Written by Sewanyana Rodney Alex November is diabetes awareness month and the theme this year is "The Family and Diabetes." As I tell you my story of living with type 1 diabetes, I hope you can tell how big of an influence family can have on how patients manage their diabetes and appreciate that our fellow diabetes warriors are a family as well. Facilitating an ice breaker session at an education class organised by Africa Diabetes Alliance 1 st November 2019 marked exactly 2 years since I was diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes. At diagnosis, I didn’t have knowledge or any idea what I was going to have to deal with for the rest of my life. I remember the nurses trying to teach me the basic steps of managing diabetes which included which foods to eat, how to exercise and the amount of insulin I needed to survive for another day. However, the way the nurses were referencing each other, it was evident that they were sharing some hazy information. Being the new kid on
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