Pre-Diabetes……57 Million….What the heck…..?
Posted on: Thursday, December 4th, 2008 at 4:28 pmI recently read on the ADA website that they believe there to be 57 million americans with Pre-diabetes.
Holy cow! That would mean with 24 million Diabetics, and 57 million Pre-diabetics, there are 81 MILLION Americans who are basically some kind of diabetic. With a U.S. population of about 300 million, that means that about 1 in 3.7 people are affected by some sort of Diabetes. Wow!!! I am afraid the healthcare system is about to be taxed , or maybe overrun…... I hope that by managing my disease well, I won’t have to be a burden to the system. I think that if managed well, we can all have a positive impact on the health care system by working towards better control. I guess that is why there is so much interest recently in Diabetes as the numbers of D’s are growing dramatically.
I feel pretty confident that technology will continue to improve the Diabetic’s life over the next few years and maybe even help to slow down the growth of the disease. ....or maybe even that “cure thing” would be nice…It is a matter of time. In the meantime, stay in control and keep the damage to a minimum….
Which is why I really like my cgms….
Wishing you “well” Bob
