So year 1 with diabetes I was very much in denial. However it did not affect my life as much as it does so now. Also my pancreas was in a "honeymoon" phase. They say with type 1 diabetics as soon as you start any type of treatment that your pancreas decides to start back up and work normally producing insulin for a little amount of time. They say this can last anywhere from 3 months to 3 years mine decided to last maybe 1 month. Last fall while in Walgreens I came across the magazine "Diabetic Living" after glancing at it for a few seconds I decided it looked like a good one I would just go ahead and purchase. I was still very shy about my diabetes and threw it on the counter with some other stuff, you would have thought I was buying tampons or something, I just still didn't want to admit to the world that I had this disease let alone myself. I instantly liked the magazine and bought a subscription.
They have a section that asks you to submit personal tips and ideas and I decided I would go ahead and submit mine. Months went by and I actually forgot about it all. Just a couple months ago I received an email stating they wanted to publish my tip in the magazine and pay me $25 for it. Not much but 25 dollars is 25 dollars. I figured I would be in the fall issue and was looking forward to reading it eventually. The Spring issue came out in late February and I didnt think much about it. I let it sit in my room for a couple weeks until one night at work when I had time I decided to read my magazine. There it was in print my tip and name! I was excited and very surprised! Hopefully my tip can help others, I know I have valued other people's tips in the magazine as well. So here it is...
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