This moved me

Type 1 and LADA
#1

http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/11/23/thinking-about-diabetes-with-every-bite/

#2

Thanks for sharing this. What a succinct description of what it’s like to live with Type 1 – and expressed in a way that non-diabetics can understand, too.

#3

By far the best description of what it’s like to live with diabetes I have ever read.

I’ve recommended it to my entire family.

Terry

#4

Wonderful–thanks for posting. My own sister still thinks it’s just taking insulin & shrugs it off.

#5

Yes, so well put. Food = calculations.

#6

I am printing this out for my family. It couldn’t possibly be worded any better! Thanks so much! I am a new Type 1 and I don’t know anyone around me who has any idea what its like.

#7

wow, i cried half way through it…so incredibly true feelings

#8

So did I.

#9

Thanks for sharing this Etta… Indeed it’s very moving. Makes me wish this story should be out there for everybody to read…and appreciate.

#10

Eloquent writing. A tactful description that clearly distinguishes T1 from T2. Somebody get this writer to join TuD.

#11

I find that I get really emotional when reading things about diabetes like this. I was reading Rufus, the bear with diabetes to a grade one class for the first time and I got a little misty… nobody could tell though, thank god.

#12

When a skilled writer puts into words the jumble of thoughts and emotions we all feel but are unable to so eloquently express, it packs a huge emotional punch.