Here's to the Next Fifty

Kathy Weinheimer was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes on her fifth birthday in 1957. In her column, Here’s to the Next Fifty, she relates her experiences living with diabetes for fifty years, as well as her hopes and expectations for the future.


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The First Fifty
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