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Hey girls, Just over a year ago I graduated from college. I've been a diabetic since my junior year of high school and ever since my diagnosis in 2005, I have been desperately trying to figure out a better system to carry around all of my supplies. As I'm sure many of you can agree, lugging around...

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...

My name is Julie E. Balzano and I am a fifth year doctoral student in the Counseling Psychology program at Fordham University. I am writing to ask for help in recruiting participants for my doctoral dissertation research examining the sibling relationship, empathy, and interpersonal problems among adult...

Hi all, After 19 years of this, you'd think I'd have it down pat, but it's still throwing me for a loop. During puberty it seemed like no matter what I did, my a1c loved to hang out around the high 8 to low 9's range, even with a pump. The endo insisted that once hormones leveled out...

Hi Melissa, We have some info on the JDRF website about this here: http://www.jdrf.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=home.viewPage&page_id=C7FE73AE-2A5E-7B6E-105C456C402FD4B4 and here: http://www.jdrf.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=home.viewPage&page_id=C801E15D-2A5E-7B6E-10887FB92A037278 . There's also...

Since graduating from college and getting a taste of the real world, I have been stressed for the last 2 years. Diabetes is apart of my life but it does not control me. We can all agree on that. The issue I have is not so much diabetes, but how the system in our country works for taking care of the disease...

Hi Friends ! Hello my name is Kasmere and I am a senior preparing for college . I was diagnosed with Type One Diabetes in March, 2010 . Fortunately , I have been positive and truly grateful to be alive . Recently , I was told I'm out of the honeymoon stage and my body doesn't make any of it's...

Come to the 'College and Type 1 Diabetes' event on Thursday, August 19 from 7:00PM-9:00PM! This free program, which will be at the JDRF San Francisco office, includes Q & A with a panel of current college students, recent grads, parents and two UCSF diabetes educators (Colette O’Brien...

I was just diagnosed on June 4th, 2010. I will be attending college in the fall. Any tips or tricks you could tell me that my doctor won't know? Please and Thank You!

Hey, I am a sophomore in college and I feel like drinking is always involved wherever I go. Not going to lie, I usually partake.. but just wondering what other diabetics in college think and how they handle partying and insulin and whether they partake in drinking or not. And if you do drink, do you...

I am a freshman at FSU in the fall. I received an email from the housing office asking me to have my dr. prepare a letter listing the accomidations that I should receive..... So far I have found: Ability to leave class or test BG in class Ability to eat or drink to control a low BG when needed Extra...

Hey high schoolers in the class of 2010! Where are you headed next year? Potential majors/minors? I thought it would be cool for everyone to share. I'll be going to University of North Carolina Wilmington, majoring in marine biology!

Right after I was diagnosed, I heard this song and it has helped me ever since. Enjoy (I guess...) >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> CRAWLING - LINKIN PARK Crawling in my skin These wounds, they will not heal Fear is how I fall Confusing...

The A-List is my way of sharing an ongoing list of what's up in the life of a regular gal. I won't pretend to be perfect or bore you with blood sugar trends but what I will do is invite you in to see what's going on behind the curtain. I almost feel as if I should begin by saying something...

My girlfriend and I attend are freshman at college. She has told me that for the first time she can't really relate to anyone. She hasn't met anyone else on campus who also has type 1 juvenile diabetes. I don't really know how to help her I was just wondering if there was anything you knew...

Basketball player and history buff Darian shares how living with diabetes has motivated him to achieve his goals. This video was featured in Young Voices: Life With Diabetes , a national web-based video campaign allowing teens and young adults to share insights on the challenges you face living with...

Economics major Dennis shows how he juggles being a student with type 1 diabetes and an EMT. This video was featured in Young Voices: Life With Diabetes , a national web-based video campaign allowing teens and young adults to share insights on the challenges you face living with type 1 diabetes.

College student Devin talks about growing up with diabetes from infancy and what it's been like going off to college to live on her own for the first time. This video was featured in Young Voices: Life With Diabetes , a national web-based video campaign allowing teens and young adults to share insights...