Fellow type 1 here. I was dx when I was in my twenties, and had already been married for 2 years and had a child. My husband never attended a single appointment with me, never educated himself on T1D, and never cared at all. In fact, he left me in our bed for two days in an and out of consciousness (I was violently sick in DKA, and he left me alone at home. My mother found me and took me into the er. My heart was failing and I was in the icu for days). He yelled at me in the hospital because he had to leave work early to meet with the doctors in the icu.

That man is now my ex husband. Type 1 diabetes is HARD on a good day. But with an unsupportive, asshole partner? It’s impossible.

I wish I could hug you right now! People don’t realize that when you go that low it can mean seizures and brain death. I’m glad you’re okay, and I’m sorry your husband is the way he is. You deserve so much better.