Fade in.

Close-up on a hand, shaking slightly as it lifts a metal cup. Pan as the camera moves to the subject's face, barely able to take a swallow of fluid without spilling it. After a half-coughed swallow, the hand half-slams the cup back on the workspace. The man shakes his head, unable to concentrate, pushes off from the workspace, and snaps at several other people as he walks briskly away.

From the second I saw the hand shake, I thought, "He's low. He's acting like he's low. Get the man some orange juice; he's about to pass out."

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In my previous post, I took a few examples of STAR TREK's medical technology and cultural biases to
speculate on whether or not diabetes mellitus might exist among humans living in that fictional universe, and
some methods by which it might be treated.

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With all of my STARFLEET chapter's preparations for the new STAR TREK movie opening next Friday, I decided to take a few minutes' retrospective to consider how diabetes might be treated in the STAR TREK universe, and how I expect it might be treated in Real Life.

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