Post by cgrover (Twin Cities, MN) on Apr 12, 2018 12:35:57 GMT -5
Hello.
I was diagnosed with Juvenile diabetes in 1973. It is now Type 1 Diabetes. Things have gone well, so far, and I am lucky and have not had any side effects due to it. I have been in a diabetic coma 4 times. I started out using insulin injects, up to 4 times a day and testing the urine in my sugar with a chemistry set. Moved on to peeing on a stick, and now using a blood sugar meter testing the blood from my fingertips. I am using a Medtronic insulin pump, and a Medtronic continuous glucose monitoring system (CGM). Thanks to all the research that has happened, and is still happening, the care of my diabetes has improved over the 45 years I have had this chronic disease. The best advise I think I ever got was from my pediatrician when I was 7, telling me that yes, I was diabetic, and I would be for the rest of my life, but if I managed it, I could still do anything I wanted to do. He wasn't an endocrinologist, but he was correct. I have never thought I would be cured, and maybe that is why I care for my diabetes the way I do. I don't let it control my life, but I do watch it. Given all the recent improvements, I now think this could be cured in my lifetime. Researchers just seem so close...
To do my part for research, I participate in the American Diabetes Association's Tour de Cure every year. In MN, it began in 1999. I was the top individual fundraiser for many years. I have had a team, Paul's Pedalers, for about 15 years, and for many years we were the top Family/Friends fundraising team. I was sad when I was not the top fundraiser, or my team, but the event is making more money, and bringing in more people and teams to raise more money for research, to raise awareness, and help the diabetic community. Some of the money is used to help kids with Type 1 diabetes go to camp, with other Type 1 diabetes, to learn about the disease they have, how to handle situations, and to learn that they are not alone.
This is my ADA Tour de Cure website. main.diabetes.org/goto/PaulThorsgaard If you would like to donate, check the site out. If you live in MN, and would like to ride, run, or walk on my team, check it out. If you live in MN, and would like to volunteer for the event, check it out. If you know someone with diabetes, check it out. If you live somewhere else besides MN, but want to get involved, check it out and search for a Tour de Cure in your area.
Thank you.
We can also discuss diabetes in this forum also.
I was diagnosed with Juvenile diabetes in 1973. It is now Type 1 Diabetes. Things have gone well, so far, and I am lucky and have not had any side effects due to it. I have been in a diabetic coma 4 times. I started out using insulin injects, up to 4 times a day and testing the urine in my sugar with a chemistry set. Moved on to peeing on a stick, and now using a blood sugar meter testing the blood from my fingertips. I am using a Medtronic insulin pump, and a Medtronic continuous glucose monitoring system (CGM). Thanks to all the research that has happened, and is still happening, the care of my diabetes has improved over the 45 years I have had this chronic disease. The best advise I think I ever got was from my pediatrician when I was 7, telling me that yes, I was diabetic, and I would be for the rest of my life, but if I managed it, I could still do anything I wanted to do. He wasn't an endocrinologist, but he was correct. I have never thought I would be cured, and maybe that is why I care for my diabetes the way I do. I don't let it control my life, but I do watch it. Given all the recent improvements, I now think this could be cured in my lifetime. Researchers just seem so close...
To do my part for research, I participate in the American Diabetes Association's Tour de Cure every year. In MN, it began in 1999. I was the top individual fundraiser for many years. I have had a team, Paul's Pedalers, for about 15 years, and for many years we were the top Family/Friends fundraising team. I was sad when I was not the top fundraiser, or my team, but the event is making more money, and bringing in more people and teams to raise more money for research, to raise awareness, and help the diabetic community. Some of the money is used to help kids with Type 1 diabetes go to camp, with other Type 1 diabetes, to learn about the disease they have, how to handle situations, and to learn that they are not alone.
This is my ADA Tour de Cure website. main.diabetes.org/goto/PaulThorsgaard If you would like to donate, check the site out. If you live in MN, and would like to ride, run, or walk on my team, check it out. If you live in MN, and would like to volunteer for the event, check it out. If you know someone with diabetes, check it out. If you live somewhere else besides MN, but want to get involved, check it out and search for a Tour de Cure in your area.
Thank you.
We can also discuss diabetes in this forum also.