"It's All About Your Attitude"

About Bill Woods

Contact Bill at Bill@1happydiabetic.com

Bill Woods was born in Bristol Connecticut.  He is married to his loving wife Chrissi.  Bill attended Bristol Eastern High School where he was a successful three sport athlete and National Honor Society member.  He was inducted into the National Collegiate Academic Hall of Fame.

Bill went on to play Division II football at Bentley University and was Vice President of Bentley’s Marketing Association, Student Government Academic Affairs officer, Member of the Bentley Leadership Council, and Health Services Student Representative.  He graduated on the President’s List  with a Marketing Degree in 2002.

Bill was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes at the age of eight, at Uconn Medical Health Center.  Bill has over 21 years of personal type 1 diabetes experience.  His passion for diabetes awareness and positive encouragement for other people with diabetes has been his personal mission.

Bill made his first video on living with Diabetes in 2007.  Since that time Bill has become the most recognized Diabetic Vlogger on the internet.  With Bill’s positive attitude and creativeness his videos have surpassed over 250,000 views.  His videos have been featured on multiple diabetes sites including, TuDiabetes.org, Diabeticconect.com, DiabeticRockstar.com, WebMD, DiabetesDaily.com, ChildrenwithDiabetes.com, and many more.

Bill is the founder of www.1HappyDiabetic.com a website that encourages people with diabetes to live a happy and healthy diabetic life.  www.1HappyDiabetic.com is a social website for people with diabetes and family members to share their diabetes experiences and learn from each other.  1HappyDiabetic’s motto is that “it’s all about your attitude,” a place where you can find a friend with diabetes.

Bill was awarded the 2009 TuDiabetes.org Creative Mind award voted on by the diabetic online community.   His award winning videos for “Making Sense of Diabetes” led the way in spreading awareness of diabetes through internet video creation.

Bill Woods is a member of the Diabetes Online Community.  He has an active role in the Diabetes Hands Foundation’s Diabetes Advocate program.  The Diabetes Advocate program includes diabetes bloggers and diabetes online communities working together to conduct outreach programs.

Bill’s “Real Stories” video is featured on the Global Diabetes Handprint foundation website.  This foundation is designed to bring people touched by diabetes together.  The Global Diabetes Handprint Foundation is sponsored by OneTouch.

Bill is the proud President of the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation Young Leadership Committee focusing on networking, social events, and fundraising for research to cure diabetes.

About Suzanne Watts

Contact Suzanne at Suzanne@1happydiabetic.com

I am Suzanne Watts and I have been living with diabetes for over 20 years. I have struggled with diabetes and often lived in denial. I want people to know you can turn it around and take care of yourself, no matter how long it has been since you did.

From the experiences I have had I want others to realize that there is no such thing as a “perfect diabetic.”  We are all human and therefore sometimes we fail.  My background is in customer relations and mental health so I bring a different perspective to the table.  I promise to offer honest ideas and tricks that can help you feel less alone and burdened by your diabetes. 

Living with a chronic disease is tough and that is why it is so important to reach out to others who also live with this disease.  Hence the reason for social networking sites like http://1happydiabetic.com/.  You are not alone!  Like Bill I have struggled at times and found my way to live a happy diabetes life.  You too can be a 1HappyDiabetic!

I am not a doctor or a health care professional. Please see your doctor if you have medical questions :) 

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