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Hello all! I'm sure it has been posted many times before, but we are having a horrible time with our daughter's school nurse. She is only ten and in fourth grade. We have had some incidents of her school nurse overstepping when it comes to educating Jocelyn on her diabetes. Things such as mild...

I know it's a bit "out there" but maybe he was trying to impress you so you'd become friends? Definitely failed, understandably! Probably better off without that friendship, eh! ;P

http://www.change.org/petitions/center-for-disease-control-change-the-name-of-type-1-diabetes-to-betazelltod-disease This is a petition that I started to get Type 1 recognized as it's own disease. It is not the same disease as Type 2 and I believe that the medical and the public at large need to...

You see I was diagnosed on summer vacation and I have a month until going back to schoool. Im scared to know what to do because 70% of school is exersise. What do I do? xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo SARAH

Hi all, My family and I are going to disneyland in a few weeks and we were wondering what precautions we should take to waterproof my Girlfriends insulin Pump for rides such as splash mountain and priates. We already know how to take care of spikes and lows but waterproofing has been an issue and we...

Good evening everyone, I have been diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes for over 2 years now and it was quite the blow to my life. Like many of you, it came out of the blue and changed a lot of things very quickly. I was lucky enough to be surrounded by amazing friends and family that made sure I never felt...

I have had the reaction from countless people when I tell them I'm diabetic of "You dont look diabetic" I don't look diabetic? What does that even mean? What does diabetes look like? Should I have a bottle of insulin growing out of my head? Should I have a syringe hanging out of my...