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Meet Jessyka
I was diagnosed when I was 22 years old. Finding out you have diabetes later on in life…
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Meet Lynda
I was 8 years old and diagnosed with type 1 diabetes. This was in October 1953. My…
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Meet Eileen
I’m Eileen and I was a 7-year-old type 1 diabetic when I was diagnosed in the early…
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Meet Margaret
I was diagnosed with gestational diabetes (GDM) in 1984, at the age of 24, with my…
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Meet Sterling
At the age of 19, I was diagnosed with diabetes. At the time, I didn’t fully understand…
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Meet Ulyssia
I was 15 when I was diagnosed just 2 months after getting Covid 19. My biological mom…
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Meet Precious
At nine, I was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes, a frightening and confusing time for my
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Meet Alysa
I was diagnosed with diabetes on January 24, 2020. At the time I was in 8 th grade. It
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