NOTE: August 21-28 The Type1Rider Organization will be sharing our Sister Organizations (Blue Heel Society) Blog posts for the WEGO 'Advocate For Another' Blog Carnival.
ENJOY!!
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| This is Gwen. She has Type 1 diabetes or T1D. |
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| Type 1 diabetes means your pancreas doesn't work. |
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| Gwen needs to take her blood sugar every 3 hours or more. |
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| She also needs to take insulin in a syringe or an insulin pump. |
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| Sometimes Gwen feels sad because she needs to stop in the middle of having fun to test her blood sugar. |
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| Her mom finds other people with T1D online who go through the same things she goes through. This is the diabetes online community or the D.O.C. |
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| Gwen's mom finds a mom in the D.O.C. whose daughter has T1D too and is her age!! They exchange emails and chat because they live miles away from each other. |
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| Gwen and her mom find they can go to the D.O.C. whenever they need help, have a question or want to share diabetes related things. This makes Gwen and her mom happy! |
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| Gwen wants all T1 kids to know they are NOT alone!! You can find many friends and support with the D.O.C.! |
