“I am nominating my husband Gene as a Diabetes Champion. He was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes as the age of 5 and has lived with diabetes for 66 years. This February it will be 67 years. Gene has experienced both the high and lows of dealing with diabetes. With careful monitoring of his sugar levels (4 to 6 times per day) and injections of 4 insulin shots a day, he still has good eye sight and use of his legs. He is determined to see his grandchildren grow up. Our grand children range in age of 6 months to 15 years. To date, neither of them have been diagnosed with diabetes.”