Fancy that.

An interesting article from ABC's STAT Medical News by Joanna Schaffhausen (ABC News). I know that some people on my friends list will be very interested. I should probably ask my aunt if she's seen it, too.

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Even if it's temporary, two years of normal pancreatic function ain't bad at all, and the long-term benefit of an extra safety buffer against blood crashes is nothing to sneeze at. If doctors can develop better methods for harvesting islet cells - or, better yet, cultivate them in sufficient quantities - biannual cell transplants could replace insulin injections for many people with Type I diabetes. Of course, it will take a few years at least before anything like that is possible, and I don't know how much it costs. From what I can see, though, it's a pretty nifty idea deserving of further research.

Well, they're gonna put me in the files now...

I can't believe I wrote this.

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Yep, I sent it to comments@whitehouse.gov, just as you see it.

I think the best I can hope for is that what I said will not be considered and I will be put under surveillance, or at least in a classified file somewhere. The worse that could happen? Not being listened to at all.

What I really can't believe is that I was this polite, considering how angry I am about the whole thing.

Ah, well. We'll see what happens. Or doesn't.