Jack's Elves on a Mission

NOVEMBER IS NATIONAL Diabetes Awareness Month. Before you assume this is another made –up holiday created to post an image on social media, think again.

There are some major reasons why National Diabetes Awareness Month is important – 114 million reasons to be exact. That’s because 114 million represents the number of Americans living with diabetes or prediabetes.

What is Type 1 diabetes, also known as T1D? It is an autoimmune disease. This is when the body attack the healthy cells in one part of your body in this case, the body attacked the healthy insulin-producing cells in the pancreas. Because the body destroys the healthy cells, the pancreas stops producing insulin, a hormone that is needed to control glucose in the bloodstream. People with T1D must inject themselves with insulin and monitor their blood sugar (also known as blood glucose or BG). There is currently NO CURE for Type 1 diabetes. Researchers and scientists are working on though!

It is NOT preventable.

It is NOT a lifestyle disease.

T1D is a full time balancing act, as T1D’s must monitor their blood sugar and give insulin accordingly. It may sound simple, but it sure isn’t.

We hope you can join us on Saturday, December 8th or donate to a great cause. 

Cheers!

Amanda