I am a type-2 diabetic and they took me off medication simply because I ate right and exercised. Diabetes is not like a cancer where you go in for chemo and radiation. You can change a lot through a basic changing of habits.
For my first wedding I cried all the way down the aisle. My fake eyelash...
You do have to change things as warfare changes.
Life loves to be taken by the lapel and told: 'I'm with you kid. Let's go.'