WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.120 --> 00:00:03.680 It is Colorado Gives Day, where we ask you to 2 00:00:03.799 --> 00:00:06.799 dig out your piggy bank and donate to your favorite charities. 3 00:00:07.120 --> 00:00:09.480 One of my favorite charities is well she is not 4 00:00:09.560 --> 00:00:12.679 my favorite charity, but she is working with the Children's 5 00:00:12.679 --> 00:00:15.599 Diabetes Foundation. Dana Davis, welcome back to the show. Thank 6 00:00:15.599 --> 00:00:17.800 you so much for having me. We're so proud to 7 00:00:17.879 --> 00:00:20.800 be one of your favorite charities. Well you guys work with. 8 00:00:21.480 --> 00:00:23.160 First of all, I want to ask you this because 9 00:00:23.199 --> 00:00:25.800 I saw this not too long ago and I meant 10 00:00:25.800 --> 00:00:28.239 to look it up and I've forgotten to right now, 11 00:00:28.480 --> 00:00:32.320 there was a big breakthrough, it seems in type two diabetes. 12 00:00:32.399 --> 00:00:36.640 Earlier this year they did some gene editing type two, 13 00:00:36.880 --> 00:00:39.039 so I too. Yes, Oh so I thought it was 14 00:00:39.079 --> 00:00:41.640 type one. 15 00:00:41.920 --> 00:00:44.719 Well you said type two, but that type one with 16 00:00:44.840 --> 00:00:48.000 type one. So there are some amazing things that are happening, 17 00:00:48.079 --> 00:00:51.679 and there are some breakthroughs that are happening, and we're 18 00:00:51.799 --> 00:00:54.399 hoping and thinking and I know so many people think 19 00:00:54.439 --> 00:00:56.359 that's just so far down the line. But in like, 20 00:00:56.920 --> 00:00:58.920 we think in twenty years that would be a cure, 21 00:00:59.000 --> 00:01:01.280 and I know people feel like that's so far away. 22 00:01:01.799 --> 00:01:04.120 What we're able to do is figure. 23 00:01:03.759 --> 00:01:07.319 Out right now we can do where we put islet 24 00:01:07.400 --> 00:01:10.040 cells in the body, but we need to still give 25 00:01:10.200 --> 00:01:14.120 people anti rejection drugs. So to be honest, I would 26 00:01:14.200 --> 00:01:17.599 rather be type one right than beyond anti rejection correct. 27 00:01:17.879 --> 00:01:22.439 Correct. So we're so close. We're so close. I didn't 28 00:01:22.480 --> 00:01:23.840 think I could ever say that before. 29 00:01:23.840 --> 00:01:26.200 I actually just had a meeting with our researchers last week, 30 00:01:26.599 --> 00:01:30.959 and for the researchers were very honest and we're very 31 00:01:31.079 --> 00:01:34.280 sort of organic and specific about what we'll share. 32 00:01:34.959 --> 00:01:36.719 For the first time, they told. 33 00:01:36.480 --> 00:01:38.719 Me they feel like we're close. 34 00:01:39.079 --> 00:01:41.920 Wow, that's got it. I mean, wouldn't it be great 35 00:01:42.040 --> 00:01:44.239 to have your organization go out of business because you 36 00:01:44.599 --> 00:01:47.560 weren't needed anymore? It would be that would be my 37 00:01:47.680 --> 00:01:48.359 ultimate goal. 38 00:01:48.680 --> 00:01:51.439 Yeah, And for right now, our goal really is is 39 00:01:51.480 --> 00:01:54.359 to make sure that type ones who do have it 40 00:01:54.439 --> 00:01:55.959 are getting the best care possible. 41 00:01:56.319 --> 00:01:58.480 Let's start with what's the difference between type one and 42 00:01:58.480 --> 00:02:00.239 type two? Because a lot of people are like, well, 43 00:02:00.280 --> 00:02:04.079 just lose them weight, that this is not a lifestyle disease. 44 00:02:04.159 --> 00:02:07.879 Type one diabetes totally different than type two diabetes. What 45 00:02:07.959 --> 00:02:08.560 is the difference? 46 00:02:08.719 --> 00:02:12.599 So type one is an autoimmune disease and you can 47 00:02:12.719 --> 00:02:15.840 have markers. We can actually test and see if people 48 00:02:15.960 --> 00:02:19.520 have markers to predispose them to type one, and we 49 00:02:19.719 --> 00:02:23.960 actually can give infusions for two weeks that can delay 50 00:02:24.560 --> 00:02:27.000 the onset of type one. Oh wow, but type one 51 00:02:27.280 --> 00:02:30.599 is an autoimmune disease. You don't do anything, you don't 52 00:02:31.120 --> 00:02:35.840 You didn't cause it. Type two is more about lifestyle. 53 00:02:36.840 --> 00:02:39.360 There are some possibilities. There are Type twos that are thin, 54 00:02:39.479 --> 00:02:41.639 and people are like, well, they're thin and they're in shape, 55 00:02:41.680 --> 00:02:45.280 and that's because the pancreas was stressed and might make 56 00:02:45.599 --> 00:02:48.960 enough insulin. But type one literally your body makes no 57 00:02:49.080 --> 00:02:52.319 insulin and you were diagnosed as a child. 58 00:02:52.479 --> 00:02:54.439 Is that why? Because everybody asked, well, why is it 59 00:02:54.479 --> 00:02:57.840 the Children's Diabetes Foundation when in reality, you can be 60 00:02:57.879 --> 00:03:00.560 diagnosed with type one diabetes at any point. You're thank 61 00:03:00.599 --> 00:03:01.919 you for saying that one hundred percent. 62 00:03:02.039 --> 00:03:04.800 So when I was diagnosed, I was seven, and my 63 00:03:04.960 --> 00:03:07.919 parents called it the Children's Diabetes Foundation because at that 64 00:03:08.120 --> 00:03:12.479 time they called type one childhood diabetes and juvenile diabetes. 65 00:03:12.560 --> 00:03:14.479 Right right now that's changed. 66 00:03:14.520 --> 00:03:16.879 I mean I have board members that were twenty six 67 00:03:16.919 --> 00:03:17.800 and thirty one. 68 00:03:17.840 --> 00:03:18.639 They were diagnosed. 69 00:03:18.719 --> 00:03:22.120 You can get diagnosed when you're ninety with type one diabetes. 70 00:03:22.159 --> 00:03:24.560 You can be diagnosed at any age. And I'm really 71 00:03:24.599 --> 00:03:26.479 glad you brought that up because it's so important for 72 00:03:26.479 --> 00:03:30.560 people to know. We recently, you know, we have people 73 00:03:30.560 --> 00:03:33.759 that need to know the symptoms. Recently, there was a 74 00:03:34.159 --> 00:03:38.159 teenager who was misdiagnosed not through US, not through SeeU, 75 00:03:38.599 --> 00:03:41.840 but through somewhere else and unfortunately they passed away because 76 00:03:41.840 --> 00:03:42.479 they didn't get. 77 00:03:42.400 --> 00:03:43.080 The proper care. 78 00:03:43.159 --> 00:03:45.479 And all it is is a simple blood test and 79 00:03:45.520 --> 00:03:47.879 you'reine test, very simple test. 80 00:03:48.120 --> 00:03:49.919 What are the symptoms to look for, Let's go ahead 81 00:03:49.960 --> 00:03:50.560 talk about that. 82 00:03:51.120 --> 00:03:55.520 It's weight loss, it's fatigue, unexplained weight loss. 83 00:03:55.520 --> 00:03:57.159 To be clear, Like, if you're on a diet you're 84 00:03:57.199 --> 00:03:59.280 losing weight, that doesn't mean you have type one diabetes. 85 00:03:59.280 --> 00:04:01.599 But if you all of a sudden start to shed. 86 00:04:01.360 --> 00:04:04.960 Weight, shed weight, it's like twenty pounds in nothing flat, 87 00:04:05.400 --> 00:04:09.439 it's extreme thirst. Depending on your age, it's bed wedding. 88 00:04:09.520 --> 00:04:13.960 I was wedding my bed at seven. That was not normal, right, 89 00:04:14.639 --> 00:04:16.800 It's it's it's crankiness. 90 00:04:17.199 --> 00:04:21.680 Well then I might have Type two guys. 91 00:04:22.000 --> 00:04:24.120 I mean I say it continues through We're all a 92 00:04:24.160 --> 00:04:29.360 little cranky, right, Like, So it's that it's knowing the symptoms. 93 00:04:29.360 --> 00:04:32.800 We're working really hard on education too, and educating everyone. 94 00:04:32.839 --> 00:04:35.199 I think people just assume they know what type one 95 00:04:35.199 --> 00:04:38.879 diabetes is and says, oh, you know, you're too old 96 00:04:38.920 --> 00:04:41.199 to get it, or you're too healthy to get it, 97 00:04:41.240 --> 00:04:44.199 and that's it's almost like an invisible disease because so 98 00:04:44.279 --> 00:04:46.639 many people look so healthy you would never think they 99 00:04:46.680 --> 00:04:47.360 actually have it. 100 00:04:47.519 --> 00:04:53.680 Well, it seems like now there are like managing diabetes. 101 00:04:53.839 --> 00:04:56.439 There's so many tools on the market now that are 102 00:04:56.519 --> 00:05:02.079 just crazy. The constant glucose monitor that for kids, that's 103 00:05:02.160 --> 00:05:04.519 just got to be a game changer. Well, it's a 104 00:05:04.519 --> 00:05:06.959 god sense. So imagine that you have a one. 105 00:05:06.800 --> 00:05:10.000 Year old who can't quite tell you what's wrong with them, 106 00:05:10.639 --> 00:05:13.800 and you can look and see what their numbers are. 107 00:05:13.839 --> 00:05:15.560 So I'm wearing one right now and. 108 00:05:15.480 --> 00:05:17.319 It tells me twenty four hours a day on my 109 00:05:17.399 --> 00:05:20.800 phone what my blood sugars are, right, And it's something 110 00:05:20.920 --> 00:05:23.920 that in the future, they feel like all all people 111 00:05:23.959 --> 00:05:25.600 should be wearing at some point in time in their 112 00:05:25.639 --> 00:05:27.680 life because it's such an important thing. 113 00:05:27.560 --> 00:05:29.959 To see how food and. 114 00:05:29.920 --> 00:05:32.560 Activities affect you, not just as a type. 115 00:05:32.279 --> 00:05:35.319 One right, but as a human being. There's some really 116 00:05:35.319 --> 00:05:38.439 interesting stuff happening right now when it comes to personalization. 117 00:05:39.079 --> 00:05:41.199 To your point and one of I just read an 118 00:05:41.240 --> 00:05:43.000 article a couple of weeks ago about a study that's 119 00:05:43.000 --> 00:05:46.079 happening now where people are wearing these glucose monitors and 120 00:05:46.120 --> 00:05:48.680 eating what is we've all been told is a healthy diet, 121 00:05:48.959 --> 00:05:52.079 but some people are finding out certain vegetables are making 122 00:05:52.079 --> 00:05:54.839 their blood sugar go crazy. So we're maybe looking at 123 00:05:54.839 --> 00:05:58.079 a future, well, you will have a very specific eating 124 00:05:58.160 --> 00:06:00.800 plan of like these are your food these are your superfoods, 125 00:06:01.000 --> 00:06:02.839 and they might be different for everyone. It's so cool 126 00:06:02.839 --> 00:06:03.680 the stuff that's cooled. 127 00:06:03.639 --> 00:06:06.199 Is cool, and it's cool that it can all springboard 128 00:06:06.199 --> 00:06:08.720 off of each other. There's so many things that with 129 00:06:08.920 --> 00:06:10.560 chronic illnesses. 130 00:06:10.519 --> 00:06:11.920 That can help everybody. 131 00:06:12.040 --> 00:06:14.920 And I think that's the one thing about you know, diabetes, 132 00:06:15.160 --> 00:06:17.839 is there's some really cool technologies that have happened that 133 00:06:17.879 --> 00:06:18.759 can help everybody. 134 00:06:18.920 --> 00:06:21.000 No, I just got a question on the text line Mandy, 135 00:06:21.120 --> 00:06:23.720 ask her what it's called or what type of diabetes 136 00:06:23.759 --> 00:06:26.600 it is. When the person doesn't have a pancreas, so 137 00:06:26.639 --> 00:06:29.480 that will that's type one. Yeah, that's type and. 138 00:06:29.480 --> 00:06:34.839 That's sometimes when people have cancer and they're pancreas is removed. 139 00:06:34.839 --> 00:06:36.639 I have a girlfriend who has a father that lived 140 00:06:36.680 --> 00:06:39.639 for twelve years, I mean, and he was older. Without it, 141 00:06:39.720 --> 00:06:41.680 you become Type one in need insulin. 142 00:06:42.399 --> 00:06:45.920 But yeah, so let's talk about the Barbidavia Center first 143 00:06:45.920 --> 00:06:48.319 of all, because we are so blessed and lucky here 144 00:06:48.360 --> 00:06:50.879 in the Denver Metro to have the Barbi Davia Center 145 00:06:51.000 --> 00:06:53.720 started by your mom. It was because of your conditional 146 00:06:53.879 --> 00:06:56.839 Is type one diabetes hereditary? Is there a hereditary component? 147 00:06:56.879 --> 00:06:59.639 There is a hereditary component. I don't have it in 148 00:06:59.680 --> 00:07:03.759 my hittree at all. So it's also really possible just out. 149 00:07:03.560 --> 00:07:08.480 Of nowhere for somebody to have Type I know I'm special, 150 00:07:09.439 --> 00:07:11.759 so yeah, it can come out of it. 151 00:07:11.800 --> 00:07:14.439 Can it can be either you know, you know of 152 00:07:14.480 --> 00:07:16.920 it and it's in your genes and and and that's 153 00:07:16.920 --> 00:07:19.600 why it's important too, I think for people to make 154 00:07:19.600 --> 00:07:22.240 sure they get a blood test or to get tested 155 00:07:22.360 --> 00:07:25.399 if you do have it in your family. The Barbara 156 00:07:25.439 --> 00:07:28.000 Davis Center will test you for free, oh wow, to 157 00:07:28.240 --> 00:07:30.959 see if you have the markers and then be able 158 00:07:31.120 --> 00:07:35.199 to let you know if an onset of type one 159 00:07:35.240 --> 00:07:35.680 is coming. 160 00:07:36.279 --> 00:07:38.959 What what do you guys do at the data DAVA 161 00:07:39.040 --> 00:07:41.839 or they just renamed the center of the Barbaradie. They 162 00:07:41.879 --> 00:07:45.560 need to change, right, we need rebranding. What do you 163 00:07:45.560 --> 00:07:47.680 guys do over there overall because there's so many things. 164 00:07:47.680 --> 00:07:50.920 There's so many things, it's fantastic. So we do patient 165 00:07:50.959 --> 00:07:54.000 care on the first floor. Second floor there's an infusion 166 00:07:54.040 --> 00:07:57.160 center where we actually able to do there's a few 167 00:07:57.279 --> 00:08:00.199 drugs that you can now infuse and push off the 168 00:08:00.240 --> 00:08:02.800 onset of type one if you have all the markers. 169 00:08:03.279 --> 00:08:06.399 And then the top two floors are a wet lab 170 00:08:06.439 --> 00:08:07.759 and a dry lab, so we. 171 00:08:07.720 --> 00:08:08.959 Do sort of soup to nuts. 172 00:08:09.000 --> 00:08:12.040 We do everything from care to trying to prevent it 173 00:08:12.079 --> 00:08:12.639 to a cure. 174 00:08:13.399 --> 00:08:15.480 And that's pretty amazing that there are drugs that you 175 00:08:15.560 --> 00:08:19.199 can give someone to keep their pancreas going if they're 176 00:08:19.240 --> 00:08:20.199 headed in that direction. 177 00:08:20.600 --> 00:08:23.160 Yeah, but now it's just getting the testing ryan. Some 178 00:08:23.279 --> 00:08:27.160 of it again is going to be a sticky a 179 00:08:27.160 --> 00:08:29.519 sticky answer, but some of it's insurance. It's a very 180 00:08:29.560 --> 00:08:32.679 expensive drug right now. We're trying really hard to get 181 00:08:32.679 --> 00:08:35.639 it past. We're trying very hard to get as much 182 00:08:35.759 --> 00:08:37.559 data as we can on it so that we can 183 00:08:37.600 --> 00:08:38.960 get it into mainstream. 184 00:08:39.240 --> 00:08:41.000 Is that part of what you do as well, do 185 00:08:40.679 --> 00:08:43.360 you do you help researchers? Do you do you fund 186 00:08:43.360 --> 00:08:45.759 that kind of stuff? Absolutely, we have. We have two 187 00:08:45.840 --> 00:08:48.480 floors of researchers. Wow, so you actually have it. For 188 00:08:48.519 --> 00:08:51.360 some reason, I thought you did grants, But you guys 189 00:08:51.399 --> 00:08:53.960 actually are doing three actually have researchers. 190 00:08:54.000 --> 00:08:57.120 We have over two hundred and twenty people in the 191 00:08:57.159 --> 00:08:59.559 building at the Barbara Davis Center. I'd say a third 192 00:08:59.600 --> 00:09:01.759 of them are Type one themselves. So I have a 193 00:09:01.799 --> 00:09:04.519 lot of passion for it and a lot of the 194 00:09:04.519 --> 00:09:07.399 researches is going on. We also have the largest clinical 195 00:09:07.440 --> 00:09:10.440 base of patients, so any devices that are going to 196 00:09:10.480 --> 00:09:12.559 come out in the next five years have come through 197 00:09:12.840 --> 00:09:14.159 our center for testing. 198 00:09:14.480 --> 00:09:16.159 Oh wow, We've been able to be a. 199 00:09:16.080 --> 00:09:18.480 Part of it because we have the most children, the 200 00:09:18.519 --> 00:09:23.519 most adults. Ninety percent of the Type ones in Colorado 201 00:09:23.600 --> 00:09:25.399 and surrounding areas come to the center. 202 00:09:25.679 --> 00:09:27.799 Oh that's fantasticcause I got to tell you, every time 203 00:09:27.840 --> 00:09:30.440 we have this have you on the show, I get 204 00:09:30.480 --> 00:09:33.279 an email from someone that says, oh my gosh, I 205 00:09:33.360 --> 00:09:35.879 had no idea this was here. Just found out I 206 00:09:35.919 --> 00:09:38.480 had Type one diabetes. I'm going to go there because 207 00:09:38.679 --> 00:09:42.200 you know, for the education component, because it's scary. I 208 00:09:42.240 --> 00:09:45.080 mean scary, you really do when you get that diagnosis. 209 00:09:45.279 --> 00:09:48.720 I think when you're a child and I don't want to, 210 00:09:48.840 --> 00:09:51.840 you know, speak for your experience, it's a pain. But 211 00:09:52.000 --> 00:09:54.679 maybe because your parents are kind of handling things, it 212 00:09:54.720 --> 00:09:56.960 may not be as scary as it could be. But 213 00:09:57.000 --> 00:09:59.480 when you're an adult and you realize, oh, this is 214 00:09:59.480 --> 00:10:01.639 going to be the right my life, it can be 215 00:10:01.840 --> 00:10:04.759 really intimidating and frightening. So what do you guys do 216 00:10:04.799 --> 00:10:07.080 in the way of education and do you have how 217 00:10:07.080 --> 00:10:07.960 old do you serve? 218 00:10:08.399 --> 00:10:12.120 We serve literally from day one to we have one 219 00:10:12.120 --> 00:10:14.679 patient that's had it for seventy five years. Oh my gosh, 220 00:10:14.679 --> 00:10:16.240 she's amazing, and you know. 221 00:10:16.159 --> 00:10:17.320 To one hundred years old. 222 00:10:18.240 --> 00:10:21.159 Education is crucial and my parents wanted to start this 223 00:10:21.200 --> 00:10:23.519 because they wanted to care for the whole family, right, 224 00:10:23.759 --> 00:10:25.919 So part of it is making sure that the siblings 225 00:10:25.960 --> 00:10:28.919 are okay. If it's you yourself, that your partner or 226 00:10:29.080 --> 00:10:32.399 you know your kids are okay with it, it's we treat 227 00:10:32.440 --> 00:10:35.480 it as a whole family in the education and that means, 228 00:10:35.559 --> 00:10:38.080 you know, a lot of times Type ones are twice 229 00:10:38.120 --> 00:10:43.120 as likely to suffer from depression and suicidal thoughts and. 230 00:10:43.480 --> 00:10:47.960 A function of the I mean, is there a physiological 231 00:10:48.000 --> 00:10:50.679 reason for that or is it just the stress and 232 00:10:50.720 --> 00:10:53.559 the and the sort of yeah, you know, mental where 233 00:10:53.440 --> 00:10:56.039 are you? Yeah, Like, yes, I think it's a little 234 00:10:56.080 --> 00:10:56.519 of both. 235 00:10:56.720 --> 00:10:59.399 And then actually Type ones are four times as likely 236 00:10:59.440 --> 00:11:02.519 to suffer from eating disorders because there's such a focus 237 00:11:02.559 --> 00:11:04.559 on what you're eating and what that looks like, and 238 00:11:05.120 --> 00:11:07.679 and that can be at any age. That's not just 239 00:11:07.720 --> 00:11:10.399 for kids and not just for teenagers. So mental health 240 00:11:10.399 --> 00:11:13.159 issues is a big push that we do as well, 241 00:11:13.679 --> 00:11:16.279 because it's such a crucial part of it, and taking 242 00:11:16.320 --> 00:11:19.200 care of the whole person, not just your disease, but 243 00:11:19.720 --> 00:11:21.440 making sure your mind, body. 244 00:11:21.200 --> 00:11:25.159 And soul are Okay, what are the repercussions of untreated 245 00:11:25.200 --> 00:11:28.639 type one diabetes? Obviously people can die. You die, Oh oh, 246 00:11:28.679 --> 00:11:31.200 just that's it, okay. I mean yeah, one. 247 00:11:31.200 --> 00:11:34.120 Hundred years ago, they starved you till you died. Oh my, 248 00:11:34.200 --> 00:11:37.799 that was the treatment before insulin was discovered. Like it's 249 00:11:37.879 --> 00:11:39.759 kind of crazy to think, so to think when people 250 00:11:39.759 --> 00:11:41.559 are like, oh, it's been so long since we've had 251 00:11:41.559 --> 00:11:44.320 a cure, It's like we've only had insulin for one 252 00:11:44.399 --> 00:11:48.320 hundred years and they've known about it since Egyptian times. 253 00:11:48.360 --> 00:11:52.039 There's proof that it was called the sugar urine disease, 254 00:11:52.200 --> 00:11:55.320 and they knew to you know, sort of if there 255 00:11:55.360 --> 00:11:59.080 was sugar, if ants went to where you were urinated, 256 00:11:59.320 --> 00:12:02.240 that you probably they had diabetes. They got crazy, right, 257 00:12:02.720 --> 00:12:04.720 Like it's been around forever. 258 00:12:05.320 --> 00:12:07.159 So if you don't want to go get tested, just 259 00:12:07.200 --> 00:12:08.840 peel on the ground near an ant pile and see 260 00:12:09.480 --> 00:12:11.240 and see what it's perfect. 261 00:12:12.039 --> 00:12:13.960 But don't great now people are going to do that 262 00:12:14.000 --> 00:12:15.919 and I'm going to get in trouble as our doctors. 263 00:12:15.960 --> 00:12:18.919 You're going to be like, what kind of you? But 264 00:12:19.000 --> 00:12:21.600 I don't find that fascinating because we don't think about 265 00:12:22.399 --> 00:12:26.240 the ancient Egyptians. I mean, they had a civilized culture 266 00:12:26.279 --> 00:12:28.639 for the time, but you don't think about the fact 267 00:12:29.120 --> 00:12:31.600 that they were figuring out the internal workings or at 268 00:12:31.679 --> 00:12:35.399 least knowing that something was wrong, right, and it's crazy. 269 00:12:35.919 --> 00:12:39.159 That's amazing, Yeah, I mean, that's just amazing. What are 270 00:12:39.200 --> 00:12:42.000 some of the things that people who are coming to 271 00:12:42.000 --> 00:12:44.440 the center for the first time. What can they expect. 272 00:12:44.639 --> 00:12:48.480 They can expect a really warm and welcoming place. They 273 00:12:48.519 --> 00:12:51.720 can expect to find people who understand them. 274 00:12:52.240 --> 00:12:53.440 They can expect to. 275 00:12:53.799 --> 00:12:58.440 Be treated as a whole person, their whole family to 276 00:12:58.480 --> 00:13:01.159 be treated. We make sure a lot of times, like 277 00:13:01.360 --> 00:13:04.320 kids will come over from Children's hospital and little red wagons, 278 00:13:04.759 --> 00:13:09.000 you know, they'll come across after they've been diagnosed. They're welcomed, 279 00:13:09.159 --> 00:13:11.679 they get to meet with a therapist, they get to 280 00:13:11.720 --> 00:13:14.000 meet with a nurse practitioner, they get to meet with 281 00:13:14.039 --> 00:13:14.639 a doctor. 282 00:13:15.200 --> 00:13:16.120 We do the. 283 00:13:16.000 --> 00:13:19.120 Initial sort of setup, and then a few weeks later 284 00:13:19.240 --> 00:13:21.360 we have them come back. That's a lot of information 285 00:13:21.559 --> 00:13:23.639 to get in the beginning. That's a lot of We 286 00:13:23.759 --> 00:13:26.080 try to connect them with a network. We try to 287 00:13:26.120 --> 00:13:30.120 get them with social networks, and we have support groups 288 00:13:30.159 --> 00:13:33.000 and different things to really help to help them get 289 00:13:33.000 --> 00:13:33.399 through it. 290 00:13:34.080 --> 00:13:36.519 So what kind of changes have we seen in terms 291 00:13:36.559 --> 00:13:41.200 of life expectancy and the life expectancy since you were diagnosed? 292 00:13:41.519 --> 00:13:44.720 So when I was diagnosed, they were basically I was told, 293 00:13:44.960 --> 00:13:46.519 you know, to not have children. 294 00:13:46.559 --> 00:13:48.440 I didn't have children for other reasons. 295 00:13:48.039 --> 00:13:50.240 But that I couldn't have children and that I could 296 00:13:50.320 --> 00:13:52.039 expect to live like thirty forty years. 297 00:13:52.279 --> 00:13:53.639 WHOA, And now. 298 00:13:53.480 --> 00:13:55.720 We have people that are living with it for seventy 299 00:13:55.799 --> 00:14:00.519 five eighty. It'll be my fiftieth anniversary diversary next year, 300 00:14:00.600 --> 00:14:03.600 So we're doing a celebration and a metal celebration because 301 00:14:03.600 --> 00:14:05.919 we have over four hundred patients. 302 00:14:05.519 --> 00:14:07.519 That I have had it more than fifty years. 303 00:14:07.919 --> 00:14:12.320 So if the life expectancy has just doubled, it's become 304 00:14:12.440 --> 00:14:14.879 and the quality of life right right, I. 305 00:14:14.879 --> 00:14:16.919 Mean, let's be really, you can extend someone's life, but 306 00:14:17.080 --> 00:14:20.320 their quality of life sucks. What you're really doing, you know, 307 00:14:20.440 --> 00:14:21.799 that's it and now it can be. 308 00:14:22.039 --> 00:14:24.960 That's one of the bigger pushes too, is with cgms 309 00:14:25.000 --> 00:14:26.919 and pumps in different ways that you can take care 310 00:14:26.960 --> 00:14:27.559 of your body. 311 00:14:28.039 --> 00:14:28.519 You can. 312 00:14:28.759 --> 00:14:32.279 I mean you see there's Olympic athletes, there's race car drivers. 313 00:14:32.559 --> 00:14:35.799 You can do absolutely everything. And now even you're allowed 314 00:14:35.840 --> 00:14:38.039 to you know, before you weren't allowed to fly planes. 315 00:14:38.080 --> 00:14:40.159 There are you know, you're allowed to do that now 316 00:14:40.240 --> 00:14:43.679 like it's amazing. There's nothing that you can't do anymore. 317 00:14:43.840 --> 00:14:46.399 So what are they working on? What are your researchers 318 00:14:46.399 --> 00:14:50.440 working on right now that they feel hopeful that the 319 00:14:50.600 --> 00:14:54.440 end may be near. That would be stem cells. 320 00:14:54.480 --> 00:14:57.000 I mean that would be the implanting of stem cells 321 00:14:57.000 --> 00:14:59.240 and seeing you know what do you maybe put it in? 322 00:14:59.320 --> 00:15:02.759 What it can or cell shell is right, because it's 323 00:15:02.960 --> 00:15:08.159 you know, survives the immune system and it's you know, impervious, 324 00:15:08.159 --> 00:15:10.279 so you can it can come well, come and go, 325 00:15:10.360 --> 00:15:15.360 sorry about that, but working on how to create that 326 00:15:15.720 --> 00:15:19.759 as a protective implant to put it in the body. 327 00:15:19.840 --> 00:15:23.240 So the delivery system is the challenge. It's the delivery. 328 00:15:22.759 --> 00:15:25.080 System, yeah, because now they can know they can sit 329 00:15:25.159 --> 00:15:28.879 and watch and see a cell make it into They 330 00:15:28.960 --> 00:15:30.799 can take a beta cell, make it in or an 331 00:15:30.840 --> 00:15:33.720 islet cell, make it into an insulin producing cell. They 332 00:15:33.759 --> 00:15:36.039 can watch it turn green when that happens, they put 333 00:15:36.039 --> 00:15:38.559 an algae on it. They know exactly when it becomes 334 00:15:38.559 --> 00:15:43.279 an insulin producing cell. They can actually really manipulate the cells. 335 00:15:43.360 --> 00:15:47.240 It's just a matter of churning off the autoimmune system 336 00:15:47.639 --> 00:15:49.519 or you know, fooling it. 337 00:15:49.799 --> 00:15:52.360 Right, right, And then that's the issue. I mean, I 338 00:15:52.399 --> 00:15:54.679 read a lot about stem cells. I remember Regenerative Therapy 339 00:15:54.720 --> 00:15:57.039 client that is on the show quite often, and I'm 340 00:15:57.080 --> 00:16:00.879 fascinated by the potential for that. Sure, but it's like 341 00:16:01.240 --> 00:16:05.039 you think about stem cells can be anything. How do 342 00:16:05.080 --> 00:16:06.759 you make sure that they are going to be what 343 00:16:06.799 --> 00:16:08.759 you want them to be? And to your point, an 344 00:16:08.759 --> 00:16:12.600 insulin producing stem cell or you know, to basically juice 345 00:16:12.639 --> 00:16:15.519 the pancreas. That's to make it work the way it's 346 00:16:15.559 --> 00:16:18.000 supposed to. It's all. It's just, isn't it a great 347 00:16:18.039 --> 00:16:18.799 time to be alive? 348 00:16:18.960 --> 00:16:21.120 And thank goodness there are people that are so brilliant 349 00:16:21.120 --> 00:16:23.799 that understand that. Yeah, you know when I talk to 350 00:16:23.799 --> 00:16:25.840 our researchers and they talk about things and they're so 351 00:16:25.919 --> 00:16:27.600 excited and they get it and it's just not how 352 00:16:27.639 --> 00:16:30.399 my brain works. But so happy that there are people 353 00:16:30.399 --> 00:16:31.320 that think that way. 354 00:16:31.519 --> 00:16:34.080 Well, this is why we have Dana on the show 355 00:16:34.120 --> 00:16:37.159 today because this is Colorado Gives Day, and as we 356 00:16:37.279 --> 00:16:39.360 just talked a little while ago to step Denver, it's 357 00:16:39.360 --> 00:16:41.879 the perfect day to make a donation that could feasibly 358 00:16:41.919 --> 00:16:44.600 I mean we're actually talking about for real, you could 359 00:16:44.600 --> 00:16:47.679 make a donation that can help end type one diabetes, 360 00:16:47.720 --> 00:16:49.480 and then I wouldn't get to see data every year, 361 00:16:49.639 --> 00:16:52.759 but we'd find something to talk about. We'd find some 362 00:16:52.840 --> 00:16:56.120 reason to have you on for another reason. I've got 363 00:16:56.120 --> 00:16:58.159 a few text messages. I want to share this and said, 364 00:16:58.159 --> 00:17:00.200 please tell her that I used to work for her 365 00:17:00.279 --> 00:17:03.440 dad at Davis Oil when he started the foundation. I'm 366 00:17:03.480 --> 00:17:05.799 so proud of how far they've come I think so 367 00:17:06.240 --> 00:17:08.920 it's so incredible. People have been watching you this when 368 00:17:08.960 --> 00:17:12.200 my son participated in the Daisy program until he was 369 00:17:12.240 --> 00:17:13.880 eighteen or nineteen. What's the Daisy program? 370 00:17:13.960 --> 00:17:16.440 So the Daisy program is one of the programs where 371 00:17:17.279 --> 00:17:21.240 he must have a sibling that has Type one. Oh, 372 00:17:21.279 --> 00:17:23.599 also Celiac and also Chester Celiac. 373 00:17:24.400 --> 00:17:27.319 And is there a connection there? There is no way. 374 00:17:27.480 --> 00:17:31.200 There's a big connection with I think it's like half 375 00:17:31.319 --> 00:17:32.240 the Type ones have. 376 00:17:32.240 --> 00:17:35.000 Celiac as well. I have four autoimmune diseases. We'll see 377 00:17:35.039 --> 00:17:37.680 my family. We don't get cancer, we get autoimmune disease. 378 00:17:38.000 --> 00:17:40.519 We have a healthy stream of Celiac's on one side, 379 00:17:40.880 --> 00:17:43.720 and then we've got you know, like soriatic arthritis. I mean, 380 00:17:43.759 --> 00:17:46.240 we got a whole gamut of of autoimmune diseases, just 381 00:17:46.319 --> 00:17:49.279 a carnucopia of waiting for mine to kick in. Like 382 00:17:49.319 --> 00:17:51.279 every time something hurts, I'm like, well here it goes, 383 00:17:51.359 --> 00:17:53.599 you know here what I'm ready down to path just 384 00:17:53.720 --> 00:17:57.079 it's my time. But that's interesting to me. So they do. 385 00:17:57.160 --> 00:18:01.119 So that program then follows people for a certain amount 386 00:18:01.119 --> 00:18:03.119 of time to see there's two different programs. 387 00:18:03.160 --> 00:18:06.000 One's Teddy, one's Daisy, and I honestly don't remember which 388 00:18:06.039 --> 00:18:07.759 is the difference. I'm sorry I should know that. 389 00:18:08.680 --> 00:18:13.400 But one follows type ones that are already diagnosed if 390 00:18:13.440 --> 00:18:15.559 they get a second autoimmune, and. 391 00:18:15.400 --> 00:18:17.359 One is following. 392 00:18:16.920 --> 00:18:20.720 Siblings or maybe children of people that have type. 393 00:18:20.440 --> 00:18:23.160 One and following it through. I think that is an 394 00:18:23.240 --> 00:18:25.880 amazing part of this program, because when you have a 395 00:18:25.960 --> 00:18:29.079 kid that has a chronic illness or a disease or 396 00:18:29.160 --> 00:18:32.559 a condition, the other kids kind of get left behind 397 00:18:32.599 --> 00:18:35.039 a little bit out of necessity. It's not bad parenting, 398 00:18:35.079 --> 00:18:37.559 it is out of necessity. You have to direct more 399 00:18:37.680 --> 00:18:40.240 energy to that child who needs that. But what a 400 00:18:40.279 --> 00:18:42.640 wonderful thing for you guys to say, we're going to 401 00:18:42.680 --> 00:18:44.000