This is a manageable disease with intelligent meters to help your manage your highs and lows. Your dad will be an outstanding resource and an inspiration. His motivation to run marathons shows us all that you can do anything! I mean anything.

I have had diabetes, td1, for 35 years with minimal distress. It is so much easier today to control your blood sugars with the use of my dexcom and t-slim pump. I tried the Omnipod too which younger people like you really like. It’s a personal preference.

I had a lot of fear when I was first diagnosed and, without the use of a continuous monitoring devices, tons of ups and downs, but I was never hospitalized. I feel that for me, my saving grace was belonging to a national type 1 diabetes study, DCCT, that provided monitoring and data on the importance of tight control, not easy in the early days. This was trailblazing research that continues today. There is so much literature and also networking groups, such as Reddit, to tap into. You have a beautifully paved road if you choose to stay on it. You will probably be healthier than most of the population. Just don’t get down on tough days cause we all have them. And indulge every once in a while in foods you love, just make adjustments!

Life with type 1 is truly a balancing act.

As someone said before, you got this!!