tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19572621.post113823072542860507..comments2023-10-23T10:55:06.752-05:00Comments on 17 going on 50?: A cure in 5 yearsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19572621.post-1138379409709431532006-01-27T11:30:00.000-05:002006-01-27T11:30:00.000-05:00Your story is very similar to my daughter's dx sto...Your story is very similar to my daughter's dx story. She was almost 3 when she was diagnosed in 1997 and had pretty much stopped walking and her speech had become almost unintelligble. She has no memory of life without diabetes.<BR/><BR/>I think I've fallen into the No Cure camp. Not quite, I'm still perched on the fence, but I've heard Five More Years for over eight years now and I'm just not buying it anymore.Major Bedheadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17669161302510096751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19572621.post-1138334026371211042006-01-26T22:53:00.000-05:002006-01-26T22:53:00.000-05:00I was diagnosed in 1986 (when I was six years old)...I was diagnosed in 1986 (when I was six years old) and I remember the archaic meters and urine testing. The meal plans and peaking insulins. Ah, and the chaos of eating on a schedule, even if you weren't hungry.<BR/><BR/>Technology has come such a long way since we were little kids. <BR/><BR/>Five more years, Jen. <BR/> <BR/>... well, maybe six.Kerri.https://www.blogger.com/profile/11463843830570716380noreply@blogger.com