Posted last year "World Diabetes Day:
I hope everyone is rocking, and thanks for the comments. Things have been hectic as always, and I have been running my mouth with a new focus. The way the world works for me, is when I get a vision, and enough people tell me it is crazy, or I can't do it, then I feel the need to prove them wrong, especially if it benefits the people.
When I was in Vienna for EASD, I found out the the cost to provide insulin for all 70,000 people who will die early deaths if not received is $10million/year. With all the money going out there to save banks, pay A-Rod's salary (that is somehow now justified) I figured this project is doable. Thanks to the major success of Team Type 1, I have been able to get meetings with the people necessary to make this possible, and it is now a realistic goal, where as for the past 5 years, it has just been a dream. I heard the # in Vienna, and for my entire vacation, this was all that went through my mind. Is it pressure? Yes. Do I like this pressure? Definitely! So we now have a 2-pronged attack. Getting the team, and a rider with diabetes into the Tour is the goal, and by doing so I think the visibility garnered for diabetes will warrant support to pay for supplies to give the less privileged with diabetes a chance for success in life.
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