Sotomayor Doing Fine After Treatment by Paramedics, Court Says

[Rollo]

12. Insulins have gotten quite expensive and good health insurance is a must for diabetics...

And the cost of insulin for a diabetic can easily outstrip the Part D coverage of Medicare, as well, landing seniors in the donut hole and many thousands poorer while on fixed incomes.

I know... I was diagnosed as T2 back around 2001. Been living with it since then. I'm on insulin and I keep glucose tablets with me at all times. It is not unusual to misjudge things and wind up dipping too low. I can tell when that happens, still, although I understand that as time goes on diabetics tend to lose the ability to determine, just from feeling, whether their BS is too high or dangerously low.

Sotomayor is T1 diabetic. From my reading over the past two decades, it appears that T1 diabetics tend to live longer than T2 ones. Perhaps having something to do with the insulin resistance that accompanies T2 diabetes but not usually T1 type. So, hopefully, Trump will be disappointed that Justice Sotomayor will not have to resign due to her condition, and he won't get to appoint a replacement.

And, in any case, it points up the dire need for us Democrats to take back the Senate this fall, so we can reject Trump's next SCOTUS appointee.