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Shit... Hope you get better man. I don't know if there's a cure or not, but hope you get better.
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Shit... Hope you get better man. I don't know if there's a cure or not, but hope you get better.
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you do know that will change as you age. I used to be able to tell, not so much anymore unless it is severe and low as you know is worse than high. You get too low eventually I am guessing your body will not wake you up and you run the risk of slipping into a coma from no sugar.
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If it happens then I will begin using test kits again...
If I slip into a coma and die you can have my grill.
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Type 1 has no real cure right now in the sense that any "cure" comes with taking anti-rejection drugs which can lead to worse symptoms than just being diabetic.
They have made strides towards a type 1 cure, but I aint holding my breath.
There is a ton of money in the production and sales of medication and supplies for diabetics and with type 1 (insulin dependent) they can charge w/e they want and we have to pay it or die.
Would not shock me if the drug companies ensure it is never cured.
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Type 1 is when you're just born with it, right? or genetically predisposed?
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Not born AFAIK... genetically predisposed.
Assuming you have the genetic flaw.... eventually your body decides to attack and destroy your pancreas, (like one of those Special person dogs that viciously attacks their own tail) which produces insulin, which is why you become dependent on synthetic insulin.
I believe it commonly happens like ages 8-13.... if it is going to happen.
People don't really grasp the vast difference between type 1 which is autoimmune and your pancreas is destroyed, and type 2 which is when your pancreas is fully intact but it malfunctions for a variety of reasons including, but not limited to, obesity.
When you are type 1 your body simply needs synthetic insulin to replace the naturally produced insulin.... which is why a type 1 can live a life with no diet restrictions, assuming they can manage their sugar level. A type 1 still has to manage their health like anyone else though... eating too much fat/sugar is bad for anyone.... it's just that with a type 1, eating a lot of sugar/carbs can make it more difficult to keep your sugar levels balanced.
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Yeah I had a friend in high school who was type 1. He was trying everything he could to "prevent" it, but he still ultimately got it. Everyone in his family pretty much had it. It broke him for a while because he thought he could have it beat. But he's still living a normal life.
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I agree 100%. I believe it to be 1 of those political diseases wherein, as you state, there is a ton of money to be made from it and it's in their best interest to just treat people with their BS ways. They don't care about you and their treatment can very possibly lead to more very serious health problems down the road. Have you looked into any kind of alternative stuff? I've read about how others have cured themselves but you never really know unless you personally know someone who has been through it all. I don't know much about potential alternative cures cause nobody close to me has had it so, for me, there was no motive to seek more info. But if I had type 1 diabetes, I'd leave no stone unturned.
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Only way to cure it right now is to get a kidney/pancreas transplant and then take anti-rejection drugs the rest of your life.
The pancreas is destroyed in type 1... it has to be replaced in some form or function in order to "cure" it.
Not shocking that the only "cures" available involve taking a lifetime of anti-rejection drugs that lead you to taking more and more medications until you die.
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Damn, that really sucks. I'm doing a daily injection now too, mainly in my stomach. Every third time in the thigh.
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That would really suck if true but I'm not sure it is. Is it that the pancreas is destroyed or that the cells put out by the pancreas are mistakenly attacked by the immune system? Being that it is an autoimmune disease, I would think the latter.
When I mentioned alternative stuff, I meant more alternative medicine or natural cure type things. Have heard mention of a raw food diet helping but, as mentioned, have never looked into it to see any other type alternative stuff that may alleviate or even reverse the disease. Also heard mention of preventing type 1 diabetes with vitamin D. Actually saw this in the mainstream news believe it or not. The story was focused on kids who did not get enough sun, the sun being something that parents typically protect kids from even though it is the best natural source of vitamin D. They did also make mention that D3 supplements would prove beneficial.
Staying more on point of what you were talking about though with the kidney/pancreas transplant, I have seen, in the news, some stories of people being cured with islet cell transplants and also a newer discovery in the works involving stem cell transplants in which, I believe, the stem cells would basically be used to do the work those islet cells cannot.
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It is autoimmune.... your body destroys the cells of the pancreas that produce insulin.... you can't get them back.
There is no "alternative" medicine that fixes that problem.... hence the need for transplants.
Islet cell transplant is the same concept as Pancreas transplant.... replace the destroyed components that used to produce insulin.
In either case you have to take anti-rejection drugs the rest of your life.
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Never say never. None that you nor I, for that matter, are aware of.
Thought that may be the case but I think that's what the big deal with stem cells would be, you wouldn't need the anti-rejection drugs. But then you get into who would be considered a candidate and would insurance cover any of it since it would be certain to be very costly.
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I would feel bad if they cured it.... those poor Pharmaceutical companies
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