Do you get excited when you hear about a cure for diabetes? I usually don’t. I don’t live for a cure because I’d rather live for today. Don’t get me wrong, a cure would be wonderful. I just can’t let myself get all excited and then let down every time someone has the cure (and we hear those words pretty often). I read the articles (unless something sounds completely out of the realm of possibility), take in the information, and then go about my life and see if anything comes of it.
I have a lot of respect for the people who participate in studies and conduct research so that one day diabetes will no longer exist. I’m realistic enough to think that a prevention will happen before a cure, but maybe there will be a cure in my lifetime. It’s possible.
Today I read an article about a new hormone that makes beta cells (the cells in the pancreas that produce insulin). This is a big finding! If they can figure out how to get this hormone into a safe and effective injectable form, they might be onto something. Don’t throw away your syringes and insulin (pens, pumps, etc.) quite yet though – I once heard about people who did this on a Friday several years ago when a “cure” was announced; they had no supplies to get through the weekend!
How do you respond when you hear about a cure for diabetes?