I was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes four years ago! It was during my freshman year in high school, a scary time getting even scarier with news of having diabetes! That day when I was diagnosed I was so scared and was wondering, what will happen? When I got out of the hospital I said to myself no one has to no that I have diabetes. My best friend Stockton had diabetes. I had to see him ***** his fingers and stab himself with a sharp needle every day. I did not want to have to do that!

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