So, The Diabetes News…

Believe it or not, I am unsurprised.  I’m not surprised that an abrupt breakthrough has been made to cure diabetes.  I’m not surprised the types 1 and 2 are more closely rooted than believed.  I’m not surprised that the root of the problem is neural.  I’m not surprised diabetes is more related to MS than thought.

Sometimes the biggest obstacle is the possibilities we hide behind our believability threshhold.

We were due for a major disease breakthrough.  We were due for a rethinking of the “it has to mean you’re fat” denigration of diabetes.

The fundamental interconnectedness of all things angle is fascinating.  Diabetes is considered at least somewhat a genetic risk, and runs in both sides of my family, especially my skinny little grandfather who came up a few months short of reaching 90.  MS seems to be more minimally genetic, though my sister does raise our odds a tiny bit.  Diabetes and MS are both immune diseases.  My sister had gestational diabetes; the only sign of any form of it in my generation.  My perception of my sister as “not the same,” which turned out to be MS, covers the entire post-partum period.  And now it seems diabetes and MS both have neural connections.

Not that I expect a pill that will grow a new kidney any time soon, but I certainly hope the relatively barbaric treatment and perception of diabetes can be slain as expediently as possible.  The findings need to be proven out and acted upon as fast as possible, without the disease industry getting in the way.

Posted by on 12/16 at 12:07 AM

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