Valued commenter Scratch is participating in the Philadelphia half marathon for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation. As he puts it, his motivation is clear:
I’ve had type 1 diabetes for over 30 years, so this is something a source of frustration and worry for me… It sucks, it really sucks. Type 1 diabetes is its own host of fun because it requires that I make medical treatment decisions for myself every day, if I want to try to stay healthy, and there’s no real taking a break from it. It’s always there in the back of the head. Then with the coming of the next insurance changing periods, it’s a nightmare of worry….
By the way, now that I’m older and trying to maybe do a little bit of good before this world swallows me up, if any of you think you might have a few extra bucks to donate to the JDRF, Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, please do so. It’d be really nice if you could do so through my donation page, I’m running a half-marathon in Philadelphia Nov 22 as a member of Team JDRF.
His donation page is here, lets see if we can him some scratch to help beat the sugar.