tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4310765395863592182.post7066462079765969817..comments2024-02-16T09:17:42.210-03:30Comments on Diabetes Advocacy: Battling the other diabetes demonsBarb Wagstaffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00411795733538192893noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4310765395863592182.post-9096189578320847612010-01-20T16:19:44.918-03:302010-01-20T16:19:44.918-03:30Response to nurse Vic
type 1 diabetes, the sort t...Response to nurse Vic<br /><br />type 1 diabetes, the sort that 99% of children have, is nothing to do with life style. It is an autoimmune condition which at present cannot be prevented. No one knows what causes type 1 diabetes. I do hope that your nurses training covers such matters as the difference between the different types of diabetes.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12827699115405146236noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4310765395863592182.post-44399904822726793782010-01-18T14:55:38.221-03:302010-01-18T14:55:38.221-03:30Nurse Vic, I must disagree with your comment that ...Nurse Vic, I must disagree with your comment that "if they just care for their selves, maybe they dont have this illness." People with diabetes do not chose to have this disease. Those living with Type 1 diabetes have an autoimmune disease that has attacked their insulin producing cells and left them unable to produce their own insulin. For those living with Type 2 diabetes the issue is a little more complex. There seems to be a large genetic component and can be other factors involved in their body no longer using the insulin it produces properly.Barb Wagstaffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00411795733538192893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4310765395863592182.post-15392726074309570462010-01-18T13:18:47.532-03:302010-01-18T13:18:47.532-03:30it is really painful to see someone you love or sp...it is really painful to see someone you love or special to you, and you want to help them but you can't do anything. my father had a diabetes also, i am not a nurse yet back then, I see his struggles, his eyes got cataract his foot gangrene, i want him to buy the medication that he needed but I can't we are short of financial support, and he died of a heart complication because of the diabetes. I promise myself that I will finish nursing,so when Im a nurse I help the patient that needed some support as far as I can. Maybe my dad will be happy of that. Lets do not blame the insurance or anyone. in the first place they got their diabetes because of their own lifestyle, if they just care of their selves, maybe they dont have this illness. Let's always look to the positive side of life. Thanks for this article, I just you know share my story to you. maybe you can visit me sometimes in my blog.Victorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04252322222414208135noreply@blogger.com