Type 1 Diabetes: How A 20 Year Old Copes

My thoughts on my Diabetes. How I feel about my Diabetes, is definitely different to a lot of people, just like how my thoughts and feelings will be exactly the same for a lot of people. Being 19, at such a pivotal time in my life, deciding how I want my future to be and what I'd like to do in my life, but also wanting to enjoy my spare time away from work and Uni, there is a lot to deal with there. Now adding Diabetes to that is like a kick to the balls. For people who are 18, 19, 20, 21, with Diabetes, life gets super, super complicated.  In my own experience of having dealt with Diabetes for the last 6 years of my life, I've grown from a boy to a young man and how I feel about the disease has changed too.  At age 19 right now this is how I feel about it. I HATE IT MORE THAN EVER.  Let's begin with my health anxiety, the most recent issue I've had in my life. From Christmas time up until late February of this year, I was having trouble with my health anxiety. Every he...

  2nd of August, 2016 That, is the day my life changed forever. I had just turned 13 and was enjoying my summer holidays before moving into year 9 of high school.  I'm going to walk you through the day I had, with as much information that i can remember, due to it being 6 years ago!  That day to me felt like any other day during that beginning period of the summer holidays. It was a relativity warm day outside, but this particular day I was sat inside playing in the Xbox, I remember the game i was playing too. Rainbow 6 Siege. That day, I think a new character was coming out to play as, so I was excited. To me, this seems important to talk about as it just goes to show how your life can change in an instant, for better or worse and that is what life really is in the end. Pot luck. I remember going downstairs to take an empty plate back into the kitchen, when my dad told me he wanted to check my blood. I do recall crying but if it was before or after he pricked my finger. ...