Today is World Diabetes Day. This day is the birthday of Dr. Frederick Banting, who, 91 years ago, discovered insulin. Insulin keeps me alive. But insulin is not a cure. Today, I would much prefer it be World Diabetes CURE Day. My life with diabetes. My life with insulin. My life without a cure.
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Ahhh insulin, we’ve had quite the ride haven’t we. In the beginning, I thought for sure you were my enemy, and just like the scared, little kid I was, I avoided you at all costs, health included. But as we grew together, once I was forced to accept your wisdom, our relationship gradually evolved into something that is now quite beautiful. You could even describe it as BFF-like. And so today, dear insulin, I give you homage. Today is World Diabetes Day, and I’ll be honest, despite having this disease for more than 24 years, I had no clue that Nov. 14 was World Diabetes Day until just last month. It probably had something to do with the fact that I never really cared, and again, I’ll be honest, I’m still kind of dubious about the whole “day” thing. All day the Twitter feed, blogs, even my own email was
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