Personal Narrative: Type One Diabetes

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Do you know someone who is or was gravely affected by a disease? I do. My brother, Billy, was diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes (T1D) when I was 10 years old. When we first realized that he was not feeling okay, we were at school when one of my friends’ mom noticed and told my mom. Before this incident, I was irresponsible and did not pay much attention to anyone other than myself.

Type 1 diabetes, is an incurable but treatable disease which can occur at any age but is mostly found in children due to the high levels of glucose in the blood (Eckman 2011). Juvenile diabetes affects about 1 in every 400-600 children and more than 13,000 are diagnosed yearly (Couch 2008). Type 1 Diabetes means your blood glucose, or blood sugar, is too high. With Type 1 diabetes, your pancreas does not make insulin. Insulin is a hormone, which helps glucose gets into your cells to provide energy. Without insulin, too much glucose stays in your blood. Over time, high blood glucose can lead to serious problems with your heart, eyes, kidneys, nerves, gums and teeth (American Diabetes Association). Previous research has suggested proper

When I was five years old, I was diagnosed with type one diabetes. It was 11 years ago on New Year’s Eve, and I was celebrating the holiday by consuming an immense amount of sugar. My mother, who already had two other young children with diabetes, immediately recognized that I was suffering from the symptoms of hyperglycemia. After I was diagnosed, I was given a book and a bear. The book was about how the other kids would react to my diagnosis, and the bear was covered in colourful patches that corresponded to the areas on my own body that I could give my insulin injections.

September 27, 2006 is a date that I will never forget. It was the day that my four-year-old daughter was diagnosed with Type I diabetes. My daughter spent three days in the hospital to get her blood sugar levels back to normal. My husband and I were educated on diabetes management. During this stressful and overwhelming time, we became dedicated in meeting the needs of our newly diagnosed Type 1 diabetic daughter. Diabetes management became a part of our lives.

I remember it like it was yesterday. The horror of it. She’s gone. I never thought in a million years it’d end like that. A stroke? After beating cancer, not once, but twice. Seriously? The doctors said she’d never wake up, never talk, never recognize me. Why bother keeping her on life support? It’s not her. My dad told us “she’s not going to make it.” My brother, dropping, fell to his knees. A guy 6’2” 220, lost it. That day ruined our family. Mom was the glue, the one who intervened when my dad went military on us. The one who always had your back and took care of us. But now, because of a nation’s lackadaisical attitude towards type two diabetes, she’s dead.

My cousin with type 2 diabetes. A few moths ago my cousin and I were at a lake and we were swimming and he had told me that the water felt "thick" and i just figured that he was tired. A few days later we went to the store and I noticed he had to use the restroom a lot almost every 10 minutes I was slightly concerned and shortly after someone had checked his blood sugar level and it was extremely high at this point he went to the emergency room and he stayed for almost a week and once they finally released him it took a very long time for him to adjust to not being able to do the things he used to do like miss breakfast or play sports for long periods of time. its been a while now and hes getting used to it but I see now how hard it is and

Learning about diabetes is the first step to take to prevent the spread of this disease in the nation. There are two major types of diabetes. There is type 1 diabetes, also known as juvenile diabetes. Type one diabetes, forms when the body immune system mistakenly identifies pancreatic cells of being a foreign body invader. This causes the immune system to attack and eliminate the pancreatic cells. As a result of this body malfunction, insulin production drastically drops or in worse possible scenario having no production of insulin. Insulin is a very important hormone that the body needs in order to be able to use glucose (sugar) for energy. Insulin also helps in managing blood sugar keep it from being too high or too low.The second and the

The first major impact Diabetes had on my life was its harsh food limitations. As a child my favorite restaurant was a superb Mexican food joint, Baja Fresh. They had everything, tacos, burritos, nachos, sauces, rice, and much more.

Living with a chronic condition not only effects the individual, but it effects the entire family. An adolescent living with a chronic health condition not only depends on their family for support, but also on support from their friends, classmates, and healthcare team (Rostami, Parsa-Yekta, Najafi Ghezeljeh, & Vanaki, 2014). Supporting an individual with a chronic disease leaves an emotional impact and can be financially straining as well. Families living with a sick child must find strategies to cope. Whether the coping strategies utilized are positive or negative, they leave a lasting effect on the entire family, as well as the child living with the condition (Woodson, Thakkar, Burbage, Kichler, & Nabors, 2015). Involvement of the parents in this situation is vital to the child’s future success in managing their illness (Landers, Friedrich, Jawad, & Miller, 2016). This paper will explore one family’s story of living with, and coping with, a child who has recently been diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes (T1D).

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.

My first day as a diabetic is coming to an end. I feel tired, but I do not know if it is related to the time that I had to wake up or the lack of food I consumed. I have friends who are diabetic and just by watching their daily routines I thought this experiment would be simple because they make it look so easy. Even though it is my first day I am beginning to realize that is not the case. As I am about to go to bed I am realizing I am hungry, fatigued, and my finger hurts from being poked multiple times throughout the day. The thing I have come to realize, besides the fact that I am overly lost on carbohydrate counting and exchanges, is that eating a sugar-free, low-carb diet is slightly expensive and complex. Being a college student, nursing student,

Back in July I found out that I have diabetes, and ever since that day I’ve been trying to figure out what I can do to change my life. I’m not going to act like I haven’t looked for quick fixes, because I most definitely did. I am not going to say that I have been making all the right choices since I found out, because I most certainly have not, but I am definitely searching for the way. My current goals are to make sure I get my A1C down to below 7%, lose 20 pounds, and change my eating habits. The first thing that I need to do is slowly wean myself off to many high sugar, and high carb food items. I do not need to eliminate them completely from my diet, but they should be consumed at a minimum. After I wean myself I can focus on adding higher

November 17th, 2008. A day that lives on infamously in my life. I can close my eyes now and remember it crystal clear in my mind. A little nine-year-old girl sits in a hospital bed, oblivious to what’s going on around her. Needles and IVs are stuck into her tiny frame as she sits motionless, surrounded by parents showing great concern. Despite being weak, she flashes a wide smile, bright brown eyes holding so much youth and innocence. And then the doctor walks in and says the three words that none of them expected. “You have diabetes.”