I have been diagnosed with type 2 diabetes for 6 years now. It all began when I went to the doctors for a regular physical. My mom had asked them to check my blood sugar because we found out that diabetes ran in my family. My doctor checked it and my blood sugar was 387. He told us that we had to go to the children's medical center which was over an hour away. We did what we had to do I was in the hospital for 7 hours while they did tests after tests. It was so horrible. Today I am 18 years old and still dealing with diabetes everyday from finger pricks to needles everyday I am strong and I deal with it , because I know it will only benifit me in the future? Even tho it's really hard because my body never knows when my sugar is high or low.

Breann
Torrington, CT