Invisible Illness Week
This week is Invisible Illness Week. I want to share more about my disease with my readers. Sometimes it can affect me in a way that no one else knows. Somehow, diabetes makes me into the person I am today. 1. The illness I live with is: Type 1 Diabetes 2. I was diagnosed with it in the year: 2007 3. But I had symptoms since: 2006-2007; not quite sure when it was 'triggered'. 4. The biggest adjustment I’ve had to make is: Living 21 years of my life eating whatever and whenever I want; and suddenly, that changed. I now have to count every carb I eat, and take insulin for it. 5. Most people assume: I had something to do with this happening to me; no, it was in my genes and something in the environment triggered it. I didn't eat too many sweets, I exercised all the time, and I was not at all overweight. 6. The hardest part about mornings are: If I'm low--and I HAVE to eat some sugar to bring me back up. Especially if I'm in a hurry. It's annoying to have