Re: A cure

I totally understand where you are coming from, but for me I think I lean towards the other end of things. I was diagnosed in 07 when I was 15, so I have only been a diabetic for about a year and a half. To me a cure would be in a way like getting my freedom back. Traveling and taking risks are two of my favorite hobbies, and each one would be eaiser without diabetes. Don't get me wrong, I never let my diabetes stop me from something I want to do, but a cure would allow the spontaneity of my life to come back. I would never again have to worry about lugging my supplies around, or worrying about a low while out surfing. My dad is also a doctor, and having that strong medical influence in my life may have an effect on me hoping for a cure.

Diabetes is a part of me, but honestly I would like it to just be a memory... and a cure could do that.

traveling isn't that bad i have been to 11 or 12 (i think) countries and more states since i have been a diabetic but on the down side when u r in Belize and ur pump isnt working     it sucks(bad)    anyway i agree w/ most people it is annoying at times but in the long run when u have it a long time not having diabetes wouldnt be me at all 

I'd LOVE to be able to not have to poke myself all the stinkin time!!!!!!!!!!

I think i get what you mean. although there are SO many times where I just get fed up with having to live with diabetes and want it to all go away, I could not imagine not spending one day without my pump or checking my blood sugar! I'd feel like incomplete or something. I just feel like diabetes is not something I consider a bad thing, and I think i've learned a lot from the experience of having it. diabetes has made me what i am today and i wouldnt want to change that.  :]

I've had diabetes since I was 2 (I'm about to turn 18) and I know that if a cure was offered I would jump ALL over it!!!!! I know diabetes is apart of me...... but it would just be SO NICE to not have to worry about what some food is going to do to me, or have to poke myself one more time. 

I understand that others wouldn't want to change what they have.... but I would gladly!!!! Even if I had to give something else up!!!

geez... i see your point. With out diabetes i would feel kind of empty...I have had diabetes 4 i think 9 years... ya and so it would be sooo weird. yet i would LOVE not having diabetes, beacuse i have friends always looking over me...

I don't agree but I see where you are coming from. I think the people who have had it the the longest need it the most. We are the ones who are the most medicaly effected. We are the ones who will have complications, even if we have good numbers. I think the newbes have longer before things go wrong not that they don't need it just as much. I want to live to see my grand children

I have been Dieabetic for 7 years!!!! Sence i was 7.  I get crap from practicly everyone i meat saying stuu like, "why do you get special treatment?" I mean i'm tired of it.  In 7th grade i had gym then lunch everyday so i went to lunch earlier than everyone else and some of the guys were saying stuff like, "im dieabetic too i get to go to lunch now."  Just being retarded.  no offence to any guys who actully have dieabeties.  It gets old fast.  So hell ya i want the cure.  It would take getting used to but so did getting dieabeties.

-Macy

wow id do anythign to have the cure. i can harldy manage myself, idk it seems like i have the cure yet im still taking shots and what not. It drives me over the edge. I don't think that once or if i get the cure should i be uncomfertable with a new routine. It would be Bliss and i could drink TONS of coffee i could hang out with my friends i could eat ice cream. altho i do agree that having diabetes does help with what we eat. But i would have to agree with Macy this is just crap. I litterally got pissed at some dude, beleive it or not he was in 11th grade footballer i was in 7th, but he kept pushing me about it and i threw it in his fface about how lucky he is and all of it. he realized i was suffering and he told all his buddys and they dont bother me about it they help me out. but there are all those other people that bug me to insanity. its just bs. We don't deerve to be treated like a Zombie because were just a little bit diferent its not like diabetecs are visious dogs or any animal and everyone else are human. NO were all human were all just a little different.

I get what you're saying. I've thought of this a LOT when im just sitting and thinking to myself.

Diabetes has made me a much stronger person. I can tolerate more pain, and I can deal with bullying/annoying people at school MUCH better. Also, i used to suck at math, and now im in advanced math from carb counting/ratios/correction factors from when i was on shots. 

At no point do i ever wish i was never diagnosed. I'm of appreciative of it.

But, I think I would be happy if there were IMPROVEMENTS, to make it easier on us (like that artificial pancreas thing, which constantly measures your sugar, and adjusts your insulin accordingly, because we can still say we're not perfect and have diabetes, but we dont have to make a huge difference in our lives)

IF there is a cure, I would love it. But I always think about how its not on my list of priorities. Yes, I do the walk every year, and yes I always hope for a cure.

But, in the back of my head, there is always that thought of maybe diabetes is a good thing for the world

i feel the same way !!! my friends and family think im crazy, but its true. thats how everyone knows me:the diabetic. i wouldnt have it any other way. diabetes is me.

i hate diabetes i want the cure (it better come soon:))

I feel the same way! although i've only had it for 5 years almost i still wouldn't feel like me if i didnt have diabetes

i really dont wanna cure. i mean its nice that others are trying to help us but diabetes unites us as a whole. diabetes isnt something i am ashamed of and it doesnt harm my relationship with friends/family. it makes me who i am and im proud to have diabetes. yes, some days are more challenging than others but its a thrill when i have a perfect blood sugar. diabetes camp really helped me love diabetes even more. i told my doctor i loved having diabetes and she was like no you dont, like i was crazy. im not crazy. what is so horrible about a disease where you take a shot when you eat, take a tiny sample of blood, and moniter what you eat. its a lot to process at first but in the end, its what keeps you on this earth. im not saying that i want researchers to stop their hard work but at the moment life is good.

I know what everyone means, diabetes is a part of me n all...i can only vaugly (spelling is for losers...) remember what it was like to just shove food in my mouth without worrying about it....but i would really (REALLY) like a cure. im kindof...in and out of the hospital alot and has major trouble with everything...blahh...i just kind of, well, suck. i get sick alot and i just really hate it. but at the same time i cant imagine life without it...? wait! yes i can! and it looks a hella lot better! heehee.