Fighting the Unseen: Life With Diabetes

The hardest part of having Type 1 diabetes, for me,  is the knowledge of mortality.

Every injection and every BG test (sometimes) seems like a reminder that I am very close to NOT living forever.

Without my diligence, I will expire.

I'm not saying I feel this way all the time- but it seems to run through the back of my mind a lot.

My dad explained it pretty spot on the other day: "It's like going to school and trying to remember all of the homework assignments that are due. You're not exactly WORRIED about them, but there's a sort of checklist going on in the back of your mind constantly- wondering if you've gotten eveyrthing covered for each class."