I thought this part was interesting. "during the first season of 30 Rock, he didn’t take the disease seriously."
I was sharing a house with a few people and one of them was a diabetic who had a similar attitude. He knew he had diabetes and that was why he woke up 3 times a night to urinate

but he didn't want to know absolutely anything else about diabetes.
He was quite firm about this and he also happened to be the most unpleasant person in the house, so I was happy to not bother him with information. But sooner or later it is all going to catch up with him.