Northerner
Admin (Retired)
- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 1
Twenty years ago, I wrote an op-ed piece for The Courant on living with Type 1 insulin-dependent diabetes, and said my goal was to receive a 50-year medal from Joslin Diabetes Center at Harvard.
Well, I did it. It will be 50 years on Wednesday.
More than 4,000 medals have been awarded to people who have lived with Type 1 diabetes for 50 years. I am humbled and proud to be a member of this very small, unique, class.
My first day on insulin, a hormone that allows glucose to enter the cells to be converted to energy, was Dec. 10, 1964. Back then, reaching age 50, let alone 50 years on insulin, was a long shot. Diabetes was a leading cause of death and blindness. Life expectancy was estimated to be one-third less than for people without diabetes.
http://www.courant.com/opinion/op-e...rs-diabetes-survival-1209-20141208-story.html
Well, I did it. It will be 50 years on Wednesday.
More than 4,000 medals have been awarded to people who have lived with Type 1 diabetes for 50 years. I am humbled and proud to be a member of this very small, unique, class.
My first day on insulin, a hormone that allows glucose to enter the cells to be converted to energy, was Dec. 10, 1964. Back then, reaching age 50, let alone 50 years on insulin, was a long shot. Diabetes was a leading cause of death and blindness. Life expectancy was estimated to be one-third less than for people without diabetes.
http://www.courant.com/opinion/op-e...rs-diabetes-survival-1209-20141208-story.html