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The Hospital part 1 - Genetic Dice

The Hospital part 1 - Genetic Dice

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Michael Twist
Jan 07, 2025
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Happy New Year 2025 everyone!

This is the first of a five-part series about what it’s like to be in the hospital at sixteen years old diagnosed with type 1 diabetes (T1D), also known as insulin-dependent diabetes.


Genetic Dice

The hospital is to be avoided.

If you don't have to go there, I would recommend against going, unless you absolutely have to. In other words, there's a good reason, i.e. a life-threatening reason. At least that's my opinion.

What follows is my experience in the hospital at that time so long ago:

I wake up alone, drowsily clutching the pillow of the hospital bed and hoping it has all been a bad dream. I am the only teen on the pediatric ward …

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