Must-have Monday

This weeks "Must-have" is a bit of a stretch, but it wouldn't hurt me to write about it anyway. Maybe draw some attention to the issue at hand.

We MUST-HAVE a cure for type 1 diabetes! A lot of people with type 2 diabetes can handle their own, mostly by losing a little (or in some cases a LOT) of weight- bam, there's your cure... but what about type 1??

Most of you may not even know the difference between the two... let me break it down for you.

Type 2 diabetes is normally caused by over eating and being over weight. (in a nut shell)

Type 1 diabetes is when the pancreas stops creating insulin to break down the sugars in the foods we do eat. (also in a nut shell)

This really sucks! In November 2011 Britty got diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes. Her immune system attacked her pancreas and caused it to literally shut down on itself, no longer creating insulin for her body to use to stay "functioning." This put her in the hospital for almost a week that time. Her blood sugar was over 750 and she could have died right there. But alas, that hard headed butt wouldn't let go easily (lol thank God!) and she came out on top of that particular instance. Since then she's been back in the hospital a few times for what is called DKA. What this boils down to be is ketones that could go to your blood stream and once it's there it's pretty much poison.

Once again, Britty is back in the hospital with DKA, and this time the nurses are trying to kill her by causing her blood sugar to drop entirely too low for her and then hesitating to let her eat anything. This is quite frustrating for her friends and family, I can only imagine how it is to Britty herself. 

THERE NEEDS TO BE A CURE FOR THIS!

We can work on drugs for lots of other things but not something as big as this? I mean that weird guy that lives down the street from you- we can cure his baldness but we can't fix my friends pancreas?? What's wrong with that picture?

Anyway, now that I've ranted... I would like to "educate" you on the diabetes basics...

(brought to u by the American Diabetes Association)

*formerly known as "Juvenile Diabetes"

*diagnosed in children & young adults

*body does not produce it's own insulin

*insulin changes sugars & starches into energy needed for daily life

*Only 5% of diabetics have Type 1

Here's the Part that You Might Find Interesting:

 

Celebrities With Type 1 Diabetes:

*Halle Berry

*Nick Jonas

*Mary Tyler Moore

*Bret Michaels

(there's plenty more that have it, these are the names I thought most would recognize)

Normal People I Know With Type 1 Diabetes:

*Beth Bowen

*Britty Atwell

^that's my best friend damnit!^

we need THIS Britty back- not the one laid in the hospital!

THEY NEED A CURE!!

(jus sayin!)