WHAT IS YOUR CONFIDENCE LEVEL? DO YOU BELIEVE THERE WILL BE A CURE IN YOUR LIFETIME?

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Comment by Teena on November 8, 2009 at 1:17am

Nah... I do not think there will be any cure for diabetes in my lifetime. But I can most certainly hope for some pill and gadgets that can make diabetes life more comfortable.

Comment by nick on November 8, 2009 at 12:52am

unfortunately, no. Im 22, been t1d since i was 11...i believed the 5 year crap at first...but when you hear the propaganda in the media every day...it gets a little annoying. Is it me, or is there a new breakthrough using a new clinical trial in a new hospital by a new doctor in a new country every time i check my e-mail or flick on the TV? this is ridiculous I wish i would have wrote down the 'promising' t1d studies over the past 5 years so I could prove that there has been hundreds of them, and they have all but disappeared...swept under the carpet so to speak..and the JDRF has not funded a single one of these 'cures'. If were going to see a cure getting the JDRF dissolved and disbanded would be a first step, they are parasites and nothing more. Diabetes is too profitable, BUT, you voice can make that change believe it. Speak it where you can, we can Not be a push over and 'except' alternative treatments (which ultimately will make them boatloads more money)

Comment by Betty J on November 7, 2009 at 6:22pm

I feel as you do...I've been T1 for 50 years. When I was young no one mentioned a cure. Now that I'm older I know there is no cure for me. But for those who are younger I hope it does happen.

Comment by Karen Doering on November 7, 2009 at 5:43am

42 years of the D and a cure has never crossed my mind, even when initially diagnosed.

I do not think there will be a cure in my lifetime. The D is a high profit disease.

Comment by Liz on November 6, 2009 at 9:48pm

When I read your question, I realized just how long it has been since I even entertained the thought of a cure in my lifetime. I'm 37 & have been diabetic for 31 years. I don't even think about it anymore. I'm not cynical, I'm just so busy raising & enjoying 3 small children & focusing on today. Plus, everything seems to come with a tradeoff... (wait, was that cynical? )

Comment by MelissaBL on November 6, 2009 at 9:42pm

No, I have never believed in a cure.

At diagnosis, my doc told me that the standard answer was to tell you it was five years out, but that it was a complicated disease with a long, complicated history and that I would have it for the rest of my life and needed to learn to live with it. I was ten, but I was practical. That seemed much more realistic to me than the "five more years" everyone has been touting since the mid-20th century.

I like Gerri's answer. I will be happy with more bells and whistles that make my life better.

Comment by Gerri on November 6, 2009 at 8:36pm

I hold tight to the hope for a cure, remain optimistic, but I don't think I'll see a cure. Sometimes hope is painful.

Think we'll see better bells & whistles. I'm pinning my hopes on smart insulin to make our lives easier.

Comment by Deanne Kacmar on November 6, 2009 at 8:00pm

Yes. I believe there will be a cure in my daughter's lifetime. And there is hope for all type 1's because Dr Faustman's research worked ( so far, in mice) even with end-stage disease. So her research is not just for the newly diagnosed.

Comment by Debbie Wessel on November 6, 2009 at 7:04pm

I don't know...everyone I know who has been diagnosed has been told a cure is on the horizion...5 years away. My daughter was diagnosed almost 12 years ago and she is only 14. I hope for a cure but who knows?

Comment by Robyn on November 6, 2009 at 6:35pm

I hope for a cure. I will keep on hoping, in the meantime I know that the advances in treatment will be wonderful, and make living with the D alot easier.

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