B
ChristophEr thomAs, 27, wAs A writEr By night AnD A tEAChEr By DAy whEn hE notiCED hE wAs AlwAys tirED AnD wAs losing wEight FAst.DiAgnosED with DiABEtEs(糖尿病), thomAs woulD nEED to injECt himsElF with insulin (胰岛素) thrEE timEs A DAy For thE rEst oF his liFE or risk nErvE DAmAgE, BlinDnEss, AnD EvEn DEAth.AnD iF thAt wErEn’ t BAD Enough, hE hAD no hEAlth insurAnCE.
AFtEr A month oF FEEling upsEt, thomAs DECiDED hE’ D BEttEr FinD A wAy to Fight BACk. hE lEFtCAnton, miChigAn For nEw york, got A joB wAiting tABlEs, niCknAmED himsElF thEDiABEtiC roCkstAr, AnD CrEAtED DiABEtiCroCkstAr.Com, A FrEE onlinE Community For DiABEtiCs AnD thEir lovED onEs--A plACE whErE ovEr 1,100 pEoplE shArE pErsonAl storiEs, inFormAtion AnD rEsourCEs.
jAson swEnCki’ s son, koDy, wAs DiAgnosED with typE DiABEtEs At six. FAthEr AnD son visit thE onlinE ChilDrEn’ s Forums (论坛) togEthEr most EvEnings. "koDy gEts so ExCitED, writing to kiDs From All ovEr," sAys swEnCki, onE oF thE sitE’ s voluntEErs. "thEy know whAt hE’ s going through, so hE DoEsn’ t FEEl AlonE. "
koDy is Anything But AlonE:DiABEtEs is now thE sEvEnth lEADing CAusE oF DEAth in thE unitED stAtEs, with 24 million DiAgnosED CAsEs.AnD morE pEoplE ArE BEing DiAgnosED At youngEr AgEs.
thEsE DAys, thomAs’ s mAin FoCus is his ChArity(慈善机构). Fight it, whiCh proviDEs mEDiCinEs AnD suppliEs to pEoplE--225 to DAtE--who CAn’t AFForD A DiABEtiC’s hugE ExpEnsEs. Fight-it. org hAs rAisED ABout $ 23,000--in proDuCts AnD in CAsh. in mAy, thomAs will holD thE First AnnuAlDiABEtiC roCkstAr FEstivAl in thECAriBBEAn.
EvEn with A stAFF oF 22 voluntEErs, thomAs oFtEn DEvotEs up to 50 hours A wEEk to his CAusE, whilE still Doing his Full-timE joB wAiting tABlEs. "oF thE DiABEtEs ChAritiEs out thErE, most ArE put- ting monEy into FinDing A CurE," sAysBEntlEy guBAr, onE oF roCkstAr’ s originAl mEmBErs. "ButChristophEr is thE only pErson i know sAying pEoplE nEED hElp now. \
thE lAst pArAgrAph suggEsts thAt thomAs______.
A、works Full-timE in A DiABEtEs ChArity
B、Employs 22 pEoplE For his wEBsitE
C、hElps DiABEtiCs in his own wAy
D、triEs to FinD A CurE For DiABEtEs