraunlich.com for designing the T1D Awareness Day invitations and posters and for Office Max of CdA printing everything free of charge! |
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| Dexcom rep |
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| JDRF Boise gave this newly diagnosed little boy his very own Rufus. Rufus, the JDRF bear is given to patients at the time of diagnosis in the hospital usually. |
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| The JDRF Utah/Idaho chapter from Salt Lake (Ashley and Wendi) drove over for the day! |
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| JDRF balloons, stickers, tatoos and RUFUS! |
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| Kennedy Howland, JDRF 2015 Children's Congress delegate for the state of Idaho |
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| Idaho State capitol, Boise, ID |
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| #T1DLooksLikeMe |
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| JDRF Utah/Idaho chapter and JDRF Boise |
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| Kevin Troutt with Camp Hodia, a T1D camp. Kevin rides unicycles like me!! |
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| KTVB has been a great champion for T1D awareness in the capitol city last year and this year. I was LIVE on the KTVB News At Noon wih Kim Fields on the T1D Diabetes Awareness Day inviting people to come! You can view the interview here: |
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| Second floor rotunda, Idaho State Capitol |
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| Lt. Governor, Brad Little, and me with the 2016 Diabetes Awareness Day proclamtion for the state of Idaho |
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| KTVB News At Noon LIVE |
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| Idaho Secretary of State, Lawerence Denny, one of the signers of the Proclamation! |
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| Trial Net |
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| Participants had a chance to visit with representatives from Medtronic, DexCom, NovoNordisk, St. Luke's Medical Center, HODIA diabetes camp, JDRF, nutritionists, and more! |
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| We had to wait for this little family of ducks to cross the street on our way to the tv station for the Live broadcast! |
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| KTVB News At Noon LIVE |
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| After the LIVE show! |
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| Pam Howland, JDRF Boise, was instrumental in making this day happen! Thanks Pam! |
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| Fred Riggers has had T1D for 69 years. He was diagnosed at the age of 4!!! He wanted me to put on his JOSLIN 50 year medal and was such an encouragement!! He told me he is looking forward to his 75th year medal in just a few years! |
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| #T1DLooksLikeMe |
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| Joslin 50 year medal! A T1D can get their first medal when they have had T1D for 10 years ! |
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| Some participants brought dramatic exhibitions of how T1D impacts their life (sharps container full of used syringes) |
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| St. Lukes hospital brought some of the first insulin pumps, blood glucose meters, needles and syringes! Living with diabetes certainly has gotten better through the years! |
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| Nova Nordisk |
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| JDRF Utah/Idaho Chapter and JDRF Boise |
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| People of all ages living with Type 1 diabetes made tri fold boards with their diagnosis story and how T1D impacts their life. These boards lined the rotunda! |
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| Interactive learning stationswhere participants learned aobut life wth Type 1 diabetes |
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| KTVB sent a videographer over to the capitol for a story which aired on the evening news! You can view the newscast at the very top of this post! |
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| Laura Keller with American Diabetes Association provided all the delicious food! We were very happy she flew in for the event! She is working on legislation for students in Idaho to be able to self manage at school! Thank you, Laura! |
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| Jennifer OKief with the Lt. Governor's office and the Lt. Governor's assistant |
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| Laura Keller, ADA (far left), Sierra Sandison (far right) |
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| JDRF Utah/Idaho chapter |
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| Lt. Governor, Brad Little, getting my mic set up! |
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| U.S. Senator Crapo was in D.C. , but he sent his assistant, Brian Raybon, to the event! |
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| Jack Cook, a T1D, brought his entire 4th grade class from a public school in Boise! |
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| Idaho Lt. Governor Brad Little, me, and Idaho Secretary of State Lawerence Denny |
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| U.S. Senator Risch was in D.C. and sent his regrets Melinda Smeyser from his Boise office came to the event! Melinda has been a wonderful friend to me! |
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| Katherine Jones, Idaho Statesman |
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| Sierra Sandison, Miss Idaho, and my friend came to the T1D Diabetes Awareness Day again this year, in spite of her busy schedule! Thank you, Sierra!! |
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| Sierra and me! |
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| Nutritionists and Dieticians from Boise! Thank you for educating again for a second year! |
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| Sierra expressing her shock at the size of the insulin needles "back in the day" We've come a long way! |
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| My mom and me! |
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| I met some really awesome T1D kids at the capitol!! |
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| JDRF Boise leaders Proclamation signing ceremony in Governor Otter's office 2014 |
June 30th 2010 was a day that will go down in my history. I, Carson Magee, was diagnosed on that painstaking day with Type 1 Diabetes. I remember the pediatric doctor, with tears in his eyes, tell my parents, "Your son has Type1 Diabetes." Like many others diagnosed with this disease, I had no idea what Type 1 Diabetes was! Was it a type of flu that would just go away? Would I lose limbs? How many days would I have before I got out of this surrounding of doctors carrying around shots and I.V.'s for patients with sicknesses? By this time I was freaking out. I implored my mom and dad to let me leave even though I knew that it was probably best not to.
I was soon told that there was nothing I could have done to prevent Type 1 diabetes and there was no cure....YET! But, as long as I took 4-6 insulin shots every day and 10-12 finger pokes deep enough to draw blood EVERYDAY for the rest of my life, I would stay alive. Good thing I was sitting down on a bed or else I just might have fainted right then and there like a pile of jello smack dab in the center of the bed covers....sugar-free jello, I might add! :) I had nearly a million thoughts jabbing through my head just like the millions of shots I would get in the near future in my stomach an arms. Nearly six years later, here I am still living with this agitating disesase, but I am healthy and living my life happlily, not letting Type 1 get in the way!
We are gathered here today to raise awareness about this disease. Many people, including me before I was diagnosed, don't know the difference between Type 1 Diabetes and Type 2 Diabetes. In some ways they are common and in other ways they are not at all. Type 1 Diabetes is an auto-immune disease in which the beta cells in the pancreas are destroyed and therefore insulin is not produced.
In 2014 I rode up to Governor Otter and First Lady Ottter on a unicycle at the Ironman triathlon in Coeur d Alene, Idaho asking them to sign a proclamation for a Type 1 Diabetes Awareness Day for the state of Idaho. The Governor and First Lady thought it was a fantastic idea and made it official. This proclamation was made not only for me but for all the Type 1 Diabetics throughout our state. A big thank you to Governor and First Lady Otter, Lieutenant Governor Brad Little, The Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, The American Diabetes Association, and all the other special guests who made this day possible.
Please join me in a round of applause for Lieutenant Governor, Brad Little, who will now be presenting the Type 1 Diabetes Awareness Day Proclamation for the state of Idaho!
