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> he is obviously brilliant, so controlling diabetics via insulin shots should not be hard Being brilliant and the ease someone has controlling diabetes aren’t necessarily related. The higher you are for a long time, the less you’ll notice the highs. When I was diagnosed, my A1C was over 13, so I’d likely been averaging 300+ for weeks. I felt like shit but it came on slowly over a period of months. It had been so lon…
I can understand not knowing the very 1st time (prior diagnosis), or a denial as there is no cure. Most Type 1 diabetes takes weeks/months to be diagnosed, indeed. However, his case was years long - I'd expect he'd have had a glucometer and at least a test a day (it takes less than 10sec). That's the controlling part. It's much easier to die from hypoglycemia than hyper one with insulin treated diabetes, with the for…
Personally, as a person with Type 1 Diabetes who has relatively good control, I am much more worried about DKA than an unexpected low. Modern insulin analogs are very predictable and I eat a very structured diet. I wear a CGM and am very aware of my #s. It's much more likely that illness or some other factor will send me into DKA than an unexpected low will kill me.
This isn't true for all people with diabetes though.