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American Diabetes Month 2015: Day 14 - World Diabetes Day

Day 14.  Today is World Diabetes Day.  I had a plan to make a really elaborate and well thought-out post for today, but I feel like there are better ways for you all (and me) to spend my day.  Hopefully this post works today, if not, it'll probably post at like 5 pm tonight.

Enjoy the day, get informed, and don't judge us diabetics for poking ourselves with sharp objects, bleeding on things, and then licking the blood off of our fingers!

http://www.idf.org/wdd-index/
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