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By now I am sure most of you have heard about the “breakthrough” discovery made regarding a possible cure for type 1.
When I saw the report on NBC nightly news I was floored. I sat in my chair staring in front of the TV. My son said, “that is cool huh dad?”
I just looked at him and said, “I guess it is.”
His weird look was probably a mirror of the weird look I felt I had on my face. How was I supposed to feel about this?
On one hand I can celebrate. That would not be my normal route. I have heard of “breakthroughs” before and I have yet to see a cure come from them. It is sort of like fireworks, I get excited and then it’s gone and out of my mind.
The other side is to say, “NO WAY.” And totally assume that nothing will work, the glass is half empty, I will have diabetes forever and that is it. Also, not my route but one that is easy to take.
I think I am going to choose the one last side I have not mentioned.
Hope.
I feel like in times like this we need to just Hope. Hope that these advances produce a real cure or maybe the next step on the road to one. I personally do not think it is a good idea to assume you will be cured in a year or two because things like this don’t always happen that way. They could, but not usually. But that does not mean to assume it won’t ever happen.
Hope.
Hope for a future maybe not for you personally but for the next generation. Maybe they will get the cure. Or maybe the one after them or maybe we will see it happen! Only God knows, so I will continue to do what I know how to do.
Hope.
I feel like that is all we have. We can assume this is it and then possibly be let down. We can ignore this discovery and assume nothing will come of it only darkening the clouds overhead. Or we can make the choice to peek into this discovery, and get kind of excited about it, but not pour out all we have into this one thing.
We can hope.
in hopes in getting rid of this diabetes 1 i will the first one in line
count me in as well(2nd in line) having type 1 diabetes for 32 years I'm ready or should I say passed ready for a cure.
We can hope.
We can donate to JDRF or the Iacocca Foundation, or some other group funding research toward a cure.
And we can work on our own little corner of the diabetes world, and try to keep ourselves healthy to benefit when and if that cure ever comes.
I've been diabetic for 35 years, hearing that a cure was within 5 or 10 years almost continually.
We can hope, but we can't wait.
Hope is all we have! I've been Hoping for 47 years! But my hope is still strong! And I'll keep hoping until that day when I can live on my own with no help from anyone or anything. There HAS to be a cure out there somewhere!
Almost 41 years with Type 1. My pancreas is probably all shriveled up by now so I may be beyond any "cure" that may come. If they do find one I HOPE to be one of the lucky ones.
I have had type 1 41 years I have always wish for a cure it has come a long way in the way it is treated
And what happens when you can't feel hopeful?
When you are so fed up you want to just shove all management aside and live like everyone else. I hope I can fight these thoughts off and not fall off the cliff I am teetering on