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Originally Posted by angiefox10
Russ, You are so right that not every illness get's enough funding to wipe them out. I would never argue that. However, just a little history about the breast cancer funding.
Breast cancer was a major killer of women for years and very little funding went to the cure. We were losing our mothers, sisters, aunts and friends and watching funds go to so many other diseases and and very little going to Breast Cancer awareness and the cure. This is the one month we women and the men who support us pull together to make people aware. The reason so many women are living now is because they are aware.
That being said, November is diabetes awareness month. Why don't you call the paper and see if they will do the same thing for diabetes in November and maybe even have a benefit for the disease in TV.
We can post information on TOTV to make people aware so they can recognize it early and get help before it becomes a major problem. Diabetes is another disease that because people aren't aware of all the options and health issues, they become ill and die.
I'm sure there are a lot of people who would get behind you to help make it happen.
I know I would.
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You're right. Nothing will happen unless we make it happen. I try to be a personal advocate for Diabetes since I see it's devastating effects every day that I work.