Talking JDRF and The Salvation Army

This is the Truth Network versus where you hear from ordinary people instilled with an extraordinary passion together we explore the stories of men and women who take what they love God turn their passion into kingdom pursuits now your host Robbie Gilmore good morning everybody and welcome to the kingdom pursuits. My name is damage. Robin Ali sit man for Robbie today very excited to be with you. We have an interesting show for you today. November is National diabetes awareness month with local events now throughout the month. Our guest today is Eric Durham. Eric is the senior development manager for JD RF which is juvenile diabetes research foundation and were really talking about type I diabetes.

The effects of the disease on the body and what were trying to do about it. In some ways that we can help and you can help because we also have with us today. Stephen still. He is a four-star general Salvation Army is right yeah okay I know that you actually have a rank. No, I don't know his old friend of mine. He said Salvation Army for better than 22 years. He's a good hard to get salt and so really talking to him also today about the Salvation Army some things that are trying to do this year and some history and not to some fascinating things today, guys, welcome to the show. Hey, thanks for having first things first I got to read some rules, but I think he's a little right okay here we go along.

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So we yet type I diabetes. That's our primary focus at JD RF to your treat and prevent what can you tell our listeners on the difference between type I diabetes and type II diabetes because white folks think diabetes is diabetes, where the question is it diabetes or diabetes, you know, we don't want diet diabetes to beat us like it that way. We want diabetes this Friday phthisis let's let's let's turn type on the type IX.

Let's find a cure for this thing so that's it.

That's our that's our goal. The difference really between type I and type II that's a great question. Danny's type I diabetes is the autoimmune attack on the pancreas and that renders the body unable to produce insulin. So folks are taking shots to manage their blood sugar levels wearing pumps wearing devices continuous glucose monitors to keep themselves healthy every day and the type II diabetes. On the other hand is is more related to diet and exercise. There's no prevention currently for type I, there's things you can do if you have type XXII can reverse those effects and and prevented from from the beginning as well, you know, I actually have type II diabetes, and now when I actually hadn't really researched type I diabetes before I spoke with you the first time I thought I find out about it and realize that type I is a disease that just comes along it doesn't matter what you do doesn't matter if it does is not based on your lifestyle is not based on race or gender or anything else and that right is correct yeah and so I was almost embarrassed to admit that I have type II diabetes, which is preventable and curable in the sense that through diet and exercise. I could I could no longer technically be a diabetic I could come off insulin from insulin-dependent and also take medication and I could come off all those things because I did it about six months after I was diagnosed that our hospital was diabetes.

I am, I had the fear of the Lord and me and decided not to eat like they tell me to eat it away with carbs and sugars in in my sugars got down month my glucose levels got down to whether supposed to be and for all intents and purposes, I no longer had diabetes because I came off of insulin.

I came up my medication. But then what the knucklehead, something bulletproof, and I started throwing carbs down my American sugars and think I was injecting sugars into my bloodstream not really just getting during the just confessed another condition. I have not but I am so angry I was. I was I'm kind of ashamed now are not new motivation. What are some of the struggles that childhood diabetes presents to children and adults sure it's it's a disease that it really impacts the whole family especially talk about you know your son or daughter having type I it. It really does add a significant amount of decisions to your day a little a lot of stress to your day.

It's it's very much a tight rope walk when you're talking about managing blood sugars. It's too much to the left and in the unity start leaning that way too much to the right and an annual lean the other way so same thing with the high and low blood sugar levels there just always moving, there's so many different ways for your blood sugar to be impacted. Whether it's high or low, and so that's always something that parents are thinking about that's always something that folks with type I are thinking about and during this national diabetes awareness month, we seen tons of pictures and and and stories and how this disease impacts people and I saw one photo the other day that really stuck out in that's folks with type I have to make an average of 180 more decisions per day than the average person that like one sets that's that's awful. No vacation now is not it's everyday right because there pancreas has is called in sick. That's right, and staying home and so is not working so they have to think about type II diabetes is the pancreas does function at some level it's just doesn't just doesn't tell you that sometimes the body just doesn't know how to use it well you know when we come back and talk to Erickson. More about this on some of the questions fascinated by this and I will also talk about the JD RF wants to stick around and pursuits. My daily Trenton. I'm sitting in for Robbie today. Talking with Eric about type I diabetes. He is the is the senior development manager at JD RF Junior juvenile diabetes research foundation, and were just talking about some some things I wanted to ask you, have there been any breakthroughs about life. Listen, you can call into and and if you have questions for Eric about type I or type II diabetes. Type I diabetes. Feel free to call.

And in calling speak with Stephen Stephen, my very good friend Sgt. had his name even for 12 years. I just had a brain part is you smell you sent about that statement is. I can be forget they were guilty. These season of art I think is a four star general with the Salvation Army so to get back to my my question Eric have there been any breakthroughs and treatments for type I diabetes absolutely dance great question and and that's something that when we look at funding research JD RF we want to accomplish three maybe four really big things. One is how you cure type I. How do you reverse the impact that it's had on somebody whether it's been somebody with type I for one day or thousand 10,000 days. How do you cure it, how you walk away from it forever.

How do you the second second area is prevention. How do you stop it from ever happening in the first place. Stuff to put out a fire when it's arty blaze right so how do you stop it when it's just a spark. The last pieces really the treatments.

So how do you take away the little bit of the burden little bit of the stress and keep people healthy until we found an answer to the prevention and the cure research areas and then complications is another really important thing that you have to address when you're looking at folks with type I because there's lots of complications that arise because of blood sugar levels being high and low and and being out of range for a long period of time. So really from a treatment standpoint, a lot of the JD RF funded research has been in the area of day-to-day management.

How do you monitor your blood sugar level on a continuous basis. How do you see if Susie or Johnny has higher blood sugar, high or low blood sugar levels when they're out of the sleepover.

So when you look at the continuous glucose monitor and it not only tells you what your blood sugar is right then and there. It also shows where is it going is it going Isaac on low so it gets to know you as a person and you can kind of manage and and show where your blood sugar levels are going in and make the right decision to intervene if you need to. You look at the pump. That's JD RF funded and JD RF research that's when insulin is delivered through device and you can dial in the amount of insulin that your body needs and and it goes in.

You can go about your day. After you put in the right numbers.

Then we married those two together. The seat CGM in the pump and it was called the artificial pancreas and that was one of those where does system gets to know your body and delivers insulin when your body needs so you take away some of that thought process so from a treatment side. Those are the really that the big wins that we've seen and just of in the last six months or so. We did see on a prevention and that we are able to slow the progression of type I diabetes for over two years. So how do you know, take it from 2 to 5, 5 to 10. That's what is so exciting about just the light at the end of the tunnel that maybe there's a way that we can stop this from ever happening to somebody so really really cool and and definitely encourage folks to tech check out JD RF.org/research. I think it's a/right if it's leaning forward so definitely check that out. There's over 70 clinical trials happening right now and and it's there all addressing that convocations prevention, treatment and cure. So do you do folks with type I diabetes have to use the same or do they use the same type or say medications that thought uses. There's currently no medication that helps with type I, so it's very much insulin just insulin. Currently that's the best way to keep her blood sugar levels in check when when you're insulin dependent, as is a type I self. Somebody told me once was trying to help me because I have struggled trying to keep my glucose numbers and in check as I did I go through cycles all y'all do really well and I'll just get tired of eating healthy enough cheeseburger will hurt today and this hatha cake won't hurt tomorrow Lynn and then the day after that time laying down because my head hurts and my pancreas is foreign so you know it's it's it's it takes, it takes a terrible toll. He told me friend of mine told me that when when you let your sugars roller coaster up and down and up and down. He said it's like if he said imagine being in her car okay and and and you're sitting there in the cars idling running fine and then all of a sudden you'd you hit the gas pedal and read that thing up as high as you can read it is long and and just read it and then let it some backgammon and then sit there another tenant and that thing up again. He said that will tear your engine up. He said the same thing goes on. When you allow your blood sugars to fluctuate to the extent because I was having 300,000 and and and higher, embarrassed to admit, but so that's that's one of the things about diabetes is that it just takes such a toll on your organs or kidneys right absolutely yeah okay you guys the JD RF is is fixing to southern Southern price-fixing to down by the creek, and I hold that I want you to know that what happened the rest of the day I heard somebody actually use the word click in a sentence. One talk about the one telling a joke so will you tell our listeners about the JD RF one walk absolutely and really when you look at type I diabetes. There's there's something we can all do and that's something coming up next weekend and that's our one walk that that we call it, it's a walk that we get together over a Wake Forest football field and anybody here in the community just comes together for a single focus in a single mission and that's to put the putting into this and and it's to raise awareness, raise the profile of the disease and put some attention towards finding a cure for this.

So that's what were doing next week and next Saturday morning. We got 9 o'clock registration 10 o'clock walk tons of live music, kids activities were really excited about the event and it's one way that folks here in Winston can make an impact. Make a difference in and come join us next weekend, so there's this ESSAY, how far, how far is it walk short.

He talks a little bit different one here in Winston is a little over 2 miles so will will start therein and finish there at the football field and will actually take a lap around with forcible field as well so we call that that the mile of hope – that's a really impactful moment. So folks that participate in these walks like take what is it like donation I can't think of a thing you know you go you know my my son is going, I will pledge for the walk via absolute works. Yeah. So if you guys want to join us next weekend you can go register for the walk. You can ask for support. Whether that's unique audit pledge sponsorship donation what everyone call it right but you can just check out walked out, JD, RF.org and then there's that./Again Winston-Salem so no – they won't let us put – and their so, JD, RF.org walked a Jade After Dark/Winston-Salem but yet will will you any donation is more than appreciated and accepted in an organ, but that to the right right place for your kinfolks make a donation on that same website directed aren't going to the Walter doesn't know somebody that's going absolute law and you might know somebody that's already registered to walk.

You can search for their first and last name in and support them right there for you wanted to make an impact to somebody you know that's already registered. That's it's affected by type I, and how can how can people donate cash and different ways are at Yep Yep so they can bring them to the walk with you guys next weekend cash check is accepted. Credit card donations online. We will make it easy and whatever is most convenient for folks.

That's what we were. We want to step in. That's awesome.

What's see what what should I bring the day of the walk daily walk. Bring your smiles and in entering your your energy and in your enthusiasm. Pets are more than welcome to skate. Mona Lisa will have some poop bags. There is some you feel free to bring your family on the more folks we have out there. The more folks that stand with us that the less type I gets pushed back right so the more you have and are on our end. The more we can make a difference in this do they need is a registration forms that they need to bring in all that stuff so you can preregister online on that same walked out JD RF.org/Winston organist hop on Google and put in Winston-Salem, JD, RF walk, or you can register that morning starting at 9 AM just on the site itself at the walk site so when is the walk again next Saturday, September 16 and we got a 9 o'clock registration lots of stuff happen in from 9 to 10 and will kick the walk off right at 10 o'clock to 10 o'clock okay.

And what if there is inclement weather. So type I diabetes doesn't take a break and we don't either. Talk rain or shine. That's awesome really participate if you're if you enjoy walking if you don't go to that website will not mention it again and also calling calls at 86634878848663487884] short messages stick around Robbie Gilmore here in the Truth Network podcast of help make my pillow the company it is today, and now Michael and Ellen by the way, I've met is a great guy, the inventor and CEO of my pillow wants to get back to our listeners for the first time you can get deep discounts on all my pill products. If you go to my pillow.com right now, and click on the new radio listener specials who never thought that my dream job would be selling my pillows babe, you're getting tired of these sleeping jobs, but you can get deep discounts on my pillows, mattress toppers, bedsheets, and so much more.

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I remember that there is with the JD RF with it, which is the juvenile diabetes research foundation. Stephen still is a four star general with with the Salvation Army wanted to ask you another question about this walk all the donations tax-deductible. They are hundred percent okay awesome and also read that there is a way that you can get a T-shirt.

We usually tell him how how they get a T-shirt so you have for each participant, we we actually make it fun and kind of incentivize folks to fund raise. If you raise $100 you get one of those JD RF adjustment T-shirt and a really cool this year and so that's one of those ways that we can we don't charge registration fee. We we do incentivize people to fund raise and encourage folks to the Valley.

Vance's critical so that that they got T-shirt or short sleeve right there sure sleep is our sweatshirt, strapped to donate monthly Eric we would there some other events here that I was looking at on November 10 the JD RF cycle give ride you got it yet, so that's something that cycle bar downtown is hosting for us and Wake Forest Baptist is actually there. One of our really good partners here in Winston the diabetes endocrinology center so they're actually taking over cycle bar and there have been as many folks as they can in there to the register and an cycle for a little bit and and all proceeds go to JD RF which is wonderful so that's awesome and there's also an event on November 12. See the November 10 event that the saccharide is at 3 PM tomorrow 3 PM tomorrow. Three and on November 12, which is to Tuesday from 5 to 8 is the Wendy's spirit night for JD RF is not that yes all of the Wendy's here in the triad there opening up their doors and Vanessa cut of the proceeds. That evening, so it's a really really generous thing that there they're offering for us, so, yet I would be hemorrhaging a big deal for myself what got me a notice he said Junior.

But if the matter is that feeds the purpose there is there's another event on November 16 at 9 AM through noon. It's that's Winston-Salem one walk he got. That's the big event that buys getting together for next Saturday on Celexa stuff happen in November we we really you see a lot of activity happening it during national diabetes awareness month and that's the month of November and really do appreciate she has given us the platform talk about this. You have the November 1 was diabetes day.type I diabetes day and November 14 is world diabetes day you got it. That's awesome you know I sure appreciate you coming on and share all that information is such good information you give out that the website still that they can register for the one walk and donate as little check out any information I would like to see you hop on Google I can mention you can type in JD RF Winston-Salem walk. You can go straight to walked out, JD, RF.org/Winston-Salem without the – this time and definitely again really encourage if if you guys have questions about research that's happening here, JD, RF, check out JD RF.org/research.

There's a lot of really really exciting things happening and it's due to the folks that make donations support the folks that that are impacted by this. That's our doing this it's it's inspiring it is and you know I am really impressed by the by the you know the enthusiasm that that folks put in to this and that he has such a such a awesome cause and folks it's it's really worth participating or or not you looking for a way to donate these donations are tax-deductible, tax-deductible. If you're looking for a way to donate and contribute and to help with the research type I diabetes and let's try to get this thing cured.

This is a great foundation to donate to. Because your money is is used well to to help children and adults with type I, I wasn't aware that that it was also an adult issue as well.

I had a quick question if if I wanted to partner with you guys how what would I do do to Canada organize a walk or something that is website to go to is a partner to touch base with you and maybe organize a joint effort absent another fundraiser absently. I gather it's that's a great question and really when you look at the walk event. There is teams of two. There's teams of 200 and so anywhere in between. It doesn't matter who you are. Anybody can can come join us for this. We have events that are all throughout the year. Whether it's a walk, a gala a ride. Endurance events 5K's runs. Anything we can do to meet folks where they're at and where they want to plug-in that's our mission that's that's what we wanted to hear something to that that you can even organize it. Community walk correct just just on your own if you if you feel led to be a part of this you can do that absolutely you got it. I would I do that. Feel free we can talk about it a little more on were here in Greensboro's but we serve the Piedmont Triad and and happy field.

Some of those questions and and see how folks want to chip in and support and and make an impact and feel free are in our office line.

You can just Google JD RF Piedmont Triad office or call us at 336-373-1768 and were more than happy to discuss some of the different ways that folks are interested. Plug-in how did you get involved in JD RF I got involved primarily through the walk program.

We'd been had several folks that through the years actually first babysitter had type I diabetes. So we have known a lot of folks through the years that have have really been a big part in my life and and that's when I turned my focus little bit to the type of diabetes how we can make an impact and so that that's been kind of my role here for the last five years or so is is is how can we partner folks with where they want to plug-in how can we make an impact. What's the best way to fund raise and how can we find a cure for this. Well, that's awesome.

I just want to encourage folks to to participate in this and it's it's well worth it. And that's a great cause. I'd love to see up a cure for type I diabetes and in my lifetime and I think it's possible you know that the technology that we have been we got phones and that we can sit on the windowsill and film us doing radiation in the lens doesn't grab your back is there is a man well Eric sure appreciate you being on the show today and given us all this information, it's it's it's a great time and some the if you get a chance participate in this walk and and they need your money so anyway want to also encourage you again the Colin 866-34-TRUTH 7884 and want change gears now and go here and talk to this Stephen and about the Salvation Army I am I think were probably getting close to a break, but what when we do come back and left for you to tell a little bit about the origins of the Salvation Army and give us some bassinet you show me some really fascinating information like for you to share with our listeners still Salvation Army you guys stick around.

Feel free to call him and answer the question 866-34-TRUTH 7884 if even have a question. Everybody will be right back is very drug and I'm sitting in for Robbie today so happy to be with you were here with Eric Durham from the JD RF and also Stephen still with salvation army were on talk to Stephen now about the fascinating thing. Stephen is been a friend of mine for 1213 years on like that and he's been with Salvation Army. The whole time I've known him and and he's got a servants heart 11 to death and she's now you can remember my name and I don't know his name is Grace Manny it's Stephen. He patted me on the shoulder. It's okay. It happens to the best of us.

Stephen showing our listeners some history because I knew that you were coming on. I did some research because I like to know things and so I found out something some fascinating things about Salvation Army when I got started.

What will you tell little bit about that and be glad to. But if you would mind can before we start you know it's just want to give a shout out to our men and women that are serving in the military and they're the ones that are standing on the wall for us that you and I Eric we can have this conversation freely. This is Veterans Day weekend, absolutely a Veterans Day and also like to hear locally throw shout out to my brothers and sisters in Randolph County honor guard who we tried to provide those honors to those who passed on escort them home and that is Sir no Salvation Army was started in the 1800s, and East in England by William and Catherine Booth was a Methodist circuit preacher and he also grew up. Don't know if you know but he was an apprentice in a poncho and a very weak are very poor area in England, so he got to see the worst of the worst in people when they were in a live rock bottom so he developed a love for God and a love for the message of the gospel and for his fellow man very early when he met his wife. He was a circuit preacher for the church and they decided in 1865 to start the Salvation Army and it was born out of his force was called Christian mission and then they changed the name to the Salvation Army in 1880, it had grown and expanded itself to Australia, Africa, in the United States of elation reasoning here on the continent of the United States since 1880, while 1880 yeah it's pretty amazing right and that's that's incredible were so so when I came here. What started start on the unit only about when the first candles which were candles and big black thing is anyway when they first got here. They arrived in New York and they started right away hosting church services in reaching and trying to save souls that were lost his force to the candles. The kettles came out as a result of the young officer in San Francisco on the waterways see and decided that they wanted to try and raise money to provide a Thanksgiving dinner for those in San Francisco and he remembered his days back in England were they had what they call The Simpsons pot incense and pot was set up a dwarf there and people just throw food donations in that pot and they would serve the sailors in the home was there in that community.

So they adopted it over in San Francisco to try to raise enough money to do Thanksgiving dinner for the masses. Right.

That's awesome.

My producer just time I'm running low on time, soldier, tell me about the toy drive and what else we got what you got going on through the holiday so you sure will not Salvation Army. As usual, are feet on the ground front line servants. We have kettles in Greensboro at 34 locations on trying to raise money to meet the needs for over 2100 children, 800 families 500+ seniors best just in our area are our command and on in the triad proper how we are all searching for and in need of men and women to volunteer you know that the billing ring and the children anything in in order to keep the bellringing so we have to hire staff, you know we have to hire staff with more volunteers that we have course list staff.

We have to hire to do that. Our ultimate goal is to meet people's needs. Where there at without discrimination. So you tell me to that at the kettles that if they don't have cash they can do this while yeah yeah you know were catching up with the times right now when you will not get didn't.net. We cash in coin, you can scan feel free to go to the Salvation Army USA.org now that website and catch up on all the wonderful things that are happening this Christmas season and get in touch with your local Salvation Army core and see what you can help right we could really use your help. We need soldiers all the soul is guys. I sure appreciate you guys have made it so easy, and also for me, and blessing me. Thank you for coming here and blessing as well enjoy the time with you folks. Please dissipate and contribute your money. This is thank you for your time and listening to your face now