- Messages
- 3
- Type of diabetes
- Type 1
- Treatment type
- Insulin
I'm fifteen, been type one since I was seven so I've had it for eight years. When being diagnosed all the doctors and nurses said my diabetes would never keep me from doing something I wanted to. I'm not talking about the finger pricks, the shots, the constant checking; granted all very annoying. But I'm talking about a significant part of my life. Before I didn't know what I wanted to do, my diabetes was a simple obstacle. Now I view it as my absolute worst enemy. Because of this I can not join any of the armed forces, navy, or any part of the military. I want to do this so bad I feel sick when I know I can't. What people said didn't used to bother me, now I'm sensitive to everything people say. A navy officer visited our class and was talking about what you need to become an officer, I meet all the requirements, that's the worst part, if I didn't have this, I could become a naval officer... But I can never be that. No one understands, not my friends nor my family; I don't know anyone with diabetes in my school. It wouldn't be so bad if a cure was soon. But since I was diagnosed word of a cure would come but then nothing silence. Every time getting my hopes up. When they say something about a cure , it doesn't phase me, I don't want to get hurt anymore, I don't want to cry again because I have to live with this; I don't want the silly hopes of a cure because for eight years I've seen countless cures, hundreds of foundations collecting millions of dollars to find a cure... But there is no cure. I'm damaged goods and I and everyone else with this has to deal with it