Life and death issue

[vett boy]

I urge everyone to when renewing your drivers licence please indicate you'll be an organ donor.Ever person no matter how old has something to offer .


SECOND AND IMPORTANT .are you or a member of your family a diabetic ? There is a procedure called ISLET transplant used in Canada .It is being used as SOP for type 1 and 2 even for long time users of insulin .Procedure is done only in a few US hospitals as experimental .

[85vette]

My whole family are organ donors. Didn't know about the diabetes info though. But as of now have no issues with that. I'll pass it on to those who may need it though.

[vett boy]

Originally Posted by 85vette

My whole family are organ donors. Didn't know about the diabetes info though. But as of now have no issues with that. I'll pass it on to those who may need it though.

Ya know ya get points when you get to the pearly gates and in my case I need to make up a lot of ground

Last year I did a family vacation to Alaska .My 14 year old grandson came to me with some urgency and wanted to ask me something in private.The question was "Uncle Jack is blind right ?" Yes he is Matty " Then why does he take photos with a camera ? Easy,he believes he will see again and wants to know where he's been .Jack needs more than an eye transplant but someday he will see .

Some states want to make organ harvesting law and I disagree .Organ donation should be wide spread and a gift from the heart .

[Cor66Vette]

Diabetes in the United States
• 25.8 million Americans, 8.3% of the population,
have diabetes
• 18.8 million Americans have diagnosed
diabetes
• 7.0 million Americans have undiagnosed
diabetes (27% of diabetes is undiagnosed)
• 1.9 million Americans aged 20 years or older
are newly diagnosed with diabetes each year
(5,205/day)
• Age 20 years or older: 25.6 million, or 11.3% of
all people in this age group, have diabetes
• Age 65 years or older: 10.9 million, or 26.9% of
all people in this age group, have diabetes
Diabetes in Youth
About 215,000 people younger than 20 years
have diabetes (type 1 or type 2). This represents
0.26% of all people in this age group, or about 1
in 400
• 15,600 youth are newly diagnosed with type 1
diabetes annually
• 3,600 youth are newly diagnosed with type 2
diabetes annually

Prediabetes
35% of U.S. adults aged 20 years or older have
prediabetes (50% of those aged 65 years or
older)
79 million Americans aged 20 years or older
have prediabetes. Only 7.3% of Americans with
prediabetes have been told they have it

Diabetes as Cause of Death
• Diabetes is the primary cause of death for
71,382 Americans each year
• Diabetes contributes to the death of 231,404
Americans annually (combining death
certificates that list diabetes as the primary
and a contributing cause of death)

[vett boy]

Good statistics 66 .I'm type 2 and I'm slowly loosing the battle and it is a battle .I watch by diet ,weight is not an issue plus I get to much exercise .With very little effort I can loose a pound a day .In my case it leads back to drinking to much agent orange .

In a lot of cases I see people who are obese with insulin pumps and others missing feet ,legs and eyes .The old sayin God helps those who help themselves and I believe in self help .

Yes 66 the donor bank could even use your wrinkled azz After all I'm donating my 36 inch penis .

[Cor66Vette]

Originally Posted by vett boy

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Yes 66 the donor bank could even use your wrinkled azz After all I'm donating my 3 inch penis .

Must have been rough going through life with that.

[vett boy]

Go ahead make fun of my manhood .I've actually willed it to a transgender lesbian from Salt Lake city.I was also a hit at fantasy fest last year but I disguised " it" using body paint (Golf club )

[Mannings]

OMG!!!! I needed that humor

Thanks

PS - Type 2 here, 68 years old, on insulin since '93. I had the same problem with weight loss and my Doctor changed my insulin from Humilin to Lantus about 4 years ago. So far so good. Not saying it's a cure but maybe worth asking about.