After a fun family vacation up in Duluth MN this weekend we headed to Camp Needlepoint in Hudson WI today to drop our 10 year old daughter Cassie off at diabetes camp. She was excited but at the same time a little nervous about staying a whole week . I reassured her it was going to be an incredible experience & she was going to meet so many new friends. On Friday night, as part of her birthday present I…
Today is Giving Tuesday, a day to give support to a charity or organization dedicated to making a change for the better in the world. There are lots of ways to make a difference and give today, from children’s charities to animal charities to community programs – you can make a difference in a life by giving your time or a donation. At Team Bret Michaels, giving back is something we do everyday through the Life Rocks Foundation. Children’s Cancer,…
Justin was diagnosed with type 1, juvenile diabetes on 9/23/09, at the age of 5 1/2. Being checked in to University of Chicago Kovler Diabetes Clinical Research Center later today, for several days, to transition off of insulin pump and put on oral diabetes meds to manage his diabetes. Doctors suspect Justin has a genetic form of diabetes called Monogenic Diabetes or Maturity Onset Diabetes of the Young (MODY). Should know by Friday if Justin’s body is going to respond…
My name is Tricia. I have been a fan of Bret Michaels and Poison since they started. In March of 2000 I was diagnosed with type 2 Diabetes. I was having a difficult time coming to terms with everything. In June of 2000 I was lucky enough to meet Bret backstage in Toronto,ON Canada. We got to talking about Diabetes and I told him that I had just recently been diagnosed. He had so many encouraging things to say and…
Raise your hand, raise your voice to rock and help others. Ticket are on sale now for the 1st Annual “Bret Michaels Life Rocks Foundation Super Concert & Charity Auction” presented by PetSmart, Serenity Hospice and Palliative Care, and 93.3 KDKB Rocks Arizona in Phoenix, AZ on December 1, 2012 at The Celebrity Theatre! This charity event will be like no other and will sell out, be sure to get your tickets today as you don’t want to miss this…
Bret- I can’t thank you enough for sending Kateri (pronounced: kuh-teer-e) to Camp Midicha this year. She had so much fun. Reuniting with some friends from last year and making a bunch of new ones! I know that having Kateri go to camp helps her cope with the daily crap she puts up with, having this disease. Knowing there are people who are taking what God handed them and going after everything they want – not letting it stop them,…
We thanked Bret for sending Tristin to camp in June and gave him a thank you letter which I am attaching that also has some pics taken at camp. I will send those as well. Anyway Bret was so touched when he learned that Tristin was able to change his site for the very first time by himself at camp and also change site spots…that he hugged Tristin and asked him if he could send him back to camp a…
In March of 2010 I attended my first Bret Michaels concert in Green Bay Wisconsin. While I grew up in the ‘80s I had only recently become a huge fan of rock music and had especially become a follower of Bret Michaels, not only because of his music but his work on being an advocate for diabetics. It was an amazing show and my husband surprised me with a VIP pass for after the show! I couldn’t believe that I…
Grace is 8. She turned 8 last November. Who could have imagined that the normalcy that existed on her 8th birthday would change in such a profound way in just 2 months. On January 17, 2012, after her Mom made a doctor’s appointment to discuss Grace’s unexpected weight loss, she was diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes. There were other subtle signs that appeared in the weeks prior to the diagnosis and now all the pieces started to make sense. The…
The middle of my 8th grade school year I went to the doctor’s office for a checkup or so I thought. They ran a few tests and the doctor left and came back with the test results. She told my parents and I to go home and pack my bags there was a room waiting on me at the hospital and to go straight there. When I got to the hospital the nurse showed me where my room was they…