i was watching the local news a few nights ago and there was a story about scientists possibly finding a cure for diabetes through meds that are already on the market for cancer.i did a google search and found this


http://www.nbcnews.com/video/nightly-news/27774926


i'm not gonna gets my hopes up but i thought it was interesting

Jtevans do u suffer from diabetes?

yeah.i was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes when i was 4 and have lived with it for 30 years now

saw it!
But now it probably will take an eternity until the FDA approves the new application of the Drug!

that's true.drug companies are gonna want to continue making money off of it for as long as they can

My son has Type I and has a medtronic insulin pump. Diagnosed when he was 10.

I think it was my fault, due to my auto immune Addison's Adrenal Insufficiency. Wasn't diagnosed with that until after he was born. Hereditary hormone junk ...damn clinic likes to study my blood too much too.

There maybe a link there, they were checking me for some bone marrow crap polycythemia vera. I make too many white, red, and blood platelets. I am borderline diabetic.

not long ago i asked my dr about me possibly using a pump but he told me my health wasn't bad enough to need one.i know several people that have went from Borderline to Type 2.i guess they didnt take their dr's warnings serious enough

I don't think it's a matter of "bad enough", it is for convenience, and the fact that my son is still growing. You don't have to shoot up 3 x's a day, one insert needle for every 3 days approx. You just enter in the amount of carbs you just ate, and it does the dosage for you. Slowly delivers, not all at once, but must enter it in when you are eating. You still have to test bs tho 3 x's a day or more depending. If high, you have to enter in a "correction".

My son is the 1st one in the family to have Type I. Many family members have gotten Type II in older age, and obesity.

yeah i take insulin 3x a day and than once before bed.althouh i don't test my BS as much as i'm supposed to but after living with it as long as i have,i can feel what my BS is doing and can take control of it

You wouldn't need the overnite shot then with the pump....that just didn't make sense what I said, lol

My son had the overnight shots too. Different insulin. That always screwed him up and made him too low in the mornings.

((((Jt)))) ((((Fleta))))...I hope for both of you they find a cure...

yeah i've had issues with mine being too low in the mornings.mine has been as low as 32,and yet they still sty to up my overnight insulin dosage.never have understood why

thanks Leigh



it would be nice to be able to eat whenever i wanted and not haveto worry about taking meds.i might be able to finally put on some weight

stupid double post