In this conversation we speak greatly about how living through and surviving the Pandemic looks and feels different for everyone. The mental well-being of many

living with diabetes during the pandemic was hanging from a thread!

A few weeks before the shut down of 2020 Pam was Diagnosed with T1D. It was a journey to her diagnosis, previously being diagnosed with gestational diabetes while pregnant with her daughter and later on being misdiagnosed as T2D.

Today she has been living with diabetes for a total of 9 years and formerly diagnosed and living with T1D the last 4.

Pam spent a great part of the past decade working in education as a teacher and recently transitioned to the non profit sector.

Being diagnosed at the age that she was, diabetes did kind of make her mad. She lived a full life beforehand without the worries of time and added on decisions and responsibilities that entail living with diabetes.

With people not understanding why today she uses the devices and technology she does use; it has also made her people look at her more differently. Many also do not understand why it is that she does speak about diabetes today.

A great portion of our conversation is us speaking about parenting while living with diabetes. Although diabetes should be at the forefront of our care, it never will be while caring for our kids. We can't tell our children,

"No, hold on, I can't etc" due to diabetes.

We speak greatly about accommodations in the workspace and how employers and coworkers

alike have reacted to a person checking their glucose numbers.

My sister Pam and I have so many commonalities other than us both living with Type One Diabetes.