Hoʻohanohano i kēia lā, makemake mākou e kākoʻo i kā mākou mau mea heluhelu a me kā mākou mea kūʻai aku me nā mea hōʻoia i ke ola a me nā ʻōlelo mai nā poʻe i ʻike mua i ka maʻi maʻi.
ʻO ka Joslin Diabetes Center kekahi o nā ʻoihana noiʻi nui loa, ka ʻoihana a me nā hui hoʻonaʻauao. Ua kapa ʻia ma hope o Eliot Joslin, kahi endocrinologist kupaianaha ma ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ke kenekulia 20, ʻo ia ka mea e haʻi mua i ka mea nui o ka mālama pono ʻana i ka mālama ʻana i ka maʻi diabetes-dependant.
I ka makahiki 1948, ua hoʻoholo ʻo Dr. Eliot e uku aku i ka poʻe e noho nei me ka maʻi type type 1 no 25 mau makahiki a keu paha - no ko lākou wiwo ʻole i ka hakakā ʻana i nā maʻi gula - ka lanakila lanakila "(Victory"). I ka hala ʻana o ka manawa, hoʻomaka ka poʻe me ka maʻi diabetes ʻana e ola lōʻihi, no laila ua pau lākou i ka hāʻawi ʻana i ka mekala kahiko a hoʻopaʻa ʻia i nā makana hou - no ka makahiki 50, 75 a me 80 a ʻoi paha mau makahiki o ke ola me ka maʻi maʻi.
I kēia manawa, ua loaʻa iā 5000 mau kānaka i ka media no 50 mau makahiki me ka maʻi diabetes (kokoke ʻo 50 o lākou i ko mākou'āina), 100 mau kanaka i loaʻa ka pine no 75 mau makahiki o ka wiwoʻole me ka maʻi maʻi. I ka hopena o 2017, 11 ka poʻe i hala i ka huli o 80 mau makahiki o ke ola me ka maʻi diabetes!
Eia ka ʻōlelo a Kauka Eliot Jocelyn e pili ana i ka maʻi maʻi:
"ʻAʻohe pilikia ʻē aʻe i laila kahi mea i manaʻo nui ʻia e hoʻomaopopo ka mea maʻi iā ia iho. Akā, ke hoʻopakele i kahi maʻi maʻi, ʻaʻole ʻike wale ka ʻike. He maʻi nui kēia maʻi. a ikaika hoʻi. "
Eia kekahi mau huaʻōlelo mai nā medalist mai nā ʻāina ʻē aʻe:
"Ua hoʻomaha wau i nā kauka he nui. ʻAʻole hiki iaʻu iaʻu iho i kēia, no laila ke nānā pinepine nei au i kahi endocrinologist hou."
"I ka wā i hāʻawi ʻia ai iaʻu ka hopena, ua hāʻawi pū wau i kaʻu mau hōʻailona pilikino i ka poʻe i hoʻomaikaʻi ʻia e kaʻu ola a ola i kēlā mau makahiki he nui.
"Ua maʻi wau i ka maʻi maʻi i ka makahiki 1. Ua haʻi ke kauka i koʻu mau mākua e make wau i kaʻu kolekolu o koʻu ola. ʻAʻole ʻo wau i haʻi mai iaʻu e koʻu māmā a hiki i koʻu 50."
"ʻAʻole au e ʻōlelo he maʻi maʻi maʻi kēlā. He mea koʻikoʻi loa kēia e pili ana i ka meaʻai, ua ʻike mākou e ʻai mākou i ka buckwheat, kāpeti, oatmeal, i loko o kahi hihia. ʻAʻole mea i ʻike i kā lākou kōpaʻa, ua helu wale ʻia ma nā haukapila. ʻOi aku ka maʻalahi o kēia lā, aia nā kānaka i ka glucometer, hiki iā ʻoe ke anaʻi i ke kōpili iā ʻoe iho, e helu i ka nui o ka insulin ... ʻaʻole loa wau i manaʻo iaʻu he maʻi, ʻaʻole wau i manaʻo he ʻano ʻē aʻe nā poʻe ʻē aʻe. Ua kau wale wau i nā inikini a me nā meaʻai ʻē aʻe. "
"Makemake au e ola! ʻO ka mea nui ʻaʻole e makaʻu a ʻaʻole e lilo i ka limp. Ua maikaʻi loa kā mākou lāʻau lapaʻau - ʻaʻole kēia ma kahi o 50 makahiki aku nei. Pono mākou e launa me ke kauka, he mau insulins maikaʻi, a ʻo ke koho kūpono e kōkua i ka mālama ʻana i ke kō ma lalo o ka mālama."
"Nimble wau, ʻaʻoleʻino - e hāʻawi iaʻu i kahi inikua, ʻilihua koʻu makuahine ʻōpio a puni ke kūlanakauhale holoʻokoʻa ..."
