Patients and Families
About the Study
- Participant Testimonial“I put my kids in the NextGen study because I knew my grandmother had T2D, I had it, and I thought ‘Okay, it’s going through the generations.’ I thought, I want them to learn, because I didn’t learn about it until I had gestational diabetes. I know my grandmother was trying to tell me little bits here and there and I wasn’t listening until I actually had to deal with it. I thought, okay I want my kids to know about this because they might get it. They might have to deal with this, so I want them to know about it. I want to catch it before it gets to a point where it’s incurable, if it goes into kidney disease or if they have eye complications, all that stuff. I want them to be healthy and learn about it and see a dietician and make sure that they’re okay. I’m glad they did because 3 of them, out of my 6 biological kids are experiencing diabetes. So, they all know about it now. They know who to reach out to, they know how to deal with it, they know how to sugar test. It’s not a big deal to poke their fingers now. They know how to do all that.”