Every story matters. From the moment of diagnosis to the time you conquered the overnight basal rate to the moment when you realized that the CWD community has your back, every story in your diabetes life matters.
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Featured Stories
Kathryn
From her mother, Kristen: Kathryn was diagnosed with type one diabetes at 9 months old and has a blood sugar reading of 1,129. She was in DKA, was life-flighted, sedated and in a coma for a few days. Her doctors all said it was a miracle she is alive and made a full recovery. Two […]
Jackson
From his mother, Corri: May 30, 2018 Last Thursday, Jackson got sick. He was lethargic and at the end of the day he threw up. That night I took him to urgent care. They told me he had probably gotten a little stomach bug and to keep him hydrated and to rest & of course […]
Olaf Lind
From his wife, Kate: Olaf was diagnosed at 14 months of age in 1976. He recently found out that he was diagnosed only due to the mistake of a young doctor. Back then, it was thought that babies couldn’t get type 1. When they ran the tests and found out that he did have it, […]
Cole
From his mother, Jordan: I’m writing in behalf of my six-year-old son Cole. He was diagnosed at 19 months old. His initial symptoms included increased thirst and frequent urination. I am incredibly grateful that we avoided severe DKA at diagnosis because our doctor took my concerns seriously from the very beginning. Each day with Type […]
Levi
Here’s Levi’s story, shared from his mom Natasha: Levi began getting sick on Friday, June 5, 2020. Seemed okay the next day. By that Sunday he was throwing up and had only drank Gatorade. We took him to Medexpress that Sunday morning. We were told that he had a stomach bug and the redness under […]
Caleb
From his mother, Emily: Caleb was diagnosed as a five year old. At the time, they told us a cure would come in five years. While that has not come to pass, we have marveled at the advances of technology and treatment in just the ten years he’s been living with this disease. We are […]
Lindsay Shoaf
When I was first diagnosed at 2 1/2, ut was difficult to understand fully. I still have vague memories of being in the PICU. Years went by and my mom did the best she could manage. When I was 15 I almost lost my life from being deathly sick and my mom not being fully […]
Eva
From her mother, Dana: My daughter Eva was diagnosed with Type 1 on Feb 25th, 2016 when she was 5 years old. As her mother, this was the most terrifying day of my life, and I am grateful everyday that her diagnosis was caught early and we have been able to navigate her condition together. […]
Brooklyn
From her grandmother, Kristi: We celebrate 5 years of Brooklyn’s journey with Type 1 Diabetes. This is just a little bit about her journey since diagnoses. Brooklyn had just turned 5 years old and began kindergarten right in the middle of the COVID-19 epidemic. Her mom had just had her baby brother and things were […]
Jennifer Janes
When I think about the past 37 years, it just makes me tired. As far as I’m concerned, having diabetes is the easy part. The worst part is the U.S. healthcare system. That causes me way more stress than the disease ever could—and believe me, the disease absolutely does. I itemize my taxes, and I […]