I was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes when I was 10 years old. At that age, I didn’t fully understand what the diagnosis meant medically, I just knew my life had suddenly split into “before” and “after.” What I did understand immediately, though, was the feeling that came with it: I felt different. And more than anything, I felt alone. I didn’t know anyone else with type 1 diabetes. I didn’t see it represented in my daily life, at school, or in the people around me.
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Working at my school library back in 1967 (yes, the dark ages!), an adult coworker noticed my symptoms: sweats, shakes, thirst, overeating, and weight GAIN, and approached me, suggesting I see a doctor and gave me some literature about diabetes. I was sent to the Joslin Clinic in Boston where I was given an oral glucose tolerance test, the basic test at that time. I was 16.
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