MISSING PERSON
I have difficult news to share about a member of the private Juicebox group - Juicebox Podcast: Type 1 Diabetes
Lucien Vink, age 51, has been missing since Sunday, July 6, 2025. He was last seen in the Rancho Mission Viejo area of San Clemente, California, near Camino Forestal and Calle Precipicio, wearing a dark short-sleeve T-shirt, dark shorts, and carrying a black backpack.
Lucien is a type 1 who left home without his diabetes supplies. He has not contacted family or friends since that date, and authorities are deeply concerned for his safety.
Local residents have been asked to review surveillance footage from July 6, including doorbell or security cameras, for any potential clues.
Authorities encourage anyone with potential sightings or helpful information to contact the Orange County Sheriff’s Department at 714‑647‑7000 or to call 911 directly in urgent cases. Even seemingly minor details can be incredibly important.
Here’s a post Lucien shared in the Juicebox community, highlighting his strength and optimism in managing his diabetes:
"Joined the group in Feb this year, after my DX in July 22. After DX I tried, got on Dex and OP5 pretty quickly, but had 1 scary low event and kinda rode around a ‘comfortable’ 160-200 for a while. When I found this page, read many posts and listened to a bunch of podcasts, I decided to make a change with an eye on long-term effects, and be more bold and less scared of insulin. HA1c was upper 12’s at DX (had all the signs for months, ignored them, but saw the doc after realized I had lost 25lbs on a frame that had no lbs to lose in the first place), HA1c was 6.7 in Oct, and now came back today at 5.3!! Thank you Bold With Insulin and everyone here, you’ve been a humongous help and support!
PS, did not even make huge changes in lifestyle, we eat moderately healthy, still eat out quite frequently, drink here and there, but are more responsible in choices of food and drinks. Tweaked some OP settings, have been running mostly in manual for last 3 months, taking advantage of extended boluses and temp basal rates, and generally being more bold; nudge&bump, and crush&catch if needed. Once you have your brain wrapped around that it’s easier to catch a low, than bring down a high, it becomes pretty natural."
Please hold Lucien and his family in your thoughts and prayers.
Dateline Article can be found here - https://www.nbcnews.com/dateline/missing-in-america/lucien-vink-california-missing-person-rcna221559
