Personal Narrative: Dealing With Type One Diabetes

Waiting in the the waiting room of the doctors office felt like an eternity after they ran tests on my brother. While waiting there my brothers and I were just playing games on my mom’s phone while she sat nervously. She had a look on her face that I have not seen many times before. At the time, I had a general idea of what diabetes was but never thought about how serious, time-consuming, and life changing it is. The only thing that was on my mind at the time was how much homework I had that night.

I fight for my health every day in ways most people do not understand I lay in bed struggling just to get up in the morning only to get faced with a new day of troubles. All I think about is the day that being a normal eighteen year old ended for me. I was responsible went to work every day, and was trying to figure out my first year of college until everything was flipped upside down.

I've experienced a lot of events which had great impact on me since I was young. Thinking of life changing events, the one I would like to share is when I was diagnosed with Type 2 Diabetes. It was a very devastating day for me. A day that changed my life. I never thought Id get through but today I can say that Diabetes has changed me for the better.

Type 1 diabetes is a disease that is most commonly diagnosed in children, is rarely diagnosed in adulthood, and “Diabetes at a glance” (2016) reveals that nearly two million people were newly diagnosed with the disease in 2016 in the U.S. alone, and one of the people included in that two million is myself. Throughout the

April 20th, 2010 is a date that will be forever engraved into my mind. It was it was the day I was diagnosed with diabetes. Diabetes is when the pancreas stops producing insulin. There are two types, type one is when your pancreas does not produce any insulin. Type two is when your body produces some insulin, but not enough, If you have type one, you have to inject yourself with insulin, but when you have type two you generally only have to take a pill. Insulin was originally taken from pigs, but as technology has advanced it is now made in a lab. Insulin - A protein, pancreatic hormone secreted by the beta cells of the islets of Langerhans that Is essential, especially for the metabolism of carbohydrates and the regulation of glucose levels

Throughout our lives we are asked the question, “Do you believe in magic?” A majority of people answer no, knowing that bunnies cannot simply appear out of thin air and that people cannot be sawed in half and be put back together without harm. I am part of the minority that would say yes, I do believe in magic. I do not believe in the magic mentioned previously, as I cannot be deceived by sleight of hand tricks and optical illusions. But, I have experienced magic, a rare kind that not many get to experience in their lifetime. It’s the magic of a place, my home away from home, Clara Barton Camp, a camp for young girls with Type 1 Diabetes.

Millions of people have diabetes and half of them don’t even realize they have it.

In January of 2015, I was diagnosed with Non-Insulin Dependent Diabetes Mellitus or Type 2 Diabetes. I was horrified with the diagnosis. As a child I watched my grandmother and many other members of my family suffer with the disease and die. There were many strokes, heart attacks, and finally an amputation.

Imagine you wake up in the morning to go to school, but before you can eat breakfast you have to check your blood sugar. It’s almost lunch time, you have to leave class early and go to the bathroom because you have to check your blood sugar. This time you have to give yourself insulin because that waffle you had at breakfast skyrocketed your number. Before you go on your dinner date, you have to check your blood sugar. This is a typical day for someone living with diabetes, constantly checking your blood sugar before every meal and sometimes giving yourself a shot of insulin when needed. There are multiple types of diabetes an individual could have which changes how it is treated. Life with Type 1 Diabetes is easier to adjust to than life

The universe taunts us with the infinite mysteries it holds. Throughout our existence, we have bargained with the universe in order to release its secrets. But the battle isn’t over yet; especially health. Although people ripped these breakout cures and treatments for certain illnesses from the clutches of the universe, many still remain unknown/ ineffective. Personally, I want to uncover the details of diabetes from the universe.

I am a loyal customer of your store at 9 mile rd and Van Dyke in Warren, MI for many years now. Buying my household needs as well as my pharmaceuticals at your store. I am a diabetic without insurance and never had a problem buying my needs at your locations before. Last week that changed.

Did you know that only 200,000 Americans under the age of 20 have type one Diabetes? A terrible disease that adds an extra burden on a person's everyday life has unfortunately taken over mine, and ended up changing me for the better. In life everyone always tells you that you’ll recuperate the obstacles life throws your way, and in the best cases you’ll grow and build from it. When I was 9 years old I speculated that there was no light at the end of the tunnel, that I would be necessitated to depend on my parents for the rest of my life. I was nine, and I was already petrified for the life that I had ahead of me.

When I was a teenager the first motor bike was called a buzzer. My boss gave it to me when I worked for him, he noticed i was walking home every day from work. I was living with a friend at that time and it was a fourteen minute walk to work.

Diabetes is a disease that surfaces an abundance of negatives in media and society. The disease is extremely difficult to deal with in regards to the complete of ignorance of society when dealing with such a finicky and stubborn chronic illness. Some popular quotes from people are, “You don’t look sick”, “Oh his parents let him eat junk”, or my personal favorite, “He’s taking a needle…is that heroin?” It is important to realize that these comments stem from a lack of knowledge about the types of diabetes. Type 1 diabetes is the result of an autoimmune attack on the pancreas organ, which in turn obliterates the cells that produce insulin. On the other hand, Type 2 diabetes is the result of heavy genetic factors,

On September 26, 2016, three days after my nineteenth birthday, I was diagnosed with type one diabetes.