San Francisco Premiere of DxONE (diagnosis: type 1 diabetes) November 11, 2012

Carb DM will mark World Diabetes Day and November being National Diabetes Awareness Month with a Northern California Premiere of DxONE (diagnosis: type 1 diabetes).

DxONE is an 18 minute short film about a family coping and coming to terms with their son's diagnosis with Type 1 Diabetes. Film director and type 1 dad Dan Masucci and his son Nick will be joining us from New York for this exclusive screening. A Q&A with them and other members of the T1D community will follow the screening.

The panel will discuss the traumatic effects a diagnosis can have on the family and child, similar to the effects of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). There will also be a discussion of different coping strategies that can help people turn the challenge into a motivator for success.

Not sure what Type 1 Diabetes is? Come learn about this often-invisible disease!
Who is being diagnosed?
What is the difference between Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes?
What are the symptoms of Type 1 Diabetes?
Can you or your child be at risk for Type 1 Diabetes?
Can it be prevented?

Come learn about this chronic, autoimmune disease that affects millions of people in the US.
Each year 30,000 people are diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes, a disease for which there is no cure and no known cause.
Half of the newly diagnosed are children.
For reasons doctors do not understand, the highest rate of new incidence of Type 1 Diabetes is in children under 5!

This event is a fundraiser for Carb DM and all proceeds will benefit programs that provide support and ongoing education to children, adults, and their caregivers living with type 1 diabetes.

Official Website: http://www.carbdm.org/dxone