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Permalink Reply by Brunetta on March 1, 2012 at 5:00am

Acid,U R a HOOT!!! I neither smoke nor drink, but the thought of you pumping it up to be ready for a "cure" is a little funny. Knowing your preferences, You will probably just run two extra miles a day to "get ready AND in shape".
Posters, you have all come up with great questions. I have donated blood three times to the Faustmann lab, and you have all come up with many questions that could have come to my mind.

God bless,
Brunetta

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Permalink Reply by acidrock23 on March 1, 2012 at 5:11am

Well, it's sort hazardous as, if you are "fine", then "sorry, no cure for you, you're FINE!" Thanks for your blood too Brunetta!

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Permalink Reply by Sophie on March 1, 2012 at 2:05am

These are such great questions. I second all of them.

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Permalink Reply by Gerri on March 1, 2012 at 12:39am

Not a question, but please convey to Dr. Faustman how appreciative we are of her continuing work & efforts. I'd hug her if I met her.

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Permalink Reply by Brunetta on March 1, 2012 at 5:07am

I DID hug her Gerri. Such a pleasant, enthusiastic woman!!!She probably will not remember me, but tell her Brunetta, the tall black long-term Type one female donor from Ohio, says "Hi"; and I will, hopefully, see her in the lab again this summer. (Like I havn't said this so already in comments to her website-lol).

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Permalink Reply by Gerri on March 2, 2012 at 2:16am

Big smiles, Brunetta. I remember when you went to Boston.

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Permalink Reply by Manny Hernandez on March 1, 2012 at 1:32pm

The interview is now live! She replied to all the questions that had been posted in here until yesterday! :)

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Permalink Reply by Gary on March 1, 2012 at 2:07pm

Good to hear her voice! I still think its a huge long shot that BCG on its own will be powerful and effective enough to actually reverse diabetes and get people off insulin. If I could be wrong about anything ever it would be about that. Its really sad with how long so many of the research companies having been plugging away at a solution we are still nowhere close to an effective treatment. Still I have no choice but to continue to be hopeful otherwise I have nothing.

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Permalink Reply by Trudy on March 1, 2012 at 2:14pm

This is a fascinating interview. I, like the mouse community, feel happier, and more hopeful as well. Thank you Dr. Faustman and Manny.

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Permalink Reply by Stoyan on March 1, 2012 at 4:01pm

It will be very interesting to see an exact definition of a possible cure, such as what kind of limitations it would lift from a person's lifestyle - and if we can trust that it would be a permanent one.

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Permalink Reply by Stoyan on March 8, 2012 at 9:43am

Yeah, a very upbeat interview indeed. Positive energy is something we can all use in extra. The path to a diabetes cure is obviously tricky and still uncertain, but the important thing is to keep pushing and keep advocating and keep hoping.

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Permalink Reply by sarahjane on March 13, 2012 at 10:40am

wat is neurapathy and wat causes it i started with it in my bchest left side now its in my legs and i am strugglin 2 ealk i am on garbapentin and amytriptaline max dose but nothin is helpin.the pain and tinglin feelin is really gettin me down thanx sarah

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