Type 1 People With Diabetes - We Do Exist!

It may be a little late in the season for the Santa/ m&m commercial,

but every single time I meet

someone who has no idea about type1 diabetes (or diabetes in general) finds

out that I'm a PWD (person with diabetes,) they always act

shocked,

and this commercial ALWAYS comes to

mind.

Is it "ironical" that an m&m commercial should make me think of

this?

Maybe,but fitting none the less.

We the people with type 1 diabetes, DO EXIST.

No need to faint or act surprised that we are what we are & look the way we do.

We aren't as elusive as people make us out to be,

we're not the freaking Chupacabra for goodness sake!

And unfortunately, like our type 2 brothers and sisters, our numbers

are growing every single day.

So acknowledge us John Q. Public; Marketing execs, Newscasters and the likes there of,

because until there's a cure, we aren't going any where.

It's not only time that you recognized us,

it's time you got to know us - all of the many faces that

make up the diabetes family.

Not just the ones the media always presents,pushes,& continually

gets wrong.