~Juvenile Diabetes~

~Juvenile Diabetes~

Thank you for your interest in this disease. I have had Diabetes for nearly 30 years. I was diagnosed when I was 1 1/2. I have never known life any other way. I hope the following links will provide you with a better understanding of what Diabetes is all about and the havoc it is capable of, if not well controlled.

Every single day 1600 Americans are diagnosed with Diabetes.

Every single day 150 Americans undergo an amputation due to Diabetes.

Every single day 70 Americans go blind due to Diabetes.

Every single day 75 Americans lose their kidney function due to Diabetes.

INSULIN IS NOT A CURE !!!!


Wear a Silver-Gray ribbon for a cure for Diabetes.

~Gray and Silver~

Gray is a rather indistinct colour. Diabetes does not distinguish between races, ages, sexes, or nationalities. Diabetes cripples and kills all. Gray corresponds with the degree of public knowledge and awareness of diabetes.

Gray is to bring the public's attention to the large number of persons with diabetes who were blind and who did not see green fields and snow. Just a universal gray. That later many of them would not even see that colour.

We the 190,000,000 diabetics diagnosed so far MUST polish the gray and make it silver, lest another generation follow in our footsteps.

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If you would like to support this very worthwhile cause, by displaying a Silver-Gray ribbon on your webpage, please click on the ribbon at the left and it will take you to the Diabetes forum on CompuServe, where you will be able to obtain your own Silver-Gray ribbon to display. Thank you very much for your caring heart and your support. Every little bit puts us one step closer to a cure.