On World Diabetes, A Tribute to Mary Hunt

The diabetes community lost another member recently.  I knew her as Mary Hunt, and she died at age 66.  She had been hospitalized for illness recently, so her passing was not a complete surprise to her family, but its always sad when we lose someone of any age.  Her husband Dave shared the news via email the other day.  In many ways, Mary was one of the developers of today's Diabetes Online Community.  She helped start the Diabetics International Foundation [http://members.tripod.com/diabetics_world/], which worked tirelessly for the many patients who suffered hypoglycemia unawareness attributed to biosynthetic insulin (an adverse effect the drug industry would prefer no one knew about, and has worked tirelessly to silence, although organizations such as The Insulin Dependent Diabetes Trust), helping to establish processes with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to enable patients to import natural insulin varieties from the UK and Argentina.On this World Diabetes Day, I am sharing Mary's obituary (see http://goo.gl/Y7LMRQ).  I am saddened by Mary's passing, but eternally grateful to her for the work she did over the years to help others, as well as her kindness of spirit.  Much of what she did helped me in the work I've tried to do with Diabetes Advocates with the FDA, and I believe patients with diabetes will remain an important constituency for the FDA to consider.  On the latter note, please consider signing a petition to the FDA...
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