Cure for Diabetes

Every year at about this time we do a walk for Juvenile Diabetes As a diabetes educator I see a big majority of Type 2 (some call it Adult onset) diabetes This walk is for Type 1 These are the babies,children,teenagers and young adults They make no insulin They have to take insulin injections for the rest of their life to survive whether it's through a needle or an insulin pump I usually see the adults who have suffered the complications from living with type 1 for years so it's always nice to see the kids who come to the walk I love to see the family teams who walk They come up with the most creative designs for t-shirts ie the NIKE sign with "Just cure it" We met one little girl today who was probably around 4 who suffers from seizures related to her diabetes and she has a service dog who is able to detect by smell the chemical change in her when she's about to have a seizure There are studies being done with the money raised at these walks to try and figure out how to prevent the destruction of the beta cells (The person's immune system destroys it's own beta cells ) If you would like more info in how to become involved or want to read about the research being done go to the JDRF website