Honors successes prices in fight against diabetes

Ice cream or yogurt? Or regular soda? This may not be the critical decisions at your table - unless you're one of the Americans nearly 18 million people living with diabetes today.
Diabetics face daily challenges. To stay in good health, you should monitor your blood sugar in the blood, a balanced diet and exercise regularly. Some people also need to take insulin to survive.

In an attempt to recognize the hero of these challenges, the company established Eli Lilly and LillyforLife Award in 2002. The award recognizes the achievements of inspiring people of all ages living with diabetes.

Find those who do not to be known or famous for their achievements but can be people who have done work every day or exceptional personal success.

This year, it expanded to the following in the rewards program to include not only diabetes, but also any person affected by this disease or to participate in the diabetes community.

Dissertation categories: patient age 18 years or more of the age of 17 or younger patients, guardians, and professionals, journalists or spouses.

And will choose one person from each category by a panel of judges for this special price. Candidates are eligible for the class. Is accepting nominations peer or self, by the public through August 30, 2004.

Last year, Rick Largent was awarded the first prize achievements LillyforLife ever. He lived with Largent type 1 or diabetes insulin-dependent for 25 years. He has faced extraordinary challenges during his life outside of diabetes. Has left an unfortunate accident and paralyzed, and lost in the later a 19-year-old daughter to cancer.

Largent neglected to control blood sugar, and put himself at risk for diabetes complications. Was not until he began using an insulin pump, which began from the control of their health again.

Largent began traveling across the country sharing his story and teach others that anything is possible when it is well-managed diabetes. He also visited Capitol Hill in an effort to educate policy makers on the double dilemma of diabetes and disorders.

Largent flexibility to conquer diabetes and quadriplegia represents the kind of spirit of the award represents LillyforLife. Like many of those living with diabetes know if this disease is managed, and there's no reason you can not achieve your goals.