We're getting closer. I believe a 5-year-old with diabetes will live long enough to be cured.
The beautiful thing about having family that has diabetes is knowing what not to do. I got an uncle that thinks insulin is supposed to enable him to eat cake.
Insulin is not a cure for diabetes; it is a treatment. It enables the diabetic to burn sufficient carbohydrates so that proteins and fats may be added to the diet in sufficient quantities to provide energy for the economic burdens of life.
Because I don't produce insulin, I have to put insulin into my body, which means that I have a pen with a needle on it. I have it with me. You have to stick it in your thigh, or your arm - a lot of different spots you can put it.
Insulin is a crisis medication.
Every little thing I've done as an adult and as a young adult, I've done diabetic.
Biocon is on a journey of making impact on global healthcare. I have to make sure that I have one in five persons who needs insulin therapy to use a Biocon product - that is my dream.
I need insulin to stay alive. It's just therapy to keep going. What I can do is make sure that I keep my blood sugar down to a reasonable level. I can exercise, and I can eat properly. And insulin plays a very big part in that.
Trying to manage diabetes is hard because if you don't, there are consequences you'll have to deal with later in life.
Diabetes is not curable. It's sustainable.
I was diagnosed with diabetes mellitus Type 1.
Intravenous injections of extract from dog's pancreas, removed from seven to ten weeks after ligation of the ducts, invariably exercises a reducing influence upon the percentage sugar of the blood and the amount of sugar excreted in the urine ... the extent and duration of the reduction varies directly with the amount of extract injected.
I think I can wipe out diabetes.
Diabetes is a great example whereby, giving the patient the tools, you can manage yourself very well.
Laughter is the best medicine - unless you're diabetic, then insulin comes pretty high on the list.
