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Hillary Carroll and her family have taken those lessons to heart. While still in the hospital, Hillary went through a kind of diabetes boot camp in which she learned how to monitor her blood-sugar levels, change the way she eats and boost the amount of physical activity in her life. Her parents bought her a turquoise BMX bike, which she rides at least an hour every day. She has lost 24 lbs. so far, and her glucose levels have stabilized. "Before she was diagnosed, she was happy to sit here by herself, playing with her Barbies," says Tammy Carroll...
Although LaBelle finds managing diabetes an annoyance, she is not above using her disease to punch up her act. Earlier this year in Miami, her blood sugar low, she checked herself into a hospital the night before a show, and when she started feeling better, checked herself back out to perform. But when she sang, the crowd seemed flat. So she called one of her doctors to the stage to tell the audience what she had just gone through. "After that," says LaBelle, "they recognized." Diabetes may have forced LaBelle to cut back on certain foods, but hamming...
Once 90% of the islet cells are destroyed, the body is no longer able to regulate blood-sugar levels and the patient develops the classic symptoms of diabetes. At this point, the patient needs insulin injections to survive. Even with insulin, though, the complications of Type 1 disease can take a terrible toll. By age 55, for example, 35% of victims have died of a heart attack. Kidney failure is also common, and after 15 years of the disease, 80% of Type 1 diabetics have sustained significant eye damage...
That's what Type 1 patients had to look forward to in the past. The good news is that there are now better treatments, including more effective preparations of insulin, closer monitoring of blood sugar and earlier intervention for complications. Even more promising are current attempts to make an end run around the disease. A case in point is Gary Kleiman, 50, who has had two kidney transplants and lost most of his eyesight since being diagnosed at age 6. Today Kleiman is one of 300 patients worldwide who have received a transplant of pancreatic islet cells. For the first...
...increasing your physical activity; 30 minutes daily is the goal. Eating several small meals (breakfast, lunch and dinner plus two snacks) at the same time each day, and choosing high-fiber and low-fat foods, such as raw fruits and vegetables, beans and unrefined whole grains, help stabilize blood-sugar levels...