Diabetes
I am a 56 year old mom, diagnosed when I was 2. Back then we called it Juvenile Diabetes. Glass syringes, huge needles, beef and pork insulin. No glucose meters. Urine tests and color chart matching. Disposable syringes and synthetic insulin, glucose meters, insulin pens, CGMs. The technology is better but I hope to see a cure in my lifetime. Just because we can manage it better doesn’t mean we shouldn’t have a cure.
Jane Stern
- Blog Topics: Diabetes
- 1962: Juvenile Diabetes
My Latest Posts
If You Were Able to Come Face to Face with Diabetes, What Would You Say?
Go ahead. Vent your frustrations. Share how you persevere in the face of the everyday struggles of having diabetes. Hello Type 1. When we met in 1964, you were introduced to...
How My Life Has Changed
My life hasn’t changed; it started with Type 1. Give us a bit of backstory. What was life like before diagnosis? No idea - I was diagnosed at 2. According to my mom, I had a...
