http://www.type-1-diabetes.zolushka123.com/2003/04/20/feeling-lost/ for anyone who has been touched by this disease Sat, 22 Nov 2008 09:25:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 http://www.type-1-diabetes.zolushka123.com/2003/04/20/feeling-lost/#comment-3353 Briana Sheppard Thu, 24 Apr 2003 02:48:49 +0000 http://www.type-1-diabetes.zolushka123.com/2003/04/20/feeling-lost/#comment-3353 Yeah - That's the way it is. Either your Islet of Langerhams (Insulin producing cells in pancreas) gets attacked by a virus or your immune system accidentally erases it. I dunno. But it happens quickly for Type 1. And you are a full fledged IDDM insulin shootin diabetic. I felt that way 39 years ago. Why me? I was just a kid? No one else in my family had it. What did I do? No answer. But at least you feel better when they start you on insulin and you can then metabolize your food again. At least you stop loosing weight and can eat without it putting you into coma! You get to live and survive. And think of it this way - there is a good chance that there will be a "cure" soon. At least an artificial or biological inserted device (cells) that can produce insulin for you. I would say within about ten years. That may seem long to you but its better than 40! You can be alive and healthy on insulin. It's better than not having it!!! Take care of yourself, Carlos IDDM Type 1 39 years "After 35 years of research the answer is still just around the corner." Yeah -
That’s the way it is. Either your Islet of Langerhams (Insulin producing cells in pancreas) gets attacked by a virus or your immune system accidentally erases it. I dunno. But it happens quickly for Type 1. And you are a full fledged IDDM insulin shootin diabetic. I felt that way 39 years ago. Why me? I was just a kid? No one else in my family had it. What did I do? No answer. But at least you feel better when they start you on insulin and you can then metabolize your food again. At least you stop loosing weight and can eat without it putting you into coma! You get to live and survive.
And think of it this way - there is a good chance that there will be a “cure” soon. At least an artificial or biological inserted device (cells) that can produce insulin for you. I would say within about ten years. That may seem long to you but its better than 40!
You can be alive and healthy on insulin. It’s better than not having it!!!
Take care of yourself,
Carlos IDDM Type 1 39 years
“After 35 years of research the answer is still just around the corner.”

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