Diagnosis Day (D-Day) Part 1

Sixteen going on seventeen

I started writing seriously when I was sixteen years old. I thought that if I could write about diabetes—my experiences navigating the ups and downs combined with reliable research—it could change the world. I figured that if it spoke to at least one person, I'd done what I'd set out to do.

The world didn’t change. In many ways it’s still the same.

Sixte…