Wilford Brimley - Diabeetus Transcript (OLDSK YTP)

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Good morning, I'm Wilford Brimley and I'd like to talk to you for a few minutes about diabeetus. ...Actually about diabeetus and how it's affected me in my life.
I'll start when I first diagnosed, I uhh... I was scared to death, I was experiencing symptoms that were strange and uhh... unfamilar to me, for instance, I had a
unquenchable thirst, my tongue felt like a horseshoe rasp, I was losing my vision, I was losing my energy uh... I was getting up every fifteen or twenty minutes
all through the night uh... so I wasn't getting any rest and a result of all these things, I lost all my energy. ...and I was uh... I was scared. Man doesn't like
to admit he was scared, but I truley was, I wasn't afraid to die, I knew that was coming to all of us, but what I was afraid of, was, that I might have to live along
time feeling like I felt. ...and I really wasn't interested in that. So finally at the urging of my family, uh... the ones that love me the most uh... I went see a
doctor, and he explained things to me in a language I understood. uh...and I think the most important thing he said to me was, Wilford, If you wanna get better, I'm
gonna give you a few things to do. ...and the more attention you pay to these things and the more diligent you are... the faster you'll get better and the better you'll
feel. ...and ladies and gentlemen, that's exactly the way it's been. Through the years, the closer I've paid attention the instructions of my doctor, the better I feel.
...now I'm not perfect, and I've slipped up, and I've eaten icecream and apple pie and I've done things I shouldn't do. But I wanna tell ya...

WHEN I DON'T EAT APPLE PIE AND I DON'T EAT ICECREAM AND I EAT THE FOODS I SUPPOSED TO EAT AND I DO MY EXERCISES AND I TAKE MY MEDICINE AND I DO THE PROCEDURES I WAS
INSTRUCTED TO DO, I DOOOO FEEL BETTER.

I would encourage all of you... to find a doctor that you trust and understand; I'm not doing it without help, I'm surrounded by people that; love me; who care for me; and people
that want me to feel better. Now, one of the things I've learned to do is uh... laugh at myself ...kinda loosen up ...kinda relax about the whole thing ...you know, having
type 2 adult onset diabeetus is not the worst thing in the world. uh... you know, people do learn to live with this, and along the trail you're gonna find a few things that you
oughta be... oughta be laughing at, so I would encourage you; loosen up, there's line in a song uh... forget your troubles...come on get happy...laugh all your cares away. You
know it's not a bad idea once in a while. uh... I guess at this point uh... I wanna tell you about an affiliation I formed along the way. ...along my path of recovery if you will
I was very, very fortunate, to be uh... engaged by a company; liberty medical and myself, and my best friend and partner; Dick Richards, have over the years been able to
help produce.........commercials or ads or endorsements, what ever the name you wanna give them ...and and in doing so we've put out some information that's invaluable to uh...
diabetics.

Liberty medical is a company that's staffed with people that are willing to talk to you about your situation ...that are willing to help you in your dilemma, and it is a dilemma
ladies and gentlemen, when you're first diagnosed, you will have a myriad of questions ...and what we will do is help you... uh... find solutions to these problems. ...answers
to these questions. I like to say we will, we will help you go where we have been. ...and uh... in doing so you'll find that life has some uhh... wonderful things to offer you.

There are so many new ways for you to treat your diabeetus, there are people ...more people qualified today to help you and give you accurate and valid information than there
was 30 years ago, the comparison is unreal.

In closing I would simply like to say to you uh... do the best you can with what you've got and ...and be thankful that your no worse shape than you are. ...and if you obey
these simple rules and do these simple things, I promise ya, you'll feel better. See if I'm not right, thanks for your time.... HAVE A GOOD DAY.