I am a Type 1 diabetic!
Which means that I will have to take insulin the rest of my life. T1 specifically is an autoimmune disease were my pancreas has stopped producing insulin for my body. Insulin breaks down sugar, and sugar is in almost everything we eat.
I was diagnosed when I was 16, and it was a long struggle to come to terms with it.
Diabetes can do bad things to our bodies if not taken care of properly.
I blacked out and totaled my dad's truck, and it was truly a miracle that I walked away alive. I spent 2-3weeks in 3 different hospitals over a 4 month span which resulted in my medical withdrawal from a college and career I had waited my entire life for. In two of those hospital stays I about died, and in one I was in a coma for 3 days. My insulin pump- which I depend on to keep me healthy- has quit which put me into the hospital. While pregnant with my son I had a seizure.
Through all of that God has stood by me and protected me.
If I look at all that and can't believe that He kept me alive for a greater purpose then I have nothing.
So I challenge you to the Sock It To Diabetes Challenge!
#SockItToDiabetes
Take a picture of your socks, post it with why or who you are doing it for,
and challenge 3 other people!
I am doing this so that one day we will have a cure for diabetes!
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