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When you first get diagnosed, the way you have to inject your insulin is through a syringe. so think of what they use to give you a vaccine or the flu shot and that’s it. You get boxes of those … Continue reading →

There have been multiple factors that have led me to the faith I have today. One of those being my diagnosis of type 1 diabetes. At the time of my diagnosis, I was already questioning some things. I grew up … Continue reading →

Why a second post about traveling? Because there’s an aspect that I didn’t talk a bunch about that I ran into today. So today, I was supposed to fly out of St. Louis at 1pm, make a connecting flight in … Continue reading →

My junior year of high school was a rough one. I got my diagnosis at the very beginning and tore my ACL at the end. Im not going to lie, my diabetes was not the first thing on my mind … Continue reading →

In an earlier post, I told you about the nurse who told me I had to choose to learn to give myself a shot or I wouldn’t live a good and healthy life. That was the first time I was … Continue reading →

I’ve played soccer since before I started Kindergarten and I finished my senior year of college. I remember being in the hospital at 16 getting diagnosed and my parents and I were talking with the nutritionist about physical activity and … Continue reading →

Like I’ve mentioned before in other posts, type 1 diabetics HAVE to have insulin. There’s no other option. There’s no pill or lifestyle change, insulin must be injected into the body to stay alive. That being said… 1 in 4 … Continue reading →

The day I booked my flight, over a month ago, is when my anxiety started. TSA is a pain in the butt when all you have to do is take off your shoes and put your electronics in a separate … Continue reading →

A lot of people know the difficulty of diabetes by the complications often associated with type 2 diabetes. Of course, these things happen with type 1 diabetes as well. They think I’ve probably had diabetes since I was about 3 … Continue reading →

I get the opportunity to babysit for a family in Winston Salem and it has been the biggest blessing. I’ll tell you more about this family later, but their little girl got diagnosed with type 1 diabetes just a few … Continue reading →