| Shot Caller:
Lucky girl to have someone such as yourself in her corner. I have a man at home who's crazy about me, too, and it has definitely made my life with diabetes much easier. I think it's great that you want to learn so much about it for her (and yourself).
I think it's logical to be optimistic about what the future holds for diabetes, as well as many other illness. With as many diabetics as there are and as many as there are predicted to be in the future, science will most surely be trying to find ways of better management. As for transplants and the like, such things were unheard of in the not so distant past. Look how far we've come medically and technicologically in a very short time.
I still think the best way to avoid potential complications is to have regular medical f/u and to strive for the best control possible, whatever you have to do to get that control. That way, hopefully we won't need the transplants at all.
__________________ T2, diagnosed 8/31/06.
Byetta 5 mcg
HCTZ 12.5 mg every other day for BP
Enalapril 20 mg 1 daily (ace-inhibitor)
Lower carb dieter (approx. 75 total carbs/day, more on weekends), taking chromium, multivitamin and fish oil tablets Initial A1C 8/06: 9.6
11/06: 6.2.
03/07: 5.3
06/07: 5.4
10/07: 5.3
05/08: 6.2 (right after dealing with shingles and bronchitis)  | 
