Labor Day honors the laborers who built the backbone of our country. We are incredibly grateful to the people who built our roads, bridges, railroads, buildings; the miners, and all the factory workers; the tradespeople, and everyone else I’m forgetting.
In diabetes we’ve seen amazing advances in supplies, devices, and medications, so I want to give a shout out to all the workers who played or play a role in making all the things we are so dependent on every day. From the glucose strips to the pen needles; from the pump parts to the CGM adhesive. All of it.
How often do we actually stop and think about what goes into making these products? Are they all made by machines these days? Maybe. But I’m guessing workers oversee those machines and make sure everything goes as it’s supposed to so we get our goods on the other side.
Thanks to everyone who labors for those of us who have diabetes. We wouldn’t be here without you.