Adult Type 1 Diabetes
At diagnosis someone probably told you not to worry - you can live a normal life, you just have to take insulin for it. Then you went home to the part nobody warned you about: the counting, the dosing, the 3 a.m. checks, the strangers who think your snack is their business, and the hospital that handed you a 'diabetic plate' and took away the pump you manage better than they do. Type 1 diabetes is...
At diagnosis someone probably told you not to worry - you can live a normal life, you just have to take insulin for it. Then you went home to the part nobody warned you about: the counting, the dosing, the 3 a.m. checks, the strangers who think your snack is their business, and the hospital that handed you a 'diabetic plate' and took away the pump you manage better than they do. Type 1 diabetes is...
