I'm Rachel
and I am my #1!
My name is Rachel. I am 12 years old. I was diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes when I was 14 months old. We have a long history of Type 1 diabetes in my family. My great-grandfather was diagnosed in the early 1930's, and his sons--my grandfather and great-uncle--were also diagnosed in their early 20's. I was so little when I started getting sick that the doctors didn't know what was wrong with me and sent my parents home many times with no answers to why I wasn't eating or walking anymore. It wasn't until my mom and dad talked with my uncle (a pediatric oncologist) thousands of miles away that they knew what was wrong. He asked the right questions and told them to send me be back in and get a urine test done. When I was finally "officially" diagnosed the doctors told my parents that if we'd waited any longer to come back in I might have died. Living with diabetes has been hard at times. I have had to miss out on some stuff with my friends--like sleepovers,...
I'm thomas
and I am my #1!
My Name is Thomas Guglielmo and i was diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes in Feb of 2001. I was 29 years old. Before I was diagnosed my Doctor thought i had the flu at the time and it lasted almost a month on and off. i would have a good week and then all of a sudden i felt sick again. I would have to go to the Bathroom almost every 20 minutes to Pee and thought i was loosing my mind. My wife and I went out to a movie 1 night and after sitting for a while my feet would feel like they were asleep and when i got up to walk i couldn't. 2 day's after that i was throwing up again and finaly we went to the emergency room. when there i was checked out and my Blood sugar wass over 600 and when they told my i had type 1 diabetes i was like your kidding right!!! Because i new it ran in my family but didn't register why it hit me. I had my ups and downs for a while after that because i couldnt get my A1C down for a couple years. so in 2005 and after we had 1 kid and another about to be born....