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Good evening everyone, I have been diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes for over 2 years now and it was quite the blow to my life. Like many of you, it came out of the blue and changed a lot of things very quickly. I was lucky enough to be surrounded by amazing friends and family that made sure I never felt...

I have had the reaction from countless people when I tell them I'm diabetic of "You dont look diabetic" I don't look diabetic? What does that even mean? What does diabetes look like? Should I have a bottle of insulin growing out of my head? Should I have a syringe hanging out of my...

Hi all. My sweet darling 5 y/o little girl was diagnosed 10/2010 (a week before her 4th birthday) w/ T1 diabetes. We've learned a lot, and eat healthy and have been on the OmniPod for the past 6 months. We have her A1C at 7.3. She is fantastically healthy, sweet and fun. We are blessed to have her...

Alright guy's, I'm looking for some help on this project i'm doing for school. I need your help by either recording a video or taking a pic and writing something about diabetes. I really need it so i can edit this video so my speech infront of the school isn't boring an people enjoy it...

I was diagnosed on March 7 of 2004. I was 10. I thought this was going to be a piece of cake and that I was going to be a "good" diabetic all my life. I was wrong. After my grandfather past in 2005, I started not testing, blousing and acted like nothing was wrong. I was in sixth grade. It was...

I've had my first experience (and I hope my last) with a hypoglycemic seizure at night. Luckily, my partner is well aware of the situation and was able to call EMS, etc. However, I'm now terrified of sleeping. My new CGM will be here Monday, but until I trust that thing, and even if I do, I won't...

So , Today is just one of those days where I just don't want to do ANYTHING. I am soo exhausted from trying to accept the fact that my life has to change..everything has to change. I have had diabetes for almost a year now and still haven't accepted the fact that i have to take care of myself...

I have been off the pump for 2 1/2 years, but i had the deltec cozmo for about 5years before that. From what i hear they don't even make this pump anymore. I've been thinking about going back on the pump because my A1C has gotten a little out of control. Someone suggested the omnipod. I like...

Hey everyone! Im Drew and im about to be a freshman in college and i have been diagnosed with type one diabetes for 7 years now. For the most part I felt like i had pretty good control over my numbers but lately things to seem a lot more frusterating and difficult. I havent started collegeyet but i would...

I'm new to diabetes. I was just diagnosed a month ago. I went into the emergency room with a blood sugar of 408 and went back to school later that week. I got through a week of school perfectly fine with slightly high sugar levels but two weeks after my diagnosis i suddenly felt dizzy, tired and...

I go to a school that does NOTHING for diabetes. Never had a fundraiser, never done an awareness program. I really would like to start one. I'm know who to talk to but I don't know what to do for a fundraiser and awareness program. We have 2 other younger kids that also have diabetes who were...

Ok so i have insurance, Blue Cross Blue Shield, and with my insurace my testing strips are 50.00$ Who can i call or what can i do to get some kind of assistance with this, i will be starting insulin soon and i can only imagine how much all this will cost me, Help....

My 13yr old daughter was diagnosed with Type 1 in February of this year. She cks her blood sugar at least 4 times daily and does her insulin shots at least 4 times daily. School starts in about a month and we have been talking about the pump. She is in Band, Cards & Marching Band. And she feels ashamed...

My daughter Traeh has daycare with her dad's parents but they are always making mistakes with her diabetes care. I've tried telling them what they should be doing and they have been lying to me about things too. I'm a single mom and have a serious boyfriend that is willing to learn about...

i have been a diabetes for the last 5 or 6 years but when i first found out i had diabetes i was good with taking sugars and insulin but now i am find it so hard for the last few year since i have been out of high school and now trying to work with diabetes is so hard with the timeing of shifts and when...

So I need some help on something.... I have been trying extremely hard to get some sort of meet and greet for the Jonas Brothers concert in St. Louis on July 28th. I've tried different contacts and emailing a few people, but nothing has come through yet. Since Nick Jonas is diabetic and we are all...

My son has type 1 and I wanted to know if anyone can help me out. It's getting near summertime and he is on the pump and is there anything you can do to keep the site from coming off his skin? It seems if he is in the water for a period of time that the glue comes loose and we are always changing...

alirght so ive been doing sports forever, im a junior in high school and have been ranked in new england(pv) since freshman year any sports questions in general, i can help answer it ive been everywhere from swimming to basketball and football to lacrosse and such