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Your Friendly Neighborhood Type 1

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Spider-man reference anyone? Okay, that was pretty low-hanging fruit I'll admit. However, as well as being dumb it also is laced with meaning; that what I'm going to talk about isn't exactly rare or taboo, and that I'm guessing 70% of you reading this either have it, or know someone who does. But, just because something is common, doesn't mean that my own capacity to talk about it is any less relevant. As a heads up, in this post I'll be talking about what this all is, and my own personal journey. Took some pictures just to give you glimpse into the medical equipment that I use on a daily basis. So as I'm sure some of you have guessed, I'm talking about Type 1 Diabetes today, and what a life with it is like. People hear the word 'diabetes' and immediately are thrown off thinking about Type 2, but there are some clear differences. I wanted to write this to educate some of you, because trust me, meeting someone who knows even the bare minimu