| Perhaps the person who wrote the piece misunderstood the study?
"From 12 percent to 50 percent of patients interviewed said they were willing to give up 8 of 10 years of life in perfect health to avoid a life with diabetes complications, but between 10 percent and 18 percent of patients said they were willing to give up 8 of 10 years of healthy life to avoid life with treatments."
It almost sounds to me like the participants were asked if they would trade 8-10 years of their lives to not have diabetes. That's not the same as risking complications just so you don't have to try to manage the disease.
Regardless, the story is misleading and I hope that it isn't true as written.
Mark
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Dx May 2007
A1C @ Dx = 7.0
9/15/07 = 5.1 (Biosafe home test kit)
10/9/07 = 5.4
1/18/08 = 5.4
6/11/08 = 5.3
11/4/08 = 5.6
No meds - just diet and exercise | 
