Type 1 diabetes

Good Morning Again,

There was a genuine cure for Type 1 folks, it is not Voodoo, nor pseudo science. Unfortunately it is still experimental in the truest sense of that word. The “cure” I believe is called the “Edmonton protocols” <sp.?
Now I know I’m going to mess up some of the details, and am depending on Steve, Joan, Kate, etc., etc., to help fix my errors or omissions.

The basic gist, some of our wonderful Canadian neighbors in a place called Edmonton apparently developed the transplant of cells which get injected into our Livers, which provided they take and that’s a very big IF… but apparently more and more do and are taking just fine. Our liver ( ? ) in effect apparently performs pancreatic functions? Or perhaps it is the pancreas which begins to function anew. (Help Joan : S)

Regardless, the type 1’s on whom its been used no longer inject insulin’s…. I believe it’s been successfully used on just shy of 20 folks last time I checked… who knows how many they’ve done now.

NOW <grim lipped look

Ok, so far, I’m going… ok bring it on… personally. Now the other little shoe dropping…. they can and have turned ON the bodies ability to produce insulin, only one severe problem there. They cannot control the proverbial “thermostat” which controls how much we get. Soooooooo, if I begin this magic therapy at say 35yo… my body now and forever more will apparently produce the amount of insulin a man of 35 requires, and uses. When I become 50… 65… 90… apparently they have not figured out how to “turn down the volume” of the insulin my body produces… supposedly it still is making like I’m 35, and not XYZ

Which one would think would be a little, tiny-weeny issue.

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Good Morning Folks,

What jobs are “closed” to diabetics at this point? Type 1 and 2, and the many variations of diabetes between them. I’m curious what jobs, or tasks are “off the list” purely because we don’t have “good insulin behavior” <wg

The ones I remember were (and are still I believe)
Pilots (airplanes, boats, hot air balloons, etc. 10,000 feet and having an insulin reaction/shocky/low episode)
Police Officer (access to a gun and if low/high…. <cringing
Diver (as a job remember, not a hobby)
Military Personnel (can’t goto a war if I require meds to function…)
Fireman (can’t stop fighting the fire to get an emergency snack)
Nuclear Engineer (a low at the ~wrong time~ and things start glowing)

I’m sure there were others, but I can’t think of any at the moment…

Most of those jobs and those like them were and I still believe are closed to diabetics (at least type 1, IDDM folks) purely based on the generic fear of having a low, on the job… a rare event (in the scheme of normal monthly activities <Jeff wearing his best poker face
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This a great idea, thanks for sharing!

Rhonda

WOOHOO!!

WTG!!!
Thank you for saying what I was afraid to…

Hugs, Rhonda

Did anyone else hear the researcher say “The one disease we know we can cure with stem cell research is Juvenile diabetes.” ?

Thanks for caring and sharing,
Rhonda
Mom to Sydney, 8
type 1 since April 7, 2003

is the a painless way to test your sugar,
my uses an accu check advantage.
Any suggestions

Hello Naomi,

I love the idea. Unfortunately I know nothing of writing, nor lyrics. It would be funny… hey wait a minute, maybe what’s his name, he’s in EVERY diabetic product commercial.. the musician…. ummmmngh (grrrr) what’s his name…. older… guitarist….glasses… BB King?

If they did “diabetes songs” heaven knows what the product commercials would be like…. scary thought in that one, avoid thinking about it….

Jeff (unable to get the Archies tune out of his head)

Thanx to the Poconut music experts, I was able to compile this list.
A few of these U may remember. There’s a few I never heard of. I
think No Sugar Tonight should be a diabetic theme song!
Naomi E.
Sugar Songs
Brown Sugar - Rolling Stones
I Can’t Help Myself (Sugar Pie Honey Bunch) _ Four Tops
I Want a Little Sugar in My Bowl - Nina Simone
If Sugar Was as Sweet as You - Rockpile
No Sugar Tonight - Guess Who
Pour Some Sugar on Me - Def Leopard
Sugar - System of a Down
Sugar - Tonic
Sugar and Spice - Cryan Shames
Sugar and Spice - Seachers
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Good Morning Ladies,

Jennifer:
<<MEN!!!!
Yes I ammmmmmmmmmm <Jeff looking about as smug as anyone could
Judith:
<<We have an “arranged marriage.” I arrange our life and he gets to stay married as long as he follows the plan!!! hehe
<Jeff looking particularly perplexed (sic. male)
Ummmmngh…. you mean there’s ANOTHER kind of marriage Judith <ggg

<<And as my daughter says, “Well, at least they make some pretty good eye-candy!!”

Yeeeeeeeeeeees we are

I saw a very popular movie a couple times recently. The more I saw it the more I was certain it was 100% about Marriage……… it was called
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Hi,
Does anyone who has an insulin pump use the remote control feature?
And if so, do you like it better than entering info onto the pump
itself…?
Evelyn