Kids struggle with diabetes

Just imagine going to a restaurant and ordering a plate of food. Before you even take a bite, you must estimate the serving size of each food on the plate. Then, you must correctly estimate the amount of carbohydrates in that food, add it all up, and then give yourself insulin. Now imagine doing this every time you eat! That’s the harsh reality of living with diabetes.

When I entered my freshman year of college, like every overachieving-“Grey’s Anatomy”-watching- pre-med student, I began my quest to rid the world of all its health maladies. I was immediately drawn to an organization called T1DES (Type 1 Diabetes Education and Support), a student-run organization that provides access to diabetes education and support for children in inner-city New York. One application, a background check and an interview later and I was in. My first day, I sat in disbelief during training, when the facts and figures were spelled out. According to the CDC, 23.6 million children and adults in the United States suffer from type1 or type 2 diabetes. Every year, 15,000 children learn they have type 1 diabetes. That’s 40 children each day, according to the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation International.

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