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.
We live in an age where anonymity is growing in magnitude like a bomb going off.