Thursday, September 27, 2012

Living with Type 1 Diabetes-my first blog post!



I am excited to start writing this blog.  For starters, it got me to reading other diabetic blogs, which I hadn’t really done before.  I have had diabetes since 1993 and have felt pretty alone with the disease.  Sure, I went to diabetic camp when I was younger (Camp Jordan in Virginia) but I was so young at the time that I got extremely homesick and didn’t stay the full two weeks.  But otherwise, I have met some type one diabetics here and there but never really had a connection where I could talk about all the joys and annoyances-that is until I started to read some blogs.  I hope that this blog will be a good way for people to find someone to relate to and maybe get some advice or read about what not to do.  

A little bit about me:
I was diagnosed back in December of 1993.  It’s surreal to think I have almost had this disease for 20 years.  I got my insulin pump back in 1997 and this past year (November 2011) received the continuous glucose monitor (CGM).  I have a love/hate relationship with my CGM.  I have been married for a little over a year and my husband has been a huge support in getting my diabetes under control.