YES!

This is the best news I've gotten in a while:

Stem Cells Harvested From Umbilical Cords Could Cure Diabetes


I'm very excited.

I know it's a long way off....they have to breed millions of mice and make sure they all have diabetes so they can then cure them of the disease.

This is the second possible cure I've read about in the last three years.
My prayer is that the Government and Pharmaceutical Companies can get off their lazy (read: greedy) asses and hook ya boy up!

I just want to sit down to eat without having to jam a needle in my nonexistant gut.

I've only been dealing with this for three years, and I know I'm very far down the list of people with the right to complain.....but it still sucks.

Living with Diabetes has been more of an inconveinience for me. I take care of myself, but I still have to stick myself with needles at least 4 times a day. Hypoglycemia is a bitch. Hyperglycemia isn't that bad....it just makes me sleepy, and I'm all about naps!

Sadly, even if I continue taking good care of myself and keeping my blood sugars in check.....hundreds of complications could ruin (or take) my life: heart disease and/or failure, renal failure, foot amputation, erectile dysfunction (don't work, my unit still works......it's just a possibility later in life), blindness, and a ton of other crap.

So go ahead and get all preggers and donate your little squirt's umbilical cord to Stem Cell Research!