How interesting it is that this bug would like to visit Mattannur, India. I think half the residents of the apartment complex here are from India. The aroma from their kitchens is fascinating at times.
My grandmother and grandfather both had diabetes or were right on the cusp of it and had to alter their diets late in their lives. Both were active and healthy -- working in the vegetable and flower gardens brought them happiness and healthy food.
A friend in high school had much worse diabetes. I remember watching one night as she was loaded into an ambulance and rushed to the hospital. I later found out that she had been in a coma at the time. It was weeks before she came back to school.