Bob Parant left his home on Long Island for the first time when he enrolled in college. Always interested in sports, he decided to try out for the football team in his sophomore year. 
One day, Parant got a message to report to the athletic office.
“The coach calls me in and says, ‘You’ve got diabetes mellitus,’” Parant said. “That was back in 1972, and that’s where it started.”
Parant, now 73, has been living with diabetes for over 50 years.
He’s generally upbeat about his condition, despite the unending regimen of blood testing and insulin injections. None of that stopped him from having a successful career in pharmaceutical sales….