A while ago I posted a would you rather. NO, NO not a who would you rather...MAN is diabetes and sex all you people think about??
I posted a question If you had the choice would you rather win 10 million dollars OR have the cure for type 1 diabetes discovered?
Thank you to everyone who commented!!
I told you I would post my answer soon...well, this is as soon as a mother of 6 works... OK!!
And now for my answer: I would say CURE
WHY?
You might think as a parent with 6 children I might say SHOW ME THE MONEY!
I could do a lot for ALL of my children with 10 million dollars and with the cure I can only help 1 of my children.
Myself and my husband went back and forth about this one night.
He's point was with 10 million dollars you can make sure everyone in the family has a wonderful life, the best of the best!
With 10 million dollars we could get Cara the best doctors, a 24 hour in home nurse, the best technologies and she would have a wonderful life as a 5 year old millionaire.
But in the end for me, there was always one fact that stopped me living happily with my 10 million dollars in my beautiful house, with my beautiful cars, wearing my beautiful shoes, sporting the most beautiful fashions, having my house cleaned by the best maids, meals cooked by the best chiefs and each kid having the best in nanny care...The fact is type 1 diabetes KILLS!
END OF STORY, END OF QUESTION and there is your answer!!
For my husband it may be a different story with a different answer :) but in my mind a CURE wins every time.
And this ad put out by the JDRF has me once again feeling secure in my answer of a cure. BTW I fully support the JDRF in sharing this very true and very scary FACT with the general public and FDA:
One in twenty people will die from low blood sugar. In fact, kids and adults are dying every day from low blood sugar or complications caused by type 1 diabetes. Taken from THE JDRF AD BELOW CLICK HERE to view larger.
7 comments:
i'm with you on this one, nicole. i would pick a cure, for all types of diabetes. yes, for me, but also for all my friends i've made in the DOC and people living with diabetes around the world.
and i LOVED the JDRF ad too! totally badass!
that ad from JDRF is very confronting, it shows exactly why we need a CURE.
I didn't get to answer that poll...but personally, I would go with cure too!
i agree 100%...i would pick a cure...hands down without a doubt.
I too would choose a cure any day over all the rest you could throw at me materialistically!
As for the JDRF ad, I believe it's blunt enough to get people's attention, but I worry about the access to the artificial pancreas. I worry because I have a neighbor who has been t1d for over 30 yrs and has recently had to fight for more than 4 test strips a day and just yesterday told me her insulin pump stopped working and her insurance won't replace it, she's been pumping for a decade...can you imagine?! I worry that JDRF is creating a great tool that few will be able to utilize, I wonder how it will all work out for the majority rather than the elite minority who deal with d. I hope it is available to all...but boy do I wonder!
Hands down, I'd not only give up the 10 million for a cure, but I'd give my right arm too!!
this post made me cry. I'm with you sister ---- cure wins hands down.
We can be poor and happy living with our happy, healthy kids together!!
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