Sotomayor manages diabetes well, friends say
July 10th, 2009From the New York Times:
Friends, colleagues and her physician say Judge Sonia Sotomayor is managing her diabetes effectively, with a no-nonsense attitude and attention to detail that have characterized her legal opinions. Sotomayor has been nominated to serve on the Supreme Court.
Andrew Jay Drexler, her long-time doctor, wrote in a letter provided by the White House that
… Judge Sotomayor has maintained “excellent control” over her blood sugar in the more than 20 years he has cared for her. She is free from eye, kidney and nerve complications and not expected to develop any, he wrote, adding that her blood sugar levels, as measured by the standard A1C hemoglobin test, have consistently been “better than 98 percent of diabetics.”
… “She watches her diet and does all the things somebody with diabetes who is prudent would do,” said Ellen Chapnick, a dean at Columbia Law School and a close friend, “but not in a way that makes her a victim of a disease or a person whose life is ruled by a disease.”
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July 15th, 2009 at 8:44 am
I have a feeling that the appointment of Judge Sotomayor is the best thing that ever happened to the American judicial system. What has been outlined about her shows how well thought-of she is. She is unwavering in her approach to issues and one can not afford to ignore her fortitude. Her background particularly her meteoric rise to her present status truly exemplifies the American story and to a considerable extent human story. She will surely surprise the American doubting Thomas’s with her astounding performance. On behalf of my cohort, we are wishing her success in all her endeavours.