Posted by Charlie Lawrence on October 16, 1997 at 14:23:15:
In Reply to: Re: Prevention vs. Cure Funding Distribution posted by Al Gordon on October 16, 1997 at 12:54:53:
Al wrote...
" My concern is why is so much attention is paid to the
management child in this dysfunctional family known as diabetes, at the expense of the other two kids who seem to offer so
much more hope? :)"
Charlie sez...
I agree... SAME CONCERN HERE!!! yet there are those who
will argue that "good management" might prevent (or
at least lesson the chances) of complications...
Again... the bigger the pie... the bigger the slices...
(well ok - i REALLY do support a bigger "cure" slice,
but if we start a food fight... the whole pie could
get smaller - because our legislators evidently can't deal
with mixed messages... ) hope that made sense...
Bottom line... lets put OUR tax dollars to work for our
kids (and others) who have diabetes... the amounts that
JDF, ADA, CDA, TIF, and XYZ can raise... are just drops
in the bucket to what we should be able to squeeze out of our Fed Gov't... write to and visit your (our) gov't officials
and let them know we want a CURE!! (done this, been there,
and will continue to do so...)
Thanx
Charlie :)