It is amazing how few people know the difference between Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes, and their causes and effects, like jshevek. I have had Type 1 since I was

It is amazing how few people know the difference between Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes, and their causes and effects, like jshevek. I have had Type 1 since I was in grade school and have had to deal with countless teachers, friends, and relatives who have admonished me to just cut out sweets to treat my disease. Most of them never realize that if I stopped controlling my blood sugar with finger pricks, my insulin pump, and extreme attention to food and drink for even a day or two I would become so ill as to require hospitalization, and shortly after that, if not corrected, be in a condition which could be life-threatening (DKA). Even a person with well-controlled diabetes faces long-term complications, and it is a disease that requires constant vigilance. Multiple glucose tests per day (even with a continuous glucose monitor, you need to calibrate it with a meter test), finely tuned insulin delivery rates, insulin sensitivity calculation, insulin to carb ratio calculation, how carbohydrates of different complexity or mixing a fat or protein into your meal might affect how much insulin you need or when you need it to avoid hyper- or hypoglycemia. Minimed is coming out with an (almost) closed loop CGM/pump system, which will do continuous monitoring and also insulin delivery adjustment--I am hoping to get one, but it may be too expensive even with insurance. The fact that any company with the brains and pockets of Apple is even approaching improvements for people with Type 1 is great news...