So the question is, do all people accept someone with diabetes? Are they scared or do they just not understand?
In my 17 years of life, I havn't had many boyfriends. However I do have a bunch of guy friends. I mean no offense, but sometimes it takes guys a little longer to understand stuff! :) From my experience with telling the guys that... Read more
I was diagnosed with diabetes on March 6, 1999; and every year on that day, my family and I celebrate my diabetes birthday. Diabetes may not be a happy or easy disease, but if we all have to live with it every day why not celebrate it! We always do something fun to celebrate getting through another hard year of diabetes. I hit a decade this year... Read more
Since I was three years old, dancing has been a constant in my life. Dance is a release on my reality. It helps me to focus so much it's effortless and relieve my body and mind of all tension. There was never a question on whether I would stop dancing once I got diagnosed with diabetes, it was just delt with. Over the past three years I have... Read more
My name is Shelby and I have been looking into volunteering for a diabetes camp in the local St. Louis or surrounding areas for a while. As a kid with diabetes I attended Camp Red Bird in St. Louis, but I heard they shut that camp down. Is there any around my area that I would be able to be a counsulor for? This is a way I would love to spend my... Read more
" It takes more courage and strength to ask for help then it does to do it alone." I had to find out the consequences of this the hard way. About two years ago I was so independent with my diabetes that my family hardly helped me with any of it. It seemed like I was doing fine to all of them, but the truth was, I wasn't fine. I was... Read more
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