Kyle Clark

I wish people knew that diabetes… …looks like my beautiful fiancée. Rachel lives every day with Type 1 since she was 15. That means every day she has to be perfect to make sure her blood sugar is correct. She doesn’t get a day, an hour, or even a...

Lloyd Taylor

My pancreas doesn’t provide insulin to me like theirs does, but I can do it pretty well with my insulin pump. My diet is not much different than other people’s, but I just count the amount of carbs (and protein and fat too since I’m at it) that I put...

James Stout

After spending a great week at the Children With Diabetes, Friends For Life Conference in Orlando, I have been reflecting on what I want people to know about diabetes and what I want other people with Diabetes to know about how Diabetes is for other people who...

Briley Boisvert

I’m lucky, my family has always been supportive of what it takes to live with diabetes. But I don’t live with my family. I live with roommates and I have friends that live really close by. They’re there when we’re traveling. Or walking. Or...

Ashley

Here’s a few things I wish people knew about diabetes. Originally posted on my blog: https://bittersweetdiagnosis.com/2016/04/21/iwishpeopleknewthatdiabetes/ I wish people knew that diabetes is not a punchline. How often have we heard or seen this: ‘Omg look at that...

Heather Scott

May make me exhausted EVERY SINGLE DAMN DAY, but I still get up, can raise my daughter, be a good wife, mum, work, and can live a practically normal life…if you can call injecting 5 times a day normal… Heather Scott...