Don’t worry, I’ll still be providing diabetes news and updates here. And the “Putting a Face on Diabetes” interview series remains alive and well! (A little “health” humor there! Tee hee).

This is an exciting time for diabetics everywhere, as each day we know more about the disease and get closer to a cure.

Remember if you’re a Type 1 or Type 2 diabetic who is interested in being interviewed, please send me an email at: cherieburbach@yahoo.com. I look forward to meeting each and every one of you as we learn about and tackle this disease.

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Diabetes Notes Has a New Home

Randy Jackson from American Idol has been vocal about having Type 2 diabetes. He’s also actively involved in raising awareness.

Now Randy is helping people get in the “K.N.O.W” about diabetes. “K.N.O.W.” stands for:

Keeping active and maintaining a healthy body weight.
Normalizing your critical health numbers.
Opting for a healthy lifestyle.
Working with a healthcare provider.

Here’s a video with more information from Randy:

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Randy Jackson Helps People Get in the K.N.O.W. About Diabetes

You do not carry any copies of the deCODE T2 risk marker. This means that you do not have this specific, genetic risk factor for diabetes.

I received my results from DNA Direct yesterday. I was a little surprised at first. My test showed that I did not test positive for the T2 risk marker for type 2 diabetes. But don’t I have type 2 diabetes?

Yes, indeed I do. Just ask my poor ol’ fingers and glucometer. But when you get down to the nitty gritty of this test…

About 1 in 5 diabetics (18%) carry two copies of this marker compared to about 1 in 10 people (8-11%) in the general population, so having two copies of the marker doubles a person’s risk for developing type 2 diabetes.

So, while the test can indeed show if you may be at risk for type 2 diabetes in the future, it can only be as accurate as it can be. Catch my drift?

It is also important to understand that the deCODE T2 test does not diagnose diabetes.

Was the testing process simple? Yes! I simply swabbed my cheeks, the upper ones people, and dropped the DNA in a pre-paid Fed ex package, and sent it on it’s merry way. Simple as that. They sent me email verification that they received the packages and kept me up to date on progress.

My results did take 5 weeks or so to come back, but their normal turn around time is 3 weeks. DNA direct sent me a little email hello to let me know my results were ready, and I just clicked the mouse, logged in and yee-ha, there they were. DNA direct explains the test results in depth and provides many resources to better understand them. They even offer a letter that can be printed out and taken to your doctor. How cool.

They also have a whole team of geneticists and specialists that can provide support and guidance for each individual “tester”. There is a plethra of websites and phone numbers that are also offered too all those that choose to complete deCode’s T2 risk marker test.

And that brings me to the only real negative in the whole testing process. Because the deCode T2 Risk factor test is a choice and not a necessary, the cost is $500. You really could argue either way. “Isn’t $500 worth knowing your future and how to prevent diabetes?” The other… “Why pay $500 to find out that you might be at risk. Just eat right and exercise, and that’s all you can do!”

What do you think? Would you be interested in taking the test? Do you think it is just a waste of your hard earned money?

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This Diabetic Lady Tested Negative For The DeCode T2 Marker Test!