A word of Introduction

Hello everyone and welcome to my personal blog "The Secret Life of a Type 1 Diabetic"!

I created this blog with the sole purpose of recording my personal growth/experiences while living with Type 1 Diabetes, and maybe even help others who are facing the same problems as I.

So, as a bit of an introduction, allow me to tell you about myself:

My name is Serena, I'm 18 years old and I was diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes ten years ago in January 2006; I was 7 going on 8 years old in a couple months. When I started out, I was on the injections ('Pen needles' I believe they're called) and I used them up until March/April 2013 when I got an insulin pump.

I had the NovoPen Junior and the Lantus Solostar pens

I currently have the black One Touch Ping pump

It's been a long and trying journey attempting to manage my diabetes, but I personally feel that all things happen for a reason and I was given this challenge to help me learn something (I'm still trying to figure out exactly what the lesson is!). At the end of the day, no matter how difficult I may feel it's getting, I need to try and remember what I just wrote.

So, this blog's main focus is living with Type 1 Diabetes and all the extra stuff that comes with it (i.e: stress, depression, blood tests, doctor's appointments, etc...). I do have some specific posts planned, but I'm not sure when I'll get around to writing/posting them; I'll do my best to make my posts frequent enough though!

That was all I really had to say in this post, so until next time everyone!

- Serena <3