The end of a year and the marker of a decade are a time to reflect. None of the insulin’s I inject was on the market ten years ago. I combine Lantus in the morning and Levemir at night to get basal insulin pretty close to what my islets would have given me. I can inject Novolog when I eat (rather than earlier when my meal insulin was Regular), lowering social anxiety (“Excuse me, can you tell me when exactly we will eat? I have a metabolic disease.”) Best of all I can measure my blood sugar as often as I want, and quickly adjust insulin as needed. In short, I have the tools I need to manage my diabetes and lead a pretty healthy life.
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Scott King is the President of Cerco Medical, a biotechnology company working with the Hanuman Medical Foundation to develop the Islet Sheet, a solution to diabetes. He was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes in 1977, and since then has been devoted to understanding and curing the disease. The Hanuman Medical Foundation is pleased to present his occasional essays on what he has learned over the years of studying this personal disease.
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