Non-Prescription Supply Program

ACT1 is one of the few organizations in the U.S. that provide a non-prescription supply exchange program for diabetics in need.

To find out more information and see how you can help ACT1's effort in serving the community click here!

Secure Supplies: Test Strips Save Lives – Tell Roche Pharmaceuticals To Expand Their Patient Assistance Programs!

Join our campaign and sign the petition that tells Roche Pharmaceuticals that test strips save lives!

DiabetesMine Patient Voices Contest 2012!

Submit your videos to the DiabetesMine Patient Voices Contest. Voice your opinion on current diabetes technology and tell the world what new advances you would like to see! Click Here for More Information!

Upcoming Events

Support Group for Women & Their Loved Ones

[ July 13, 2010; 6:00 pm to 7:30 pm. ] At this meeting, group members are invited to bring a loved one (e.g. partner, friend, sibling, parent) along with them.  We will discuss the impact of diabetes on relationships and our guests will provide support to each other on issues that may arise when you love and worry about a person with diabetes.  Please RSVP [...] [...]

Support Group for Women

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AIDS Walk New York

Happy Tuesday!
Hope everyone is having a great day!
Thank you so much to ACT1′s Stacey who blogged all last week and participated in the DOC blog week with other fantastic bloggers! There was some cupcakes involved!
This past Sunday I participated in the AIDS Walk in NYC.
It was one of the most amazing things I have ever [...] [...]

How Can I Trust Myself?

Friday night I went through my normal bedtime rituals and was very pleased that my sugar was 167. A little high, but not out of control. I felt “safe” going to sleep. I should have felt anything but “safe”. I have done some wacky things while my sugars are low but Friday night took the [...] [...]

A Cure

It’s the final day of Diabetes Blog Week.  I can’t believe that I actually kept up and wrote a blog every single day for 7 days!  I know many people do this on a regular basis but this was new to me.  And a bit of a challenge.  But I succeeded and was so [...] [...]