11/12/2025
Type 1 Diabetes is a full-time job you never applied for.
Before the discovery of insulin in 1921, a Type 1 diagnosis was a death sentence. Now? We get to survive...but it's still not living unless we understand what that means.
It's not just "sugar problems".
It's
đChecking blood sugar 10-20x a day
đInjecting insulin manually to keep yourself alive
âïžWalking a tightrope between highs, lows, and total burnout
đ§ The mental toll of calculating every single bite
â±There are no breaks- not at 2 a.m., not on your wedding day, not ever.
Type 1 Diabetes is a state of actively dying- with you as your own pancreas, your own ER doctor, your own pharmacist, and your own nurse...24/7
We don't get to "take a break"
We don't get to "just eat what we want"
We don't get to "just be positive"
But we do get to show up stronger.
And we get to tell the world what this actually looks like.
If you live with T1D, drop a đin the comments.
And if you don't, now you know more than most.
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