This month Diabetes Healthmagazine was about diabetes heroes. I think there are more diabetes heroes around than we could ever write about and we generally tend to only hear about celebrities or someone who’s done something extraordinary. 

But after interviewing more than 125 people with diabetes, we simple folk who live every day with this condition, are in my mind pretty darn heroic for all we do and still get up each morning to do it all again.

Here’s one such story of a simple heroThomas Fineco: A man who decided after his diagnosis to take life by the seat of his pants and get in shape. 

You could consider what he’s done extraordinary or merely a guy who determined to get the most out of life. The same opportunity lies before all of us, whether you put legs (or a bicycle seat) under your dream.