Rayna was just shy of turning nine when she was diagnosed. She is very active and is a junior in college. With Type 1 Diabetes, she was able to do the unthinkable and perform a Indian classical dance last July. The performance entailed eight different dances. The show lasted almost thre hours. The amount of […]

It’s truly a blessing to be able to say I’ve been on this journey for twenty-five years and I’m still alive and thriving. I was diagnosed on New Year’s Eve and it wasn’t expected at all. I woke up to the ball dropping and cheers on tv while two nurses stood at the end of […]

Diagnosed at at age 12, after drinking water by the liter and having blurry vision for over a month. I spent the month of October in the hospital and during the Halloween holiday, volunteers came by the ward all afternoon with candy that my nurse then took away. Back in the ’80s, you needed about […]