We will be having our Monthly Meeting for Sunday, August 27th at 7:30 pm India/10 am USA/3 pm UK time. We will have the meeting with the Healthy Eating group, but have the meeting on the DI forum. Please follow THIS posting. We will use this posting for the meeting this Sunday.
AGENDA:
1. Thank you for the help by HOBIEONE and lfn1 while I was on vacation.
2. Respect of each other's comments/opinions in general.
3. Update on the New Members List.
4. Spam Reports.
5. Concerns/Other Issues.
Hope to "see" you soon!😀
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I would like to go to number 2 on the agenda. I have noticed that there has been some respect of others and comments that haven't been okay lately. Everyone should feel comfortable to say and write what they need/want, but be considerate of the other member's feelings. No one should feel like they are being disrespected.
As for the New Members List, I will be working on that later today and try to set up the new list for September soon. We have a lot of new members for all the groups.
Dealing with spam, there were some postings/comments recently related to medication that can be the 'cure' for diabetes. When there is a cure, I and everyone else will let you know. Some of these postings weren't even posted on the diabetes-related groups. We don't want anyone getting false/fake information and getting everyone's hopes up.
Yes, for right now. Researchers are still trying to work on ways to cure it. But, until that is proven to actually happen and work, we have to wait and see. There was a person who 'invented' a watch that could give a blood sugar reading through a person's sweat years ago. That turned out to be a con and the guy took people's money-- no watch really existed.
Could I add that perhaps the best word to use is "diabetes into remission"? Remission (n.) temporary diminution of the severity of disease or pain. Syn: Respite or Abeyance
Those of us who work ourselves off of meds and restore our health are still classified as diabetes, however, in remission which means if we are careless, we risk going back on meds. There are some wonderful cases where people have broken free of the meds but must always keep their fitness levels of nutrition and exercise balance.
It is unfortunate for T1s in this area, however, there have been some great case studies where islet transplants to the liver have rendered T1s whose control was devastating to having their body produce insulin. They must go on special meds but their insulin production has made their life much better. They are still classified as having diabetes because this programme has not run enough time for a full evaluation (at least 30 years) [This started in Canada in 1999 by Drs Jonathan Lakey and James Shapiro - Look up "Edmonton Protocol"] and 17 T1s. Now there are a few research centres which have picked this up. I was at the Oxford University Hospital that dealt with Islet technology last year to witness their work. There is a long way to go but there is hope!
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