I wonder if there are any diabetics, whether you have had diabetes for a year or 35 years, that wouldn�t be ecstatic if a cure would finally be found.
Goes without saying? But that�s the problem. Diabetics don�t say it.
�Control� is good and keeps us alive. But wouldn�t �cure� be so much more preferable? Haven�t you ever wondered, with the tremendous numbers of diabetics and their families who must live with the stress of living with diabetes, why a cure hasn�t been found?
Why don�t millions of people affected by this disease unite to exert pressure so that the billion-dollar diabetes industry is targeted more efficiently? Instead of spending 165 million dollars on a study to �prove� that better control reduces complications, research money needs to focus more on finding a cure.
After all, if we could always maintain good control, it would be similar to not being a diabetic, so, of course, it would reduce complications. But #1- it is virtually impossible to always maintain good control and # 2- as the study says, it reduces, not eliminates complications.
Instead of blaming diabetics themselves for their problems, (well, if he/she had stayed on their diet they wouldn�t have these problems) , let�s start blaming this deadly and debilitating disease.
God knows I do not want to scare anyone, especially new diabetics, but only when everyone recognizes that diabetes is truly a serious disease, will anyone take it seriously.
I�m not saying that there are not countless other horrible diseases that act much faster and on the surface, appear much worse. Only diabetics themselves (especially severe and long-term victims), can truly appreciate the impact of this disease. This is why I believe it is diabetics themselves who must lead the fight to find a cure.
Twenty-nine years ago, when I first became a diabetic, there were reports that they were "on the brink" of finding a cure. There are still reports in newspapers, medical papers, and by associations making the same claim, but for me, after 29 years, these are wearing a bit thin.
If you are interested, please read the article I wrote 3 years ago in 1994, ( "Diabetes: Not a Simple Matter of Dessert Denial" ). If you have any comments or ideas on what or how anything can be done, contact me at [email protected]
Sincerely, Deanna the Diabetic
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