A few years ago I was seeing a play at a theatre near my home. It was full of kids, their annual "young person's" production. While I was watching (and enjoying) the show, I spotted something sticking out from under the shirt of one of the kids. I looked a little closer and spotted an INSULIN PUMP!
After the show, I sought out the girl, and thus started a friendship with her and her family. I adore them, and Lindsey is a fantastic person to chat about diabetes with.
A few weeks ago she contacted me to see if I could help her out on a school project. While I'm unable to help her out (you'll see why below), I knew I had some readers who may be able to pitch in.
I've posted her pitch below. If you are interested in helping her out, please email me or shoot me a message on twitter or facebook and I'll get you her phone number.
Perception Deception
My
name is Lindsey Lively, and I am a sophomore in high school, as well as a type-1 diabetic. For my honors biology I project, I am testing the affects of hypoglycemia on type-1
diabetics’ perception of sweetness. For my experiment, type-1 diabetic
participants will sample different juices, varying in sugar content, and will
rate the sweetness of the juice on a scale of one to ten. They will perform
this task when their glucose levels are normal, and then again when their
levels are low. A family member must administer the samples, so the participant
will not know what type of juice he or she receives. The same subjects will repeat the test several
times.
If you are interested in
participating in this experiment, or would like more information regarding this
study, please contact me.
1 comment:
My teen son and husband are both t1. We should be able to help.
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