According to Children's Hospital in Boston they have found the root cause of Type 1 diabetes. What does this mean for the future of Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes? I don't know!
Research, treatment and medication approval can take years. If a medication is developed to cure diabetes it can be several years after appropriate trials before FDA approval. The FDA barely approves medications because of the unknowns or side effects without years of test trials with the actual medication and placebo.
People with Diabetes just have to take their medicine and eat healthy. Following Drs orders is crucial. Diabetes is more than about food. Continuesly f*c*ing up could mean death. I could die from complications of diabetes. I'm not going to sugar coat my words or possible reality. I could die.
Diabetes is not a terminal illness but it could very well become one.
Diabetes is an illness of the endocrine system that can effect every organ and body function.
What does being diabetic mean to me? I can go blind, my kidneys or other organs can fail, I can end up with dementia. I might end up having a stroke or heart attack. My circulatory system might become compromised leading to amputations. Uncontrolled Diabetes can easily become fatal in so many ways.
Medicine, diet and exercise is a critical part of treatment for any individual with diabetes.
Diabetes is not a disease of the elderly or because someone became morbidly Obese. People being diagnosed are getting younger and younger. I was 40 when diabetes started rearing its ugly head. Was it pre- diabetes then? Did I mess up so much the next year to guarantee my Type 2 diagnosis shortly after my 42nd birthday? I'm overweight but not obese. Did this extra 25 lbs make me diabetic?
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