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Living in Denmark
The first days of being in a foreign country are always a challenge for a diabetic explorer. You are in this new place, with a new language, and completely new food.
The Unacceptable Reality: Type 1 Diabetes in Uganda
For 23 years, Robinah has managed to stay alive against many odds, but only barely. She tests her blood once a month when she can get to the clinic in Kampala, whereas most people living with type 1 i...
I knew she was my daughter
Two and a half months after my diagnosis, I got a message from a friend back in Uganda, who told me about a little girl that was just diagnosed with type 1 and needed a foster family. As soon as I hea...
Young Woman Joins the Tanzanian Diabetic Youth Alliance
Diabetes care in Tanzania is quite good. Clinics are expanding with about 33 diabetic clinics in Tanzania. There is still a need to educate people about diabetes, and this is especially true in rural ...
An Indian Woman’s Journey with Type 1 Diabetes
The reality hit me when the doctor came on the day of my discharge to demonstrate to me how to take insulin on my own with the help of an insulin pen. In short, how to prick and pierce myself with nee...
Uganda and the Future of Those with Type 1
Mokisa wants to be a doctor, he says, so he can help people. He wants to learn like all the other children. He will die in a short amount of time, his kind nurse Sarah says, if he can’t get access t...
Welcome to the Jungle—Iquitos, Peru
Discover what it's like to live with type 1 diabetes in Peru as Neil Greathouse investigates communities throughout who lack the resources and technology that we have in other parts of the world....
The Boy on the Bus
These two things, insulin in the fridge and friends who are keen to listen, may make me the most fortunate type 1 in Panamá. No one’s relationship with this disease is easy, but you must consider s...
Sign in Restaurant Tells Diabetics to Give Insulin in Bathroom
WATERTOWN, NY - Mike’s Pig Pen restaurant recently put up a sign, which requested diabetics—type 1 and type 2—to give themselves insulin in the bathroom instead of the public eating area.
Diabetes in India for a Young Woman
Being diagnosed with diabetes as a teenager came as a challenge in itself and especially in a developing country like India. I had already spent a significant portion of my teenage years without it, s...
Campaigning for Diabetes in the UK
I was headed to Parliament, as co-chair of the event and ready to do a speech in front of more MP's and their constituents. This time it was to lobby for government funding into type 1 research h...
AYUDA in the Dominican Republic
Every year, AYUDA organizes volunteer trips abroad to help underprivileged type 1 diabetes (T1D) communities overseas. This summer, they are taking volunteers to the Dominican Republic to help put tog...
Building a Global Diabetes Fashion Brand
AnnaPS sells high quality clothes for men, women and kids — all with integrated pockets for diabetes devices. Personally, I could never live without them — but I also love spreading the word about...
Paris—When My Mom Thought She Lost Me
The door banged open and light flooded into the room. I bolted upright out of bed as my roommate groggily sat up. It was probably 3 or 4 a.m., Paris time, maybe 6 or 7 in California, where my family w...
The Deadly Earthquake of Nepal and How this Type 1 Survived Everest
While her employer was aware of her condition, he didn't think it prevented her from doing her job or awarded any special treatment. She was in charge of her diabetes management. "He [Breash...
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