Stefany Shaheen

Getting American Families Moving

I want to thank First Lady Michelle Obama for her efforts to get American families moving. The First Lady recently launched the Let’s Move campaign to address the alarming rates of childhood obesity in this country. Imagine for a minute that this generation of young people could be the first to have a [...]

Learning from Oprah’s Megaphone

Okay, so I made a rookie mistake.  I am still new to Twitter and in my haste to live up to the promise of twitter by tweeting when something time sensitive is taking place, I hastily tweeted the following statement:
Toasting Oprah for dedicating yesterday’s show to the topic of diabetes. Thank you, Oprah!
Unfortunately, I tweeted [...]

President Obama in New Hampshire

President Obama came to Nashua, New Hampshire earlier this week. The Town Hall Meeting at Nashua North High School was intended to highlight the President’s commitment to strengthening America’s small businesses through tax incentives and other support. This may sound crazy for those of you who do not live in an early Primary [...]

The State of Our Union

Last night I had the privilege of attending the State of the Union as my mother’s guest. Of all the public speeches, campaign rallies and inaugural addresses, the State of the Union is one speech I have always wanted to witness. It is nearly impossible to completely capture on television the nuances associated [...]

Proud Parent In the Morning Newsroom

Elle had the privilege of taking a field trip to the New England Cable News studio earlier this morning for an interview about life with Type 1 Diabetes and the launch of this blog.  The tediously slow trip down Route 128 was worth every minute.  Elle thoroughly enjoyed visiting the newsroom, control room and  meeting [...]

Saving Diabetic Earthquake Survivors In Haiti

It is time to replenish Elle’s diabetes supplies.  We are down to one vial of insulin, two boxes of pump sites and we just refilled her prescription for test strips.  The battery on her pump died tonight too and it continued to beep until we finally found a replacement battery in the basement.  I could [...]

An Unexpected Gift For A Family Living with Diabetes

As the holiday season draws to a close and we all move abruptly into the new decade, I find myself feeling particularly grateful for an unlikely and unexpected gift my family recently received. At the end of 2009, my mother in her role as New Hampshire’s Junior United States Senator, passed a resolution in support of Diabetes Awareness Month.

Perpetual Planning and Parenting A Type 1 Diabetic

As a Type A Virgo, planning happens to be one of my strengths. I remember discovering my anal attention to detail when I was in Second Grade and kept an agenda book to track my daily activities. I vividly remember mapping the pros and cons of particular decisions and actually making lists of [...]

A Conversation with the President About Diabetes

It is a remarkable privilege and an unprecedented opportunity to meet or speak with the President of the United States. In my life, I have had a chance to meet on more than one occasion three different Presidents and two different Vice Presidents. As a citizen of the First In The Nation Primary [...]

Confessions of a Sugar Addict

Help me. I need someone to help me answer this question: What do you do when you are a SUGAR ADDICT and your daughter gets diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes? Now, the foods I enjoy most in the world could actually be physically poisoning my 9-year daughter, Elle.
When I say that I am [...]