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There have been a couple of recent threads on LinkedIn regarding the definition of a "cure" for diabetes.

 

As everyone here who takes insulin will agree, diabetes cannot be "cured" by diet alone. And as everyone whose diabetes is currently controlled in part, or entirely, by diet and exercise will agree, just like "insulin is not a cure", "eating the right foods" is not a cure, either.

 

Merriam-Webster defines "cure (noun)" in our sense as the following:

 

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When it comes to finding a cure, I'm not exactly picky. I'm ready and willing for whatever we can successfully bring about to get rid of this disease. Last year, I even looked into a clinical trial for islet cell transplant therapy. I give my money to research for this disease so one day my future won't include finger sticks and insulin injections.

 

JDRF announced last year and reiterated this year that the focus is shifting from solely looking for a cure for type 1 diabetes to general treatment and complication therapy. That was a tough pill to swallow. And sometimes still is, even though I currently work at JDRF. I want a cure, not a newer nicer meter or a pump that does it all. I want this gone for good.

 

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Most of the teams who participate in our local JDRF Walk for a Cure are composed of friends and family walking for a child with diabetes. The child gets to be the focus of attention for a fun-filled day of raising awareness for that which normally separates him (or her) from his friends. There's also the smattering of company, corporate, and fraternal teams walking in the name of public service.

 

And then there's the third type of team: those who walk to honor the memory of a loved one killed by diabetes.

 

Memorial teams may be the fewest in number, but they serve as a poignant reminder of why we must walk - why we must continue to walk - and why insulin is not a cure.

 

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A few years ago, we made a fundraising video of Charlie to the song, Fix You by Coldplay. At the time, I chose the song because ... well, I liked it and because of this line in the song:

 

"I will try to fix you."

 

In just six words, it conveyed so much. It was perfect. That’s why we raise money for a cure.

 

I had known the song, but never really paid too much attention to the words aside from the "fix you" part. But when making the video, frame by frame, and really paying attention to the lyrics, I could not believe how much the song seemed to relate to life with diabetes.

 

"When you try your best but you don’t succeed." (I hear that. How about every day!)

 

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Birds are chirping nearby. The cat is content at my feet. A soft breeze is blowing Texas Spring through my patio. I've got a plate of delicious leftovers from dinner last night. What more could I possibly want?

 

What I want is a cure. What I want is people fighting for a cure. What I want is people making a real impact on this world, including myself.

 

As I'm getting the hang of JDRF and my individual office, I'm finding myself in a very specific train of thought. Where is our cure? What is it that we're doing? And how can we change this?

 

It's Gala season here in Texas. And my chapter is in full swing prepping for it. Wrapping boxes of chocolates, finalizing volunteers, finishing contracts with donors. We are full speed ahead until the night of that event. Full speed ahead to raise over half a million dollars.

 

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I know this is not a popular view, but I believe I will live a long life and all of it with diabetes. No, I do not believe there will be a cure in my lifetime. Yeah, that’s kind of crappy to say, but I just don’t see enough progress happening (of course I’m really an outsider when it comes to all things cure related) and there is so much money in the treatment of diabetes right now that I think the focus and priorities are not in a place to support a cure.
 

That’s not to say that I don’t think there will be significant progress on the cure front, I just don’t think I’ll live out my days as a non-diabetic. I believe I’ll be wearing my pancreas on my hip in some shape or another forever. And that’s a long forever, people.
 

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It's so easy to fall into the trap of thinking that just because I don't have to take a pill to control my Type 2 diabetes, I'm "cured". After all, that's what so many people in my condition were told, so many times, over the past half-century. Some are still told that today. And given that most of the time, my blood glucose levels stay between 85 and 120, with the occasional high postprandial excursion (which occasionally -- like, when I'm low and having dinner at a restaurant -- will lead to a high fasting reading the next morning), there's nothing to alarm the unsuspecting practitioner that back in 2002, at fifty pounds heavier than I am today, the doctor's meter read 170 mg/dl after a ten-hour fast, with an HbA1c of 7.8. Or in lay terms, "I had diabeetus".

 

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Put aside the images of the Kingston Trio's Boston-area rewrite of "The Ship That Never Returned" and think instead of a group of riders, runners, walkers, or drivers following one after the other, or a flock of migratory birds, or any group trying to travel a significant distance, using the strongest to protect the weakest from wind and weather, each member of the group taking a turn at the front to allow the others to recover.

 

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While the title of this post is a play on the French "Poisson d'Avril" ("April Fools" is called "April Fish"), there's nothing funny about it.

 

We've heard about folk stealing one or more of Lance Armstrong's bikes, but a whole team's bicycles -- and not just that, but also their spares, parts, and tools?

 

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