When I was first diagnosed I did not know what diabetes was neither did my family. It was something that we all had to learn about. Growing up with diabetes was the hardest part about it. I always asked god Why me? I wanted to feel normal like all the other kids. I went through school feeling out of place and not normal. While in elementary school the teacher would always have to read a little store about diabetes and explain to the class what it was but that did not stop the question and comments. All through elementary and middle school people always asked questions and made comments. When I was first …show more content…
I came to realize that I am not the only one who lives day to day with the disease. Also I realized that nobody is normal and that we all have something that makes us different from others. Living with diabetes has lead me to my career choice. I would like to work with children with diabetes so hopefully growing up for them want be like it was for me. I can remember when I was diagnosed. I was at the hospital with nurses and doctors coming in and talking to me, explaining everything to me and my family. None of them had diabetes and I can remember thinking to myself “I don’t know why you are saying all this stuff to me about how life is going to be know because you don’t have to live with it like I’m going to.” Having diabetes has lead my mother to work with diabetic patients. I hope to follow the footsteps of her but only work with children with diabetes. Hopefully I can help children with diabetes cope with the