Type 1 diabetes is a disease that frequents many misconceptions, stereotypes, and stigmas. I think I’ve heard close to every one repeatedly in the decade I’ve been diabetic. Just the other day, a new friend asked me how I could possibly be a diabetic. “But you’re not fat,” he blurted, when I broke the news. Then there’s my favourite… “Oh, diabetes! I know, like… like Paul Blart from Mall Cop?! He has that!”
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