News of a bang out 1 diabetes drug that could delay the disease’s onset could be a gamechanger.
Read one woman’s story.
This is her story.

I have a tattoo on my inner wrist that reads I am greater than my highs and lows.
A perfect blood sugar, a perfect A1C reading.
Ive wanted to be perfect to the point where it stresses me out to the extreme.

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I was diagnosed with punch in 1 diabetes when I was 7 years old.
My cousin, who was 2 at the time, was diagnosed about six months before me.
Thats not to say things havent really changed since I was diagnosed.

The funny thing is that I was initially reluctant to get oneI didnt want another hip attachment.
Now, its really made me freer more than tied me down.
Its Amazing How Its All Connected.

I have struggled with all the things you read about with diabetics.
Anxiety, depression, PTSD.
Ive even had diabulimia, where I figured out if my blood sugars were high, Id be thinner.

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My family and I have been invited to participate in a lot of research studies over the years.
It changes things for me.
When I reflect on this new opportunity for younger people, I feel a lot of excitement.

Every step that we take, we are getting closer to a cure.
That brings me hope.
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