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<v Speaker 1>Joining us now to celebrate a really, really significant milestone

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<v Speaker 1>is a woman who has not only been living with

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<v Speaker 1>type one diabetes for fifty years, which we're going to

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<v Speaker 1>get to why that is so absolutely incredible in just

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<v Speaker 1>a moment, but I would go so far as to say,

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<v Speaker 1>because Dana Davis got type one diabetes as a child,

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<v Speaker 1>the entire city of Denver and the surrounding areas for

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<v Speaker 1>miles and miles have benefited through the Barbara Davis Center,

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<v Speaker 1>through the Children's Diabetes Foundation, and all of the work

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<v Speaker 1>that they've done to get us from fifty years ago

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<v Speaker 1>when finding out you a type one diabetes probably meant

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<v Speaker 1>a shorter lifespan to last Friday where at the Barbara

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<v Speaker 1>Davis Center or Children's Diabetes Foundation, not know where the

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<v Speaker 1>actual metal ceremony took place, they actually honored people who

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<v Speaker 1>had been living with type one diabetes for at least

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<v Speaker 1>fifty years, which is insane. And now Dana Davis, the

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<v Speaker 1>executive director, joins me to talk about it. It wasn't

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<v Speaker 1>just you, though, Dana, but you did get your medal

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<v Speaker 1>on Friday.

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<v Speaker 2>Hi, thank you so much for having me here. I

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<v Speaker 2>did get my medal and it was super exciting and

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<v Speaker 2>thrilling to get it because when I was diagnosed, just

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<v Speaker 2>like so many of the other people that were there

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<v Speaker 2>with me, we were told that we'd probably lived thirty

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<v Speaker 2>or forty years. A lot of people were discouraged from

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<v Speaker 2>having kids. Life was just so different, and we celebrated

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<v Speaker 2>this day. There was eighty six of us there, but

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<v Speaker 2>there are actually four over four hundred and sixty patients

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<v Speaker 2>at the Barbara Davis Center living and thriving with type

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<v Speaker 2>one for more than fifty years, some up to seventy

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<v Speaker 2>five years, which is unbelievable and incredible.

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<v Speaker 1>So let's talk about Dana and I were talking off

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<v Speaker 1>the air before we just started this segment, and you

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<v Speaker 1>said something that I thought was very interesting. You said,

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<v Speaker 1>for you, you almost got more out of Friday's medal

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<v Speaker 1>ceremony than some of the kids because the way type

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<v Speaker 1>one diabetes impacts their lives is so different now then

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<v Speaker 1>the way your life as a child was impacted, just

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<v Speaker 1>because of the advancements that have been made. So isn't

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<v Speaker 1>that a wonderful bit of progress to talk about.

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<v Speaker 2>There's a huge bit of progress. I mean, there is

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<v Speaker 2>the way technology has sped up, how diabetes is treated. Now,

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<v Speaker 2>we now have continuous glucose monitors where we know what

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<v Speaker 2>our but sugar is every five minutes. Back then, we

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<v Speaker 2>didn't even have blood testing. We had urine testing. It

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<v Speaker 2>was totally inaccurate. We have insulm pumps. Now. When I

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<v Speaker 2>was diagnosed, you were given one shot in the morning.

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<v Speaker 2>Park was the first one. I was allergic to it.

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<v Speaker 2>The next day I went back and they gave me beef.

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<v Speaker 2>It was cloudy. You could see stuff floating.

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<v Speaker 1>Now, you know, we.

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<v Speaker 2>Had to boil needles and now we have I mean,

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<v Speaker 2>insulm pumps and we have really insolence and disposable needles.

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<v Speaker 2>And it's a different world. And it was kind of

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<v Speaker 2>nice to be around a bunch of people that grew

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<v Speaker 2>up with Type one the same way I did, because

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<v Speaker 2>you know, it's so hard to remember that fifty years

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<v Speaker 2>ago how far we've come, which only means I really

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<v Speaker 2>believe the next fifty years is going to happen in

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<v Speaker 2>twenty five, like I believe we will have some form

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<v Speaker 2>of a cure, whatever that will look like in the

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<v Speaker 2>next twenty five years.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh, I just read a story recently about a crisper

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<v Speaker 1>gene treatment that is yeah, They're literally modifying the genetic

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<v Speaker 1>code for people who have type one diabetes and it

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<v Speaker 1>turns on their spleen and all of a sudden they

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<v Speaker 1>are able to completely eliminate their dependence on influence. I

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<v Speaker 1>can't even imagine. And this has only been done a

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<v Speaker 1>few times. We're not talking about a widespread study yet,

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<v Speaker 1>So I don't want people to think it's going to

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<v Speaker 1>be here tomorrow, right, I want to manage expectations a

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<v Speaker 1>little bit. Absolutely, But that's incredible. That's a that we

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<v Speaker 1>are so close to a cure for type one diabetes.

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<v Speaker 1>And let's be real, folks, fifty years ago was not

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<v Speaker 1>eighteen ninety five with the cloudy influence. That was nineteen

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<v Speaker 1>seventy five. Okay, so this is not the Dark Ages,

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<v Speaker 1>but that's how much in the Dark Ages treatment for

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<v Speaker 1>type one diabetes was back then. So I mean data.

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<v Speaker 2>Exactly, go go ahead, No, sorry, I was just going

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<v Speaker 2>to say things with the crisper and stuff is important

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<v Speaker 2>to look at and know because one of the things

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<v Speaker 2>you want to make sure is that the cure isn't

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<v Speaker 2>worse than the actual disease. So sometimes still, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>there's a lot of anti rejection drugs involved with things

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<v Speaker 2>that are types of cures, right, says, So you want

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<v Speaker 2>to make sure you know, like those are one thing

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<v Speaker 2>that's being focused on. Another thing is getting tested. If

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<v Speaker 2>you have the markers, you have four markers, your A

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<v Speaker 2>one C starts to raise. You can come and get

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<v Speaker 2>an infusion. That's why we're trying to encourage people to

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<v Speaker 2>get tested. You can get an infusion for two weeks

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<v Speaker 2>and it could push off the onset of type one

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<v Speaker 2>diabetes for many years. So when I say cure, I

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<v Speaker 2>mean it can look like it's more than just one thing, right.

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<v Speaker 2>A cure can be multiple things, and that's what we're

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<v Speaker 2>so excited about.

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<v Speaker 1>Well, go into that just a little bit. What you

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<v Speaker 1>just mentioned. What are the four markers? What what? What

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<v Speaker 1>if they want to look for them?

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<v Speaker 2>And I should know what they are and I do not,

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<v Speaker 2>but I shall learn it for the next time. But

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<v Speaker 2>I know there are four markers. So at the Barbara

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<v Speaker 2>Davis Center, we do free testing so people can come,

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<v Speaker 2>they can get tested, they can see if they have

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<v Speaker 2>the markers for type one diabetes along with to see

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<v Speaker 2>if they have celiac and we then can follow you

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<v Speaker 2>and know if you have the markers. They have a

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<v Speaker 2>whole process they go through and Sonofi is a company

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<v Speaker 2>that has created this drug called tezild t Zield is

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<v Speaker 2>something that we have an infusion center at the barbar

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<v Speaker 2>Davia Center and we can infuse you. It's thirty minutes

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<v Speaker 2>a day. I mean, you have to go through it.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm making it sound so much easier than it is, right, Yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>but you know it's thirty minutes a day for two weeks.

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<v Speaker 2>But in the past, it used to be people were like, well,

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<v Speaker 2>why would I get tested? There's nothing you can do

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<v Speaker 2>right right now, Families, if you have it in your

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<v Speaker 2>history and you can get tested and you can do

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<v Speaker 2>something to prolong the onset, I mean, that's incredible and

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<v Speaker 2>eventually continue to prolong it, maybe as another form of

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<v Speaker 2>a cure. Saying say, we've never said a cure, like

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<v Speaker 2>the Children's Diabetes Foundation, the Barber Data Center. We've never

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<v Speaker 2>been like, we have a cure. We've been very careful

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<v Speaker 2>and we really feel what it is in our grasp

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<v Speaker 2>within the next you know, twenty two decades, which I

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<v Speaker 2>think is a huge deal.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh No, I think it's I think it's I keep

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<v Speaker 1>saying all of this stuff that's happening right now with

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<v Speaker 1>medicine and the way they're using AI to sort of

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<v Speaker 1>move things along at a rate that is it's just

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<v Speaker 1>incomprehensible in terms of the ability to speed the process along.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm with you. I feel very optimistic that we're going

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<v Speaker 1>to find a way to help people live a perfectly

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<v Speaker 1>normal life without necessarily worrying about their type one diabetes

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<v Speaker 1>very soon.

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<v Speaker 2>Absolutely, kids can live. I mean, somebody who gets it

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<v Speaker 2>when they're five, when they're one, they can live until

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<v Speaker 2>they're nineties, happy and healthy, and that's that's like the

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<v Speaker 2>greatest gift ever.

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<v Speaker 1>Right Well, Dana, congratulations to you and all of those

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<v Speaker 1>over fifty year folks who are living and thriving with

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<v Speaker 1>type one diabetes. I'm glad you had that experience where

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<v Speaker 1>you all got to get together. And I'm guessing some

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<v Speaker 1>war stories were traded.

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<v Speaker 2>Back in our day. This is what we had to do.

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<v Speaker 1>With the kids that are there now, with their continuous

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<v Speaker 1>glucose monitors and their you know, influin pumps, they can't

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<v Speaker 1>even imagine, they can't fathom it. It's great to though, Dana.

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<v Speaker 2>Thank you so much. I really appreciate you for having me.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh that's Dana Davis. It's my pleasure. We'll talk again soon. Dana,

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<v Speaker 1>have a great day.