When I think about a cure I get excited. There are so many people out in the world that struggle with this disease day in and day out and for them to be free from all that would be amazing.

I imagine all the candy shops would have to order more stock because I know I would be eating candy and cakes and drinking lots and lots of orange juice.

A cure would change my life, but for the better? I am not sure. Would I eat food that is bad for me? Probably. I have to be honest, I am sure I would put on a lot of weight at first. But I know at least the likelihood of going blind or losing a limb would be gone. So in that way it would be better.

I also wonder if there was a cure, would everyone be able to get it? Would poor countries where diabetes is sweeping across the population have the means to get their hands on it?

The cure better not come with a slew of complications that are worse then diabetes. And lets be honest here, there could be a list like that. There are many things that we as people with diabetes can do that people with other ailments cannot.

Would you be willing to give up your ability to walk or ride a bike just so you did not have to count carbs? I don't know if I could.

When I think about a cure I usually think, "it's not going to happen." I try to be positive and have hope but most of the time I say to myself, "Why worry or wait for a cure when it may not come. Live now and if it happens it happens."

That may not be a bad way to think about a cure. Not waiting by the phone for the cure to call but I am also not going to forget it may be out there.

We should live like a cure will never come and get our act together now but continue to hope that a cure will come so we will want to be around for it when it does.

I know that seems odd but somehow it makes sense to me. It's a gray area between hope and despair.

Whatever you call it, it's how I feel.

How would you finish the sentence, "When I think about a cure...?"