...When They Did Everything...? ...their doctors asked them to do with regards to their diabetic care, while I have been a less than exemplary Type 1 diabetic who follows no care plan, diet, exercise, or monitoring schedules? As a diabetic of 30+ years, I find this a concern because all of the doctors I've seen over the years tell me that, by all conclusive evidence and my lack of following the rules, I should have been dead 20 years or more ago, yet I continue to see my friends with Type 1 diabetes who DO what they're advised to either dropping dead or suffering from diabetic complications like kidney failure, etc.