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Yesterday, the family and I attended a great day hosted by JDRF Southwest Chapter called Transforming Lives. We were there all day to listen to speakers, talk to vendors, meet other FWD (Families with diabetes), and the kids were able to play, or come to a session and listen in. Very helpful, very informative, and meeting a gentleman who has been managing his diabetes for nearly 70 years is nothing less than inspirational! I have a few take-aways from the day, including the fact that it is VERY important that we, whenever possible, bolus BEFORE we eat. I have known this before, but it was really driven home. Being able to use all the information one gets when diagnosed with diabetes sometimes takes a while; we need to digest it in bite-sized pieces. The other very cool thing we were able to do was to participate in a clinical trial. As 1st generation relatives of a person with T1D, we can screen for antibodies which are precursers to developing the disease. What this means is two fold; if no antibodies are present, we can sleep soundly knowing that person will NOT develop diabetes. If there are antibodies present, there are things we can do to help stave off the onset of the disease by as much as 5-10 years. With the way science is expanding right now, in 10 years, we could concievably have a vaccine!! Prety cool advances happening.. wish we didn't have to pay attention to them, but since we do, I plan to do all I can to ensure the latest treatments and latest research are being properly funded! (Just send me to Washington, hand me a bull horn, and put me on a soap box!!)