+1. Yup never believed in one, not even once.
Since I was 2 years old with my physician family hammering it into my head not to trust in false hope and roll my sleeves up for this lifelong siege knowing it would never end and have not thought nary once of such things. The biggest pluses were home blood glucose monitoring not long after diagnosis, insulin pump in the 90’s and low carb diet not long after. I don’t use the modern continuuous technology because its not that accurate. The new semi automatic pumps allow you to eat what you want but in the end ends up giving you too much insulin turning patients into huge butterballs. If the worst thing is being without insulin (death), the second worst thing is doing MORE of it (makes you really fat, full of cancer, inflammation and hungry). Hence the exercise to burn everything off and keep doses down to anti inflammatory, modest levels.
In the end its not that bad hence all the toys and experiences like kayaking making it more palatable instead of just running on a treadmill for 2-3 hours a day. Its just a lot of work.