What Are This?

Hello all, I know that in my last post I told you that I am a type 1 diabetic, but I realized that not all of you know what that is. So this is my post to explain it a little better. When I was 11 years old, I weighed about 70 lbs and was very sick. I had to urinate a lot and was drinking an abnormal about of water. My father is also a type 1 so he knew exactly what to look for. It was a Sunday afternoon when I found out. I tested my blood sugar, and a normal range is anywhere between 70-120, and mine was in the 700s. Not good. SO basically what the doctors told me is that my pancreas no longer creates insulin which is what turns carbohydrates in food to energy. The insulin is what regulates my blood sugar as well, so whenever I eat I have to manually give myself insulin. Despite what people think when I say I am diabetic, I did not get this disease from eating too much sugar or too much junk food. It is an auto immune disease and I can eat whatever I want as long as I give insulin for it.

The first picture is me just a month or two after I was diagnosed, and the second is my just this last year. I am amazed at what a crazy 6, almost 7 years this has been.  I hope this has helped you understand a little more about what Type 1 Diabetes is :)