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<blockquote data-quote="AdamJames" data-source="post: 1669561" data-attributes="member: 459333"><p>Really interesting question.</p><p></p><p>One approach is to compare it to other illnesses.</p><p></p><p>For example: If someone has cancer, and needs to have a part of their body removed, but that results in the cancer never coming back, then some people would say they are cured. However they still have a permanently damaged body because if it.</p><p></p><p>Similarly if someone has a half-functional pancreas and high IR, and their IR can be made to disappear and their pancreas becomes 80% functional such that they can eat what they want with the same safety level of someone who has never had diabetes, then some people would say that was a cure. However they would still have a permanently damaged pancreas.</p><p></p><p>I don't think any answer is going to satisfy every angle and every person.</p><p></p><p>I think the best answer for all of us is our own personal one, such as NoCrbs4Me gives.</p><p></p><p>For me, it would be if all the following were true...</p><p></p><p>* I didn't need to check by blood sugars</p><p>* I was not on medication</p><p>* I could eat what I want (which unfortunately for me means opening my mouth wide while rampaging around a cake shop) with no more risk of the problem resurfacing than someone never diagnosed.</p><p></p><p>...and therefore it is not reasonable to hope for a cure in my lifetime.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="AdamJames, post: 1669561, member: 459333"] Really interesting question. One approach is to compare it to other illnesses. For example: If someone has cancer, and needs to have a part of their body removed, but that results in the cancer never coming back, then some people would say they are cured. However they still have a permanently damaged body because if it. Similarly if someone has a half-functional pancreas and high IR, and their IR can be made to disappear and their pancreas becomes 80% functional such that they can eat what they want with the same safety level of someone who has never had diabetes, then some people would say that was a cure. However they would still have a permanently damaged pancreas. I don't think any answer is going to satisfy every angle and every person. I think the best answer for all of us is our own personal one, such as NoCrbs4Me gives. For me, it would be if all the following were true... * I didn't need to check by blood sugars * I was not on medication * I could eat what I want (which unfortunately for me means opening my mouth wide while rampaging around a cake shop) with no more risk of the problem resurfacing than someone never diagnosed. ...and therefore it is not reasonable to hope for a cure in my lifetime. [/QUOTE]
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