This month we were joined by Katie Parker,@katie5280, and engaged in a conversation about creating and maintaining a safe home for diabetic patients.
Katie Parker is a breast cancer survivor, type 2 diabetes patient, speaker and writer. Katie served as a 2011 Pink Together Ambassador, a breast cancer writer for the Fight Like A Girl Club website, has blogged for the Pink Lotus Breast Center’s Breast Cancer 101 blog and is a volunteer speaker for the American Cancer Society.
Make sure to follow Katie’s advocacy on her facebook, and her twitter and read through this great discussion we had!
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