Juvenile Diabetes: A Worthy Cause

Posted by Myrna the Minx on September 11, 2006 | Comments (0) | Trackbacks (0)

Its time for the big push: The Reno JDRF Walk for The Cure is only a month away and Team Discontents needs your money! We have acheived about 1/3 of our total fundraising goal of $3,500. We’ll take whatever you can afford, even if its only a dollar. Donate Now. Its also a creative way of giving John Ensign a kick in the ass for voting against stem cell research.

Watch Gonzaga basketball star Adam Morrison discuss his life with Type 1 diabetes (juvenile diabetes). Morrison was diagnosed at the age of 24 and must check his blood sugar numerous times a day and carefully monitor everything he eats. Like many children diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes, my family member was diagnosed at a very young age–she was only three years old. She and her family face daily challenges you and I can’t imagine. Having type 1 diabetes increases her risk for many serious complications including heart disease (cardiovascular disease), blindness (retinopathy), nerve damage (neuropathy), and kidney damage (nephropathy).

Please help by donating to the JDRF whose research has funded many medical and disease management advances that make it possible for children to grow up to play basketball and otherwise live reasonably normal lives like Adam Morrison.