Diabetes Counts: 9/4/11

Thursday, September 8, 2011

Create Your Own Silver I.D.

You are Invited:

Where? Angelo's Pottery Studio

2478 F Road, Grand Junction, CO 81505

970-243-0886

For What? We will be using silver clay to create our own I.D.

If you RSVP by October 15th your single regular size I.D. will be paid for by the Community Hospital Foundation if not it is $45 per packet of silver and this makes 2 regular size I.D.s or 1 large I.D.

When? Friday October 28th, 2011

3:30PM - 5PM

There will be snacks and water.

Please RSVP by October 15th to:

Diabetes Counts

Summer Turner - Coordinator

970-434-6223

dccgjt@gmail.com

Community Hospital Diabetes Education Center

Terri Thompson, CDE

970-256-6381

We will have Terri Thompson, CDE and another long time type 1 parent available for those of you who are newly diagnosed to visit with so bring your questions.

What is Type 1 Diabetes?

Diabetes (medically known as diabetes mellitus) is the name given to disorders in which the body has trouble regulating its blood glucose, or blood sugar, levels. There are two major types of diabetes: type 1 diabetes and type 2 diabetes. Type 1 diabetes, also called juvenile diabetes or insulin-dependent diabetes, is a disorder of the body's immune system -- that is, its system for protecting itself from viruses, bacteria or any "foreign" substances. A third form of diabetes called monogenic diabetes, is sometimes mistaken for type 1 diabetes.

Type 1 diabetes occurs when the body's immune system attacks and destroys certian cells in the pancreas, an organ about the size of a hand that is located behind the lower part of the stomach. These cells -- called beta cells -- are contained, along with other types of cells, within small islands of endocrine cells called the pancreatic islets. Beta cells normally produce insulin, a hormone that helps the body move the glucose contained in food into cells throughout the body, which use it for energy. But when the beta cells are destroyed, no insulin can be produced, and the glucose stays in the blood instead, where it can cause serious damage to all the organ systems of the body.

For this reason, people with type 1 diabetes must take insulin in order to stay alive. This means undergoing multiple injections daily, or having insulin delivered through an insulin pump, and testing their blood sugar by pricking their fingers for blood six or more times a day. People with diabetes must also carefully balance their food intake and their exercise to regulate their blood sugar levels, in an attempt to avoid hypoglycemic (low blood sugar) and hypergylcemic (high blood sugar) reactions, whick can be life threatening.

This and more, like the signs of type 1 diabetes, can be found on the JDRF website @ http://www.jdrf.org/index.cfm?page_id=101982

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