Be prepared to being turned down for life insurance or paying through the roof.
Same with medical if she is going to be self-insured. -----Original Message----- From: Ian Skinner [mailto:h...@ilsweb.com] Sent: Thursday, February 04, 2010 9:38 AM To: cf-community Subject: Re: Distressing news On 2/4/2010 9:01 AM, Zaphod Beeblebrox wrote: > Just found out my 20 yo nephew got diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes. I'm ignorant of what diabetes does and how it affects your life...what's my nephew in for? > Type 1, aka Juvenile Diabetes, is the inherited form of the disease. He's in for daily insulin shots and watching his diet. But if he is a good boy and does not pig out on carbohydrates and|or improperly doses his insulin, he can live a long and healthy life. If he is not, untreated or improperly treated diabetes does lead to kidney failure, blindness and possible loss of feet and|or hands. Basic high blood sugar acts like an acid and destroys capillary blood vessels. Modern treatments are always improving, he may be eligable for a pancreas (the organ that produces natural insulin) transplant which could be a permanat treatment. But of course that is major surgery with the obvious risk of organ rejection so is something to take lightly. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:311646 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
