Someone has a device that reads one’s blood sugar continuously. Don’t know if there’s something that automatically gives you insulin (besides a pump, I think), but sounds like Diabetes 1 will soon not be a problem.
“Someone has a device that reads one’s blood sugar continuously. Don’t know if there’s something that automatically gives you insulin (besides a pump, I think), but sounds like Diabetes 1 will soon not be a problem.”
My niece, who is now 50, has had Type I since she was 7. She has, throughout her life, been fastidious about maintaining her blood sugar, has had 5 children, and has the latest insulin pump. ( and she is married to a doctor) She is now starting to have macular degeneration and other signs that the Diabetes is still winning, and may well end up shortening her life. So I think it would be a mistake to think that with the advances in medical science with respect to this disease, that it is going to end up “not being a problem” in the near term. The issue is that nothing yet is able to master the body’s process for maintaining proper levels of insulin on a continuous basis. And every time you go out of tolerance, irreversible damage is done.