Students With Diabetes Conference?!

Hi everyone! I am extremely thrilled about what I embarked on this morning! I found an organization called, Students with Diabetes. After I rolled onto the website, Students with Diabetes, I learned it was actually launched by USF, University of South Florida. I have never seen a program for people with diabetes at a college campus before, so this struck me by surprise!

I then really began to poke around the website and I found out about a conference they have in Tampa, Fl in May, I live three hours away from Tampa. I called my mom and asked her if she thought it was a good idea to go. She told me "Yes!" I watched a ton of videos of the conferences and it actually looks really fun. This opportunity I am getting will give me a chance to not only meet other people with type 1 diabetes, but to learn about the research from those who are researching and to also get up close and personal with the new technology that is being worked on. :) 

Dun Dun Dun........... my boyfriend and I are going to the conference May 22 through May 24.  

The conference is only $90 per person, but that includes food, the hotel, and the activities. Since registered as two of the first 150 people we also get a free dinner cruise! I am so excited I can not contain myself. Below is the schedule they have for our visit!

  

STUDENTS WITH DIABETES NATIONAL CONFERENCE

Friday, May 22, 2014

12:00 – 05:00 pm        Check-in and Registration

05:30 – 06:30 pm        Conference Kick-Off

06:30 – 07:30  pm       Dinner

07:30 – 09:00  pm       Motivation/Keynote Speaker

09:00 – 11:00 pm        Social Event

Saturday, May 23, 2014

07:00 – 09:00 am         Breakfast

07:30 – 08:15 am         Zumba (optional)

09:00 – 10:00 am         General Session

10:00 – 10:15 am         Break

10:15 – 12:00 am         Break-out Sessions

* Type 3 Session
* Body Image Session
* Money Advocacy Session
* Pregnancy/Intimacy Session
* Drinking and Diabetes Session

12:30 – 01:30 pm         Lunch and Vendor Fair

01:30 – 02:30 pm         Research Session

02:30 – 03:30 pm         Research Session

03:30 – 04:00 pm         General Session

04:00 – 05:00 pm         Break

05:00 – 06:00 pm         Transport to Special Event

06:00 – 09:00 pm         Special Event

09:00 – 09:40 pm         Transport to Hotel

Sunday, May 24, 2014

* Store Luggage in the Ballroom

07:00 – 9:00 am           Breakfast

07:30 – 08:30 am         Exercise  (optional)

09:00 – 10:00 am         Speaker

10:00 – 11:00 am         Speaker

11:00 – 12:00 pm         Speaker

12:00 pm                     Check-out

Now I have something to look forward to when school ends and as I start my summer. A mini vacation and the chance to connect with other people like me, and a chance for my boyfriend to see that there is a community of people with diabetes. I am really hopefully that I can take useful information from this conference, and bring it to my community. I know there has to be more people with diabetes in and around my community that are waiting for others with diabetes to pop up. I hope that I can make some life long friends from this upcoming experience. We will just have to wait and see. 

Time to go eat lunch, then after work I have class, because I am a full time student, going for Nursing! (Just in case you were wondering) 

P.S. Thanks for being here with me <3