 You're preaching to the Choir, my Brother. Can I get an Amen, or a Hallelujah! I think we're saying the same thing. Maybe it's getting lost in the English to English translation. 
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Originally Posted by shiftzor  While we may share the same fate, we do not share the same path. I maybe an optimist and share your hope for that elusive cure, but refuse to say that there is only one answer to this problem. I am not delusional enough to think that I can magically escape this disease and all its effects. I hope only to prolong this life as long as I am capable with the tools that sit in front of me. These porcine islet cells are no cure; they are simply another evolution of insulin delivery. I am not putting them down only seeing them for what they are, we still have an underlying autoimmune disease and could still die of diabetic complications even if they are different to current "complications". Nature has a way of fighting back.
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__________________ The only way to manage diabetes is to CURE it... Diabetes since December, 1983 Meds: Humalog/Pump since 1998, Synthroid 88mcg, Zetia 10mg, Altace 10mg, Prevacid 30mg, Benfotiamine 600mg, 1-a-day multivitamin, Aspirin 325 mg, Garlic-geltab 4,000mg, methylcel. fiber therapy 2,000mg(for cholesterol) So, what's in your lunchbox? 
Funding JDRF to get rid of diabetes is like funding the Mafia to get rid of organized crime
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