Tudiabetes, BG meters and no heart attack yet. And thanks: Banting, Best and Collip real Canadian heroes.
My mother and aunt. My aunt Patty Ann died in 1932 after a three year bout of Type I diabetes. Patty Ann was thirteen when she died and of course i never knew her. However in the last days of her life the doctors tried U20 insulin to save her life. the needles were steal and were insanely long. She cried with every injection. She never left the hospital but her family (my grandparents) later learned they had been part of a Lilly study of insulin in children.
My mother participated in the original pump trials in the early 1970’s at IU hospitals. Mom was a control subject and while her health was failing she agreed to the rigorous protocol.
Today I wear a pump and use Lilly insulin. These two women paved the way for me to live a longer more healthy life. I recognize that I have a responsibility to the future of my disease. My aunt and my mother made a difference, not for themselves. but for all of us. I am thankful for them and all the others who have given time and hope for research. We do nto have a selfish disease, if we did none of us would have what we have today.
Rick Phillips
Thanks for sharing that with us Rick. Unsung heroes for sure.