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Arden's Day Blog

Arden's Day is a type I diabetes care giver blog written by author Scott Benner. Scott has been a stay-at-home dad since 2000, he is the author of the award winning parenting memoir, 'Life Is Short, Laundry Is Eternal'. Arden's Day is an honest and transparent look at life with diabetes - since 2007.

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My remarks from #ePatCon

Scott Benner

with WEGO Health CEO Jack Barrette

Below are my remarks from e-Patient Connections 2012. I was at #ePatCon as a guest of WEGO Health where I was recognized for being the 2011 Advocating for Another award winner. The occasion presented me with the opportunity to speak about what my advocacy means to me. Below are my remarks as delivered.

 

Hello... My name is Scott Benner. My daughter Arden is eight years old and she was diagnosed with type I diabetes just after her second birthday.

Our life with Arden's chronic illness fills my heart with so many conflicting emotions - Feelings that don't seem like they should be allowed to inhabit the same space. Love & pain, anxiety & hope, sadness, personal growth...are just a few of the adjectives that describe my families day.

I open my heart and give a voice to the struggle on my blog to hopefully show the world what Arden's life is like so that others may understand, so that my fellow CareGivers, the ones that don't have this voice or perhaps don't want the attention can know that their pain isn't theirs alone to endure. This is a life that often is too much for one person to bear, but together,..... together we are stronger and more determined then our illnesses.

Social media saved me. When we share, when we let others see our real and honest human struggle... it helps people. It builds community, creates a support system, provides relief, connection, love... and I am recharged by the knowledge that when I write, my words create hope... and I am saved as well.

I think that I was awarded the 2011 WEGO Health Advocating for Another Award in part because I don't write about numbers, I don't pretend to know all the answers, I just say, "this is how diabetes made me feel today... Maybe you feel like that too." And I hope that knowledge, that simple act of letting screwed up feel normal... helps someone to feel anything other then alone.

I am transparent on the Internet because helping others is the only thing that I've found that makes my daughter's illness not seem arbitrary and cruel.

I want to thank Jack and WEGO for this honor and encourage all of you to support social media in anyway that you can. It's so simple that it seems like there must be more to it, but there's not. We are the only ones standing in the way of helping people with the full power and possibility of social media and patient bloggers.

The diabetes online community saved me and I'm doing my best to give others the ability to say the same. All you have to do is ignore your fears and run forward and you'll be doing the same.

Hope lives online.

Thank you...

 

My pictures from ePatCon are available on Instagram, Arden's Day and this PhotoStreamthat I used during the conference to make images available to all as they were being taken. Don't be surprised if you see some familiar faces!

 

Nomination are being excepted now for the 2012 awards and I'm hopeful that you'll consider nominating your favorite DOC writer(s).

 

WEGOhealth covered my lodging expenses and travel for the conference.

 

WEGOhealth: 2012 Health Activist Awards

Scott Benner

Below is an email that WEGOhealth circulated announcing that nominations are now being excepted for their 2012 awards. I was honored to be nominated last year and was surprised when I received the first ever 'Advocating for Another' Award. I want to urge you to take a look at their categories and nominate your favorite writers from the diabetes online community. WEGO is a great way to make our DOC voices heard around the Internet.

As a result of my win last year WEGO has invited me to the e-Patient Connections 2012 conference in Philadelphia next week. There I will be recognized as the 2011 winner and get to speak about what my advocacy means to me. So again, please nominate your favorite diabetes blogger so that perhaps another of us can have this and many other great experiences, next year and beyond.

WEGOhealth is covering my lodging expensise and travel for the conference.



Announcing the 2012 Health Activist Awards!

We're excited to announce the start of the WEGO Health Activist Awards Nominations.

This year, we're extending the nomination period and we've added some exciting new award categories. Now's your chance to recognize someone who has inspired you, helped you, or even changed your life this year - nominate them for a WEGO Health Activist Award!

Click to Nominate a Health Activist

Questions? Get all the details on our WEGO Health Activist Awards FAQ page.

We also need your help to share the WEGO Health Activist Awards with everyone in the online health community. Please take a moment to tweet, blog, e-mail, or facebook to let your friends, fans, and followers know how they can get involved. Here's a sample tweet or post to help get you started: WEGO Health just announced their 2012 Health Activist Awards. Nominate someone: http://bit.ly/haawards12

Thanks for participating in the WEGO Health Activist Awards - and for helping us to empower those who make a difference every day.

The WEGO Health Team