Some people grow up being the only person in their entire family with diabetes. And others see diabetes throughout their family members. What is it like to grow up with a parent who has diabetes? And what is it like to be a parent to a child with diabetes? Today we...
May 5, 2024, marks 32 years of living my daily life with diabetes. I was diagnosed with type 1 at the tender age of 12, and I’ve dealt with it literally every day since. Although I do my best to manage it well and keep my blood sugar in target range as much as...
The idea of trying to hide a diabetes diagnosis is familiar to one of my new friends, Bek. As a child, she tried to hide having type 1. The struggles she faced were scary and sometimes life threatening. But she has shown incredible perseverance and is now helping...
BY BRANDY DAVENPORT, CO-BLOGGER Chances are at some point you have been envious of what someone else has. Maybe it’s their new car, a vacation they took, or maybe the job that they have. For me it is less tangible … I sometimes struggle with health envy. What...
When we hear of people becoming parents of type 1 diabetics, we usually hear of parents of young children who were just diagnosed. Personally, I was 12 years old at diagnosis, and my co-blogger’s son was only 3 years of age at the time. But more often lately,...
