But a role more important than Mary Tyler Moore went on behind the scenes as the first-and
only a celebrity advocate for people with type 1 diabetes.
Moore died on January 25, at the age of 80 years of cardiopulmonary arrest after she contracted pneumonia. Over the years, she suffered from complications of diabetes.
Soon after her diagnosis, she became an ardent champion and one person in Hollywood who
advocated more funding and research into the disease, which attacks the Americans 1,250,000.
Moore was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes, in 1969, at the age of 33 years.
After leaving the hospital, where she was recovering from a miscarriage, normal blood showed her blood sugar levels are abnormally high.
Normal levels are between 70 and 110-750 Moore. She has kept secret the results at first glance.
"Back then, no one really knew what diabetes was. My concern about this conversation that
would be disturbing to the audience, "she said in an interview with the archive of American
television.
She's already made a name for himself with a leading role on the Dick Van Dick Show and the
Mary Tyler Moore Show in the 60 's and 70 's.
But she quickly made a name in Washington, where regularly stresses the need for juvenile
diabetes research.
In type 1 diabetes the body does not produce insulin to get glucose from the blood to the
body's cells. It is usually diagnosed in children and young adults and accounts for only 5%
of all cases of diabetes.
The most common form is type 2, officially called adult onset.
Moore started offering to the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation in the year 1984 and
soon became its international President.
She raised $ milhões through various functions and appeared several times before Congress,
where she advocated for continued funding.
In 2005, she testified before a Senate hearing about the urgent need to find a cure for the
disease, as well as 150 delegates.
Moore appeared on Capitol Hill three times more in favour of more visibility for those who
suffer from diabetes type 1 and diabetes research funding for many common tools now
available today, such as blood sugar levels of monitors.
Dr. Andrew Ahmann, Director of the Diabetes Center Harold Schnitzer at Oregon Health and
Science University, said WebMD: "at least in the first 20 years she has diabetes, would not
have been able to check their blood sugar levels.
"And if you go back to the types of insulin are available when she was diagnosed, were less
pure, less responsive, they can suddenly a peak, compared to those we have today.
Moore talked about how she was diagnosed, her body is not susceptible to a daily regimen,
she suddenly has to follow.
She said that the national institutes of health: "I was incredulous at first. In the end, I
was very healthy and active, and never expected anything like this to happen to me.
«[The doctors] worked hard to make me understand that diabetes is a serious disease. When
it sank, then became vigilant about managing my diabetes. '
Moore regularly discussed on how she was very careful with what she ate, how it works and
that it tests your blood sugar regularly.
She told Larry King that what most frightened her: "what could happen to me. As I said, I
had problems with my eyes and my legs hurt when I walk a lot. This is due to very poor circulation.
' It's called lameness and painful. So should I stop back and pretend that I look out my window, so you can get some rest and start again. "
Complications of type 1 diabetes include kidney failure, blindness, nerve damage, heart
attacks and strokes.
At the end of his life, Moore had some of them. In 2011, she had surgery to remove a benign
tumor. She was often too weak to stand and until 2014, the year was almost blind.
Although it is several times described the burden of disease, "affects you emotionally and
physically," she said she was proud of the consciousness that she brought.
JDRF has released a statement that: "in the last 30 years, Moore formed T1D and increase
awareness around the world and raised $ milhões research that one day will lead to a cure.
"With the passage of Moore, Attorney at law, our nation has lost a hero and a woman who"
turned the world of your smile "on and off the screen."
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