“Continuous Glucose Monitors. Much more efficient insulin. Insulin pumps. Just to name a few.”
Your shirts can get cleaned by taking them to the river; scrubbing them using a wash board; hanging them on the line to dry; dissolving starch into water; and heating the iron on the coals. Or, you can just throw the shirts into the washer and dryer, take out the starch spray; and turn on the iron. Either way, your shirts get cleaned and pressed.
Same thing with diabetes: They can produce smaller test monitors/meters which retain all your blood sugar results, using test strips which can read a droplet of blood in three seconds; produce insulin pens which makes it more convenient to inject the insulin into the body; produce thinner pricking needles and injection needles; produce loads of support publications; and form support groups. However, for the majority, the disease is a killer which does not go away. Those suffering with it must be on top of it with great self-control to conquer life-long food practices and cravings.