Under the *worst* of circumstances, it results in death, or serious handicap, early in life, or in the prime of life, or prematurely in mid to late middle age.

Social security? Not much help for those who die an average of 15 years prematurely, before retirement age.

In any case, persons who have it must deal with it, and persons close to persons who have it have a variable by which they can either

1) decline to accept any responsibility, leaving  the type 1 victim on their own to deal with the
disease, a rather cold-hearted approach, but one which many adopt

2) accept a begrudging degree of responsibility dealing with the disease by guilt-tripping the
type 1 victim, berating and scolding them and harping at them to be diabetes-obsessed,
and making certain that the type 1 victim is made aware that any blood sugar level not
near normal is the type 1 victim’s fault

3) attempt to be one with the type 1 victim, being fully aware that perfection is, while a noble goal,
not a realistic one, and knowing that helping and empathizing with the type 1 victim, creating
bridges and understanding, treating them with respect and admiration, loving them, caring
about them, honoring their individual aspirations, that is the ideal by which the best can be made
out of a situation which, short of a cure, is some – what akin to a living nightmare