That headline is not really the point of my absolutely fun and revealing interview with Fran. She just happens to have gotten T1D at 14 and 57 years later be complication free.

What’s more interesting, however, is the wit and reflections that drop out of her mouth. Like how her strict Catholic upbringing and the Brooklyn nuns contributed her ‘diabetes obedience’ and what she sees as several divine interventions.

This interview, along with others already posted and more to come, lives on a relatively new site, and new Facebook group, T1Dto100.com. It’s an educational resource for those of us living into our twilight years with T1D. As invisible as T1D is, we may be even more invisible so I can’t thank my friend, Joanne Milo, enough for creating this arena now helping and representing us. Check it out no matter how old you are or if you’re a parent or caregiver. You are guaranteed to learn something useful.