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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Every step that we take, we are getting closer to a cure.

That brings me hope.

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