Why I Started This Blog

One of the most common reaction with T1D people is that we know nearly nothing about T1D until we get it.

Most of us know almost nothing about it until one day, it suddenly shows up, like a car accident. Out of nowhere, you’re told that you now have an incurable condition that you’ll have to manage for the rest of your life.

Some people are diagnosed at 7 months old, some like me at 16, and others even at 48. Everyone reacts with confusion. Someone diagnosed at 48 might think, “Wait, isn’t this childhood diabetes? Why me?” The parents of a 7-month-old wonder, “How can such a small baby handle injections or wear a Dexcom? It's almost the size of her arm!"And for teenagers like me, who are already going through an unstable, confusing time in life, it just adds one more thing, even without needing to say it.

It’s not only that others don’t know; even before being diagnosed, we ourselves know almost nothing about it. Maybe we’ve just heard the name once, but that’s it. Then one day, your body changes forever. You find out you have an incurable disease, yet until that moment, no one ever talked about it.

That’s why I started this blog. I wanted to be a small source of comfort or help for someone who might be endlessly searching about T1D after being diagnosed, just like I did. Or maybe for someone who isn’t the patient, but has a friend, a family member, or someone close who was suddenly diagnosed and is trying to understand what this all means. I wanted to help them know what this disease really is.

This blog is about how people with T1D live, and the journey we go through each day.

Turning Red (Source: Pixar)