[skilz123]

Ok here is something I have been thinking about that is quite interesting. If you don’t agree with my thoughts, that’s cool just don’t criticize to hard, but think about it, I hope I'm not out of my mind here.

Most of us who have diabetes are very hopeful for a cure, and if there was anything we could do to help move it along then I’m sure we would. However, we leave it in the hands of the researchers, doctors, and drug companies, who are mostly out for one thing, money. Well ok, maybe not all researchers and doctors and hmmm are not in it for the money, but let’s face it, I don’t see any of them doing it for half price. So what’s my point, my point is we are the ones who want a cure, we are the ones who need a cure, the diabetics! How many of you see an endocrinologist, a nurse practitioner or a dietician who is a diabetic? I don’t think many of you. How worried are you friends, relatives, or significant others about diabetes? Of course they are worried cause they want a cure for you so you don’t have to deal with it, or live like you do, cause they see it everyday and it’s awful. Would they care if they didn’t know you? Would you care if you didn’t have diabetes? How much do you truly care about curing AIDS, or Parkinson’s disease, or Alzheimer’s disease? Of course you care but are you doing anything about it, probably not, not as much as you could.

Another thing is, those who don’t care do nothing, and the other’s are profiting, drug companies, insurance companies, etc… etc… These people don’t want to see a cure, think of all the money they lose, each one of us probably spends something like $5000+ a year easily, maybe not out of pocket but it gets spent for each of us, at least type 1’s. So what is that exactly, something like $50 billion a year, more? Who wants a cure unless you ended up a diabetic or a close relative, your making a fortune, your gonna do what you can to prolong a cure, which is why many of you were told 20 years ago (I didn’t have diabetes 20 years ago) that a cure would be here in 10 years….it’s 20 **** years later.

So what can we do? I thought about it and I don’t even think this makes much sense really, but what if every diabetic signed up and said, “Hey, I’m willing to pay $30,000 to cure 3 diabetics.” Now, not all of us can afford it, I’m pretty successful but I’d need to take a loan or use a few credit cards, but I’d be willing to cure myself and 2 other diabetics who couldn’t afford it. I’m sure 1/3 of all diabetics could afford $30,000 somehow. So there are how many diabetics? Let’s just look at the US alone, 15 million, ok so then 15 million times $10,000 cure per person equals $150,000,000,000 yup $150 billion dollars, to the one company who can cure it. Wouldn’t that make it worthwhile for a drug company to fund a cure and bring it to us? Bill Gates? Donald Trump? Isn’t it? If it only cost on average a $1000 per person to cure and $10 billion to find the cure, isn’t that a lot of left over cash? Then of course make us take some placebo so we can continue to enjoy being non-diabetics, at say $500 a month you keep insurance companies paying and more money to cycle. I don’t know, I’m just asking you as a diabetic, what do you think of this? Maybe I’m just being a little silly and ranted off in my head to much, but if this gave you any ideas, please let’s share, cause I’m tired of talking about how we deal with this disease, I’m more interested in how we are curing it.