Type One Diabetes: A Short Story

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Some people thought that having a disease could ruin their life, but some people, learn to overcome it. I was diagnosed with type one diabetes when I was four years old and have been living a semi-normal life ever since, with complications of course. Someone once said that you cannot overcome an obstacle unless you learn how. I am one of those people that learned. That learned to overcome my obstacle. This is how my story starts, I was at my grandparents’ house, we were talking about my dad’s idea to build our shed. I was drinking a cup of chocolate milk, when I finished it, I asked for another, I did that again and again, and all the while in between each glass I was using the bathroom like no one’s business. My parents were worried, they

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