I was diagnosed in 2011 in DKA at a bg of 1192. I was only 6 at the time and grappling with a lot of changes in my family. I did my best to manage what I could, and over the years I was able to embrace the community I found in JDRF (now Breakthrough), Friends For Life, and others I encountered in the wild. Overall, I think it’s hard for anybody to say they appreciate and are grateful for Type 1, but I definitely am in a way larger than life for the people I’ve met and the ways I’ve grown as a person.
– Adam Sawyers