WASHINGTON — Shane Thompson knows the nightmare facing diabetics struggling to afford the insulin necessary to regulate their blood sugar.
The Plano, Texas, engineer was first diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes as a college senior about 15 years ago. For months beforehand, she had been losing weight and experiencing extreme thirst, hunger and fatigue.
Then she came down with what she initially thought was a nasty flu. She ended up in the intensive care unit, where doctors were stunned by her sky-high blood sugars and told her that she had nearly died.
