a cure (Was:back on the pump)
I know it seems this way but pharmaceutical companies are not the only ones searching for a cure. There is also the ADA and JDRF not to mention the hundreds of independent researchers out there. Pharmaceutical companies make tons of money on all kinds of diseases. Diabetes is not the only chronic and expensive illness out there. Besides, do you know how much money a cure would bring them?
I don’t know if there will be a cure in my lifetime or not but I know having the hope for the possibility helps to keep me out of depression. Many of us long-timers can tell you of all the advances we have seen in just the past ten years. At the time of my diagnosis diabetes care was in the dark ages. We still are to some extent but there are a lot healthier diabetics these days than there were in 1963.
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June 11th, 2004 at 10:55 pm
You are so right. There was hardly anything when I was growing up. No humalog, no lantus, no blood glucose monitors. I was diagnosed in January, 1967. My mom said she used disposable needles. Were there disposable needles when you were diagnosed?