Anna has found that diabetes can be tough. You think you've cracked it and then something comes undone and you lose faith. Anna's worked hard to keep things under control though and now she's looking to the future.
I was nine when I was dignosed with diabetes. At that time I had had a low attendence for years at school, but I started to be off sick more and more. I was drinking so much of every drinkable substance I could and I always remember asking my mum to get my an isotonic drink and saying I would feel more energetic. I got thinner and thinner and couldn't keep food down.
Wrong diagnosis
My mother took me to the doctors one day and he said, "She's only got the flu". I got worse, so my mother took me a second time and another doctor checked me out. By this time I was nearly unconsious. I couldn't sit down properly and kept shaking. The women said I have diabetes and I was rushed to the hospital.
All I remember at first was feeling like a pin cushion, and I can't remember the first four days because I was practically unconsious. I remember first doing an injection and being in tears thinking "I'm going to do this for the rest of my life!".
Diabetes in the way
My birthday party was hard for me because I'd only been diagnosed a month before and I remember while everyone was laughing I was sittting thinking "Why me?".
My diabetes was great at first but during the summer 2009 my diabetes was not good. I was hospitallized four times that summer. After going to a diabetic camp my diabetes improved, finally I saw the light! I learnt to inject in my belly and was finding it easier to cope.
Of course my diabetes is uncontrollable from time to time, and I missed my first days of p7 and I missed sports day and lots more because I was too excited.
Another setback
I was hospitalized again during the winter months of 2009. After I was doing so well, why did I end up here? I nearly gave up on my diabetes after that, thinking "What's the point?". When my parents saw me like this they immediately tried to help but I knew it was up to me. I started to try hard again, but I still had to miss a lot of PE in school because of my diabetes.
Where next?
Now my diabetes is settled and I've been at school more and able to join in on sports. And recently I decided I will be a doctor when I'm older (though I have been interested in the human body from the age of four!) I also want to play a lot more sports and be on teams at my next school. Of course this is all ahead of me, but I cant help but dream.
Your comments
I don't like going to birthday parties sometimes because all my friends are eating biscuits and carrying on stuffing their faces and there's me all gloomy at the end of the table injecting and then all my friends can have what they want but i have to have what i inject for so then by the time i start most people have finished. And then i feel really glum but my friends always cheer me up and say ''you will be fine your no different to us'' which makes me feel better so then i don't feel left out.
– Awesomedude
That's exactly what i'm going through, and i'm eleven. I hated my birthday party, beacause everyone was having sweets and choccie. I know what you were or still are going through. I'm still expiriencing it. It must have been really tough on you! Iv'e only had it for about a year now. I'm still new to diabetes. And sometimes I feel embarressed to even tell people that I have it. And I felt like giving up only a month ago. But the thing is, there are people who care about you, and we should never give up. Or otherwise, there's a good chance that we can die, as good as cancer can kill. Just don't be afraid to speak. x – Erin