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Not too long ago, George Bush vetoed his first bill after 5, 1/2 years of serving for our country as president. The bill he vetoed did not allow stem cell research to be funded properly by the government, while the many millions of people like me could be cured from the research. His main reasons for vetoing the bill had to do with cloning, and us being a Christian country. Following this announcement, George Bush recieved a standing ovation. None of the new canidates have spoken about stem cell research except Ron Paul, and he disagreed to fund the research.

I am 15 years old. I have had Diabetes for 10 years, and this comming March of 2008 will be my 11th. year. Diabetes is more than just a life threatening disease. It’s you’re life… period.

But there is hope. The JDRF (Juvenille Diabetes Research Foundation) holds a Walk-to-Cure-Diabetes every year in Siesta Key Beach, Florida. They raise millions of dollars a year and span to over 200 locations around the Earth. Diabetes can be cured across America with proper funding from organizations, the government, and people like you.

This is also a video to all of our current canidates running for the title of the 44th. US president. Diabetes accounts for 7% of the population of your country. What will you do to help the disease? What are your plans for funding stem cell research? Why?

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Note: the following statistics pertain to the United States of America only, unless otherwise stated.

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Q and A about Diabetes:

Q: What is Diabetes?

A: Your body turns food into energy using insulin. Insulin is made by the pancreas and allows the sugar to be used by your body. Diabetes is a chronic disease where you’re pancreas slows down or stops functioning. Without insulin, the sugar stays in your bloodstream. However, with too much insulin, you won’t have reserve energy for standing, walking, and sometimes your body can’t keep warm with low blood sugar. I have to monitor my blood sugar levels several times a day and take insulin from shots to make sure my blood sugar levels don’t go too high or too low.

Q: Does Diabetes happen to fat people?

A: Not all types of Diabetes happen to obese people. Type 1 (Juvenille Diabetes) is hereditary, so you can’t prevent it. It takes over you as a child or teen. Type 2 Diabetes occurs in obese people or old people, whose pancreas’s aren’t strong enough to meet the demands for insulin.

Q: Does it go away?

A: No. It is a lifelong disease. It’s impossible to avoid completelly without the stem cell procedure.

Q: What is life like as a Diabetic?

A: Normal. Just a different kind of normal. I take shots and go to the doctors once every couple months, but I’m not stripped of my life. I have a diet and I have to watch what I eat, but I can still eat my favorite foods once in a while.

Q: The diet… you have a diet?

A: Well, I need to regulate my blood sugar levels. My diet is as followed: don’t take too much sugar when you’re blood sugar level is high, and drink sugar (it has to be a drink, food takes too long to digest) when your blood sugar level is low. I eat snacks during the day and 3 meals. You can’t skip any meals or snacks, or else you’ll feel it.

Q: You feel your blood sugar levels?

A: Yes. When my blood sugar is high, It’s harder for me to pay attention or work properly. I feel warm and hyper. Sometimes I’ll be agressive. When I’m low, I feel shakey and cold, but usually hungry. I might start sweating and feel very tired. Sometimes I feel dizzy, if it goes down far enough (thank goodness it doesn’t!)

Q: What’s considered “normal” blood-sugar wise?

A: The units for blood sugars are measured in mg. of sugar per dL of blood. 80-120 is normal, but it may go between 60-160 depending on how much you eat or exersize. I go between 100-200 for the most part, but I have had numbers as low as 35 and as high as 500.

Q: I never knew you were a diabetic! How come you didn’t say so before?

A: As much as I love to educate people about the disease, I’m not different from anyone else on Youtube: I’m still a human being. I might need more time on tests or medical attention when I’m exersizing vigerously, but it’s not like I’m a different person! I live my life differently, that’s all.

Q: What was that bracelet in the last picture?

A: That’s my Medic Alert bracelet on my bed. If I pass out from my blood sugars going too low or too high, then the paramedics will be able to see that I’m a diabetic, and they may be able to wake me up with glucagon (think of it as sugar-in-a-bottle) or an insulin shot.

Q: What can I do to help? Where can I learn more?

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There are two important types of diabetes: type 1 and type 2 diabetes. The last is more common than the diabetes type 1, which is mostly found in younger persons. The second diabetes type develops mostly in people that are over 40 years old. Because it develops this late in ones life, this kind of diabetes is also known as “adult diabetes”. The typical person that suffers from diabetes type 2 is overweight, but there are always exceptions. The symptoms in this type of diabetes are more gradual than in the other kind of diabetes. There is also another big difference between these two diabetes type: the type 2 diabetes is caracterized by resistance to insulin, rather than the absence of it in the case of type 1 diabetes. This disease is mostly hereditary in almost all patients. What happens in the case of diabetes type 2 is that the body produces insulin, but the cells do not respond to it. As a result, the patient has a higher glucose level in his/ her blood.

This type 2 of diabetes is the most common one. This also have a bigger tendency of being hereditary than the first. Results have shown that one of three children with a least one parent that has diabetes will develop type 2 diabetes as well. Obesity is also another factor in developing diabetes.

There are many causes for diabetes, which means that are many reasons why a person can develop diabetes type 2. The most common of all the factors that cause diabetes is genetics. Almost a half of the people who suffer from diabetes type 2 are brothers and sisters and one in three children of the same family will eventually suffer from diabetes. The second strongest cause of developing diabetes is obesity. That and an intake of many calories are the second and third of the diabetes causes. Almost a third of all people that suffer from diabetes type 2 have antibodies to the islet cells, which produce insulin. These cells so vital in diabetes can be detected in the blood. If the islet cells do not work properly, your body will not get enough insulin. As a result you will be more than likely to suffer from diabetes. Studies have shown that such people will respond much sooner to oral medication than other people who suffer from diabetes. However, people who are like that

and have diabetes will probably need insulin at one moment in their life in order to treat diabetes.

So, if you want to find out more about type 1 diabetes or even about symptoms of diabetes please follow this link http://diabetes-info-center.com/

My mother (65 years old) has been diagnosed with blood sugar which is slightly above the normal. Doctor has not given medicines but some diet restrictions. How can she lead a normal life without getting affected by Diabetes? She has a very active & healthy life so far, I wish to protect her from any unwanted troubles due to this onset of Diabetes. Please advise.

If diabetes could be described as having a personality, it most surely would be temperamental. It has volatile mood swings and easily flies out of control. It presents constant challenges, demanding discipline, restraint, and planning.

With good self-management, you can enjoy a healthy life and minimize your chances of developing complications.

Essential Steps for Keeping Healthy
Practice good blood sugar control.

Monitor your blood sugar levels regularly.

Have a glycosylated hemoglobin test every three to six months, or more often if you're pregnant.

Eat a healthy, varied diet, sticking to foods that are low in saturated fat and cholesterol, and limit "concentrated" sweets like candy.

Exercise regularly and maintain a normal weight.

Schedule regular visits with your doctor. Have your blood pressure and feet checked at all visits. Your doctor should test your blood lipids and kidney function regularly and do an annual EKG.

Have an annual eye exam by an ophthalmologist. This should be done from the time of diagnosis in people with type 2 diabetes, and starting five years after diagnosis in people with type 1 diabetes.

To avoid illness, stay up-to-date on your immunizations. Talk to your doctor about getting vaccinated against the flu, pneumococcal disease (such as pneumonia and meningitis), hepatitis, tetanus, and diphtheria.

Practice good foot and skin care.

Visit a dentist regularly.

Avoid risky behaviors, such as smoking or drug or alcohol abuse.

Learn as much as you can about diabetes, and educate others close to you.

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Diabetes has turned into an epidemic. It is time to wake up and smell the coffee! Do you know about one fourth of America is gripped by diabetes or syndrome X (pre-diabetes)? Moreover, the worst thing is that nine out of ten type 2 diabetes patients have not been able to control their blood sugar levels even after taking medications!

Diabetes is a tricky disease. In the first two years of the disease, you will not find any symptoms. However, when they attack, it spells doom for the patient.

Taking Diabetes Lightly Is a Big Mistake

One of the major loopholes in the treatment of type 2 diabetes is the laxity of the patient. Most type 2 diabetes patients do not visit their doctor for blood sugar tests after the first six months of diagnosis. Many others are careless about their diet and exercise. Call it psychological factor or whatever, but a majority of type 2 diabetes patients simply resigns to their fate.

Perhaps it is due to the emotional changes that occur due to type 2 diabetes. Constant stress, a lack of self-esteem, and the swirling of negative emotions in the mind can be held responsible for such an irresponsible behavior of the patients.

It is true that if a person has not paid attention to his or her health in the past, he or she is not likely to do it even after been diagnosed with type 2 diabetes. Many of them do not want to face the truth while others simply do not prioritize their health.

The big question ruffling the minds of medical experts is: How do you get the type 2 diabetes patients to start caring about them NOW?

Adopting a New Approach

Enough of frightening the people about the disastrous effects of type 2 diabetes. The fact is they do not fear much! So, there is a fresh approach to get the patient to realize the importance of serious treatment for type 2 diabetes. It is a gradual shift in the lifestyle of the patient.

It is difficult to change a hard-core habit overnight. Hence, strictness and extremity will not work here. The catch is to inculcate a slow but sure change in the eating habits and the way of living. A person who has lived on hamburgers and chocolates whole life cannot endure a sudden shift to sober and healthy food. It certainly requires a lot of effort to consume less oily food and less sugar, doesn’t it? And what about the couch potatoes? Do you expect them to jump on their feet the very next day for exercise? Of course, not!

Therefore, the aim is to allow the patients to make a choice. The new approach involves in a gradual shift rather than a drastic change in lifestyle. It should be fun and motivating for the type 2 diabetes patients, not a punishment.

You cannot snatch a cheese pizza from a person, but you can definitely make him change his mind regarding eating it. Motivation - that’s the key!

I am a high school student doing a project on Diabetes. Part of the project consists of asking a few questions to people with Diabetes.

My eleven year old daughter has type 1 diabetes. She was diagnosed at the age of 8. She has been on the insulin pump for 2 1/2 years. Her daily routine starts with testing when she first awakens (about 6:30), followed by breakfast. She enters her blood glucose (BG) and the number of carbs she will eat into the pump and it calculates how much insulin she needs to cover these. At 10:00am she tests again to see if her number is good and either corrects (through the pump) or has a snack to elevate her BG if she is a little low.
She tests again at lunchtime (about 11:45) and repeats the process from breakfast. She tests a 4th time after school, (3:00ish) to see where her BG is. If she is participating in an after school sport she will need a snack to keep her BG up with the extra activity. At dinner time (roughly 6:00) she will repeat the testing and enter into the pump her BG and carbs. She tests for the 6th and last time (usually) at bedtime.
The pump holds insulin in a tube called a resevoir and delivers the insulin through a tube to a canula called an infusion set that is inserted under the skin of her abdomen area. The infusion set and resevoir need to be changed every 2-3 days and is done at home by me.
She sees her pediatric endocronoligist every 3 months for an HbA1c test, height/weight etc and to monitor how well she is managing her BG.
This is our typical daily routine. Which is subject to change at any time as her BG is affected by: an increase in physical activity, illness, stress, problem with the pump or set, etc etc

Dr. Dahlman discusses Type 1 Diabetes and Type 2 Diabetes. Diabetes and blood sugar regulation can be improved by diet. Two other videos in this series discuss in detail Dr. Dahlman’s recommendations as he contrasts his advice with the failed advice of the American Diabetes Association.

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