I read an article about Gary Hall Jr. in WebMD magazine and learned something new. Hall is a Type One diabetic and won his Olympic medals as a diabetic. At the time of his diagnosis his doctors told him he would never again swim competitively.
How far have we come in just the last decade? I cannot imagine a doctor today telling a diabetic they cannot accomplish their goals, whatever they are. That's not a knock on his doctors from back then. We know so much more about the disease now and have the tools to manage it better.
Just think what the pump has done for controlling blood sugars. Think about a diabetic in 1970 testing his blood sugar through his urine, not his blood. Using glass syringes that had to be boiled between each use. Having only one type of insulin to manage his disease.
Think what the next 40 years will bring.
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