SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. – Imagine you’re ten years old and have just been diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes. No other students in your school have this disease, nor do any of your friends or family members. Insulin, glucose, pumps, blood testing, counting carbs are new words you now need to grasp and understand.
Facing life with this chronic condition in which the pancreas produces little or no insulin is daunting, confusing, overwhelming.
