A Retired nurse on ill health with a full NHS pension, Lee has had Type One Diabetes for 51 years. Lee’s condition became so unmanageable, due to injecting since he was three and incline not getting absorbed properly anymore, that it forced him into early retirement. Lee developed fat atrophy- the loss of fatty tissue on his skin through the volume of injections he’s had to do over the years. This means that any insulin Lee injects will take 3-4 hours to take effect, when the usual time is about 10 minutes, sometimes it doesn’t get absorbed at all.

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Lee believes that Flash is a great thing to have, and if given out it should be given to all. But he doesn’t believe it’s life-saving, he believes people already have the necessary tools to maintain sufficient Diabetic control, this device just makes it easier.