Ain't that the truth!
My great grandfather was a rich land developper in the first quarter of the 20th century in Toronto. He had diabetes. Fredrick Banting went to see him in 1923 once insulin was being manufactured to offer some to my great grandfather and to ask him for funding for more research on insulin and diabetes. Apparently he gave the donation but decided not to try this "new fancy medicine". He died in 1925 of diabetes complications.
Unfortunately, the fortune got mismanaged by his business partner and what was left in the family was used by my great grandmother to raise the 5 small kids she was left with when he died. All i got to inherit was the diabetes!!
Andrea
