Of course, people with diabetes travel by modes other than RVs, which can require different types of preparation. Peter Lanzer, a type 2 diabetes patient in Connecticut, has been a frequent flier for years, often jetting to overseas destinations.
Whenever Nancy and Buford Crook pull their 41-foot RV out of the driveway for another long road trip, there's something they both never leave their Kansas home without — diabetes.
Fishing can be a frustrating pastime, which probably explains those countless tall tales of big ones that got away. John Fox, however, is having none of that. He's all about catching fish, lots of them, and the bigger the better.
Murray Pincus of Boca Raton, Fla., has devoted his post-retirement life to helping people with diabetes. The 78-year-old has battled type 2 diabetes himself for 50 years.
Dr. Wendy Satin Rapaport was a hospital social worker when she met the patient who sparked her interest in the psychological component of diabetes care. “He was a 16-year-old whose mother had died, who would repeatedly stop taking his insulin and end up in the hospital,” she says.
Mike Murray knows all about following the rules. He should — he’s the assistant chief of police for Versailles, Ky. But long before he joined the force, Murray had to follow the rules dictated by diabetes.
Butch Young, 65, is careful to keep both his diabetes and his high blood pressure in check. That way, his health doesn’t get in the way of his travels. After retiring from a career in sales, he and his wife, Betty, sold their Texas home in 2003. They’ve been touring the United States and Canada ever since in a 36-foot-long fifth-wheel trailer.
The link between diabetes and heart disease is well documented. But in many cases a patient doesn’t learn he or she has diabetes until after surviving a heart attack. At 54, Jo Ann Jamison survived a second heart attack, and was then told she had diabetes.
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