gah that sounds like my story!!! I was SOOO sick and skinny. my dr was out of town, and the one my mom took me to said I was going through a growth spurt and to feed me a protein shake and a pbj at bedtime. my dr came back two days later, took one look at me and said “it’s either diabetes or leukemia” YIKES. got…

She sounds annoying, but I also feel sorry for her - she is so disconnected from her body she wants to pathologize hunger. Wow.

Exactly. Either he has T1, T1.5/LADA, or it is actually a Hyperosmolar Hyperglycemic State, not a DKA.

Jesus, press. Get it together.

I hope this brings more awareness to diabetes in general. I am type 1, diagnosed when I was 8 years old, and I still have to deal with SO MANY PEOPLE who have NO IDEA about diabetes. I work with three people who are type 2 and they have no idea about their disease. People think that because MOST type 2’s aren’t on…

TONS of people are diagnosed in their 20’s and 30’s with Type I! Juvenile onset is a misnomer.