Recently Elliott and Nick have been very helpful in putting a face on diabetes. As type 1’s who are using insulin pumps, I think they are helpful to many diabetic kids and adults alike. I hope that they are influential in encouraging folks to focus on tight control to help minimize long term complications. They re helping show the world that the numbers on this disease are getting pretty scary.

Every 30 seconds, another diabetic is diagnosed in the U.S.

Every 3 minutes, a diabetic dies in the U.S.

Every hour, 24 hours a day, 9 diabetics in the U.S. lose a part of their body to removal/amputation.

I hope everyone who is D sits up and takes notice that this is a disease that must be controlled and managed successfully by each diabetic. The outcome can be good or pretty terrible, it is chronic and non descriminating….it just is.

Wishing you “Well”      Peace…............Bob