Daria Arofikina
I am a Type 1 diabetic blogger, a content creator, writer, personal trainer and in the process of becoming a Nutritionist. The aim of everything I do is to prove that Type 1 diabetics can
Samuel Pauly
I'm a ginger actor and comedian. I am currently studying a postgraduate degree in acting at the academy of live and recorded arts. I was a former maths teacher graduating from Warwick University.I did not
Charlotte Eschbach
I am from Boston, Massachusetts but I have lived in Mexico since 1998. I am a preschool teacher. I didn't grow up with my diabetes. Emotionally it was much harder than financially. I went from
Matt Vande Vegte
I am a certified personal trainer and nutritionist, author and speaker. None of these things would have ever been possible without type 1 diabetes, which has allowed me to see the silver lining in some
Jazz Sethi
I have been living with type 1 diabetes for 11 years now! I am a professional dancer and choreographer and the founder of The Diabesties Foundation! When not working on diabetes or dance, you can
Natalia Angelica Luciano
I’m a sophomore at college and I’m majoring in General Biology with a minor in Human Biology. I have two dogs which I love and I’m a vegetarian. I’m the youngest sibling out of five
Cerise Thoor
Hey, I'm Cerise, I'm French and it's been 5 years since I moved to Montreal, Canada.I moved here to go to university and study business. Now I work in digital marketing. I got diagnosed a
Sravani Rajput
I grew up with my type one diabetes during my teenage years and I never felt the need to hide it. As I was staying away from my family to continue my college, it was
Andrew Burgess
I’ve faced a lot of hurdles through my time. The biggest thing is to stay less stressed, don’t give a care to anyone else’s drama’s, be yourself, be a diabetic and you will live a
Christel Oerum
I've been living with type 1 diabetes since 1997. I was born and raised in Denmark but moved to the United States in 2009 with my husband. Today we run www.diabetesstrong.com from our home in
Anastasia Lipp
I DON'T like lobstahhh. Ekkk, I think they look like giant beetles. BUT, they are a free food! I don't remember life without diabetes. I was diagnosed when I was four years old. I am
Mariana Marquez
I'm Mexican, first generation American and type one diabetic for 19 years. I love the outdoors and working out. My best friends is my Diabetic Alert Dog, Lady Bear :) I got diagnosed at the
Oguz
I am part of the T1D runner team. Running, playing basketball and swimming is a big part of my life. Also traveling, doing multiple sports and my interest in business is half of my life.
Dylan Smith
I did not grow up with my diabetes. However my brother was diagnosed as a type one diabetic in his teens. My endocrinologist believes that I had diabetes for 18 months before being diagnosed and
Natalia Skuza
I was diagnosed just after my 21st birthday. I had been sick for years and doctors did not pick up on me having diabetes, until after my 21st I said; "enough is enough". I went
Jessica Ortiz
I was diagnosed as a kid when I was 9 years old, so I grew up with diabetes. I don't really remember a life with it, too much. I had an amazing medical team when
Victoria Burns
I'm a wife, puppy mom, and Assistant Professor of Social Work at the University of Calgary. I do arts-based research using documentary film. I didn't grow up with diabetes. I got married the same year
Alexa Wierbicki
Travel, nutrition and type on diabetes are my biggest passions! I travel every chance I get! I am a dietetic student on route to being a dietitian and Certified Diabetes Educator (CDE). I love educating
Alex Voigt
I'm living with my girlfriend, her two kids and our 2 dogs in a house near Stuttgart. I'm working as a social worker since 25 years. In my job, I try to help kids and
Kate Wallace
I'm from London, I love sport, hanging out with friends and traveling. I was diagnosed at age 11 with diabetes type 1. I didn't hide my diabetes at first but then began too as I
Sarah Miller
This is my tenth year of diabetes but for many of those, I was in complete denial about my diagnosis. No one in my family has diabetes and nor did my friends at the time,
Jennifer S.
After many years of poor self care and enduring many challenging diabetes complications, I am trying my hardest to take optimal care of my health. One of my biggest motivators is the blessing of my
Erica MacKay
I am a stay at home mom to two beautiful, happy boys and wifey to my best friend. I enjoy being outside everyday. I love my morning coffee and enjoy a good workout that can
George Hakes
I've met a lot of people with type 1 diabetes, diagnosed at various ages and as a result, I'm grateful that I was diagnosed at a young age. I was around 10 years old and
Anna Koon & Margaret McElwee
We are sisters and type 1 Diabetics. Margaret was diagnosed at 11 years old and has had type 1 diabetes for 11 years. Anna was diagnosed at 21 years old and has had type 1
Jacob Weber
I’m a copywriter, a content planner and a creative project coordinator. I was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes when I was 20 years old.Emotionally, it was tough. I couldn’t come to terms with a sudden
Lewis Butler
I was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes in February 2020. I currently work in IT where I specialize in Cyber Security and Digital Forensics. I love meeting new people, sports, and the outdoors. Ever since
Jessyka Pairman
I am currently living with Type 1 diabetes. I am about to get married to the love of my life and we have the best dog ever, his name is Axle! I am a really
Nicolle Kelly
I’m an Australian registered dietitian living with MODY diabetes who loves a good brunch and beach run. I have a twin sister (who doesn’t have diabetes) which has taught me not to compare myself to
Negin Izadkhasti
I'm an athlete and a personal trainer with type 1 diabetes since 2012. When I was 7 I started karate professionally and my routine life is to exercise everyday, running and stay healthy by eating
Cece Jessy
I'm a dancer and I was diagnosed at the age of 6 with diabetes type 1. I have my own instagram account @t1d.cece and I am a JDRF youth ambassador. I grew up with diabetes
Dan Thrailkill
I was born and raised in South Carolina. I was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes on January 13th 1988, attended college in North Carolina, was a golf professional for 10 years, got married to my
Timothy McDonald
Currently I do things old school with multiple daily injections . I am using Humalog and Tresiba insulin. I have used quite a few, it seems I have to take new insulins every time my
Jaie Smith
Currently I take 4 times a day Metformin pills. I don't take any insulin and I never used any other form of medication. It alway have been some brand of Metformin. The dosage has changed
Kimberley Katerberg
I was diagnosed when I was 9 years old. It has been a really tough journey throughout the years, especially because of the complications I got. I'm fighting with severe neuropathy, permanent feeding tube over
Justin Santana
I grow up with diabetes. It was easy at first because my mom was helpful the first few months. Then my cousin which was also a type one diabetic gave my soooo many tips and
Drea Vail
I was diagnosed when I was 19 years old. I love writing, traveling, meeting new people, sports, and the outdoors. I especially love interacting with the T1 community! Didn't grow up with diabetes - but
Nick Johnson
I was diagnosed when I was 15 years old. I didn't hide my diabetes but also didn't grow up with it. It was mostly emotional and realizing I was going to have a disease with
Ann Van den Bulck
I was diagnosed when I was 11 years old. In the beginning it was really difficult, because all my friends could eat and drink what they wanted and I couldn't. I did not hide my
Nia W.
I was diagnosed when I was 23 years old. I did not grew up as a child with diabetes. Emotionally was the hardest part. I live in a society where healthcare is free at the
Tyler Pierce
I was diagnosed when I was 22 years. I believe it may have been LADA so I had it unknowingly a long time and it kind of crept up more prominently. I managed (not very
Chelsea S.
I was diagnosed when I was 11 months. I managed very poorly. I was resentful. My sister got it as well and we were the only diabetics we knew growing up. It was scary and
Haley Leshko
I was diagnosed when I was 7. I was often embarrassed that I was different from all of the kids around me. I didn’t want people to know because then they would always ask me