A (Belated) Tribute to David Mendosa

I still have some trouble coming to grips with the fact that on May 8, 2017, the Diabetes Community (D-OC) lost one of the Diabetes Online Community ' s true pioneers and I ' d say founders: David Mendosa (http://www.mendosa.com/ -- for the time being, anyway). David passed away following a diagnosis of angiosarcoma in the liver -- which is evidently a type of cancer. I think the fact that he passed away from something other than diabetes or its complications is a true testament to David ' s belief of living life to the fullest in spite of diabetes, which need not impede anyone, in spite of being dealt a pretty lousy hand in the proverbial card game of life. He would have been proud that if something led to his death, it definitely was not diabetes.David was out there online long before there even was a D-OC, and his wisdom and courage arguably paved the way for what has become a thriving virtual community of people with diabetes online, which is not limited to the U.S., but now has communities worldwide. In the very early days of his ventures online, some of us knew him as " Rick " Mendosa, which was a name he used professionally when he first started writing about the formerly-taboo topic of diabetes, which was expected to be kept in the proverbial closet and not mentioned in public. David changed all that, and he also legally changed his name to David in 2005. I was fortunate enough to have met David several times over the years, and it was re...
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