Episode 45: It's All Worth It

On this episode you will hear from ⁠Ciara⁠. ⁠Ciara⁠ is a dancer and choreographer from Chicago. She also is big in to visual artist and doing hair as well. She was diagnosed with Type One Diabetes at 9 years young after her grandmom who is a nurse recognized some signs. Her grandmom took her to one hospital and then her mom took her to another. After diagnosis, she asked "Why her" and was upset that she was a kid that had to manage diabetes. She recalls her hospital stay and being there with other kids diagnosed with diabetes and coloring and playing with them. Some of her classmates also came to the hospital and gave her gifts. She recalls after returning to school her normal routine continued and that she met other type one diabetics at school. In middle school at times, she did feel left out, and kids would ask for her snacks. While in school she didn't really talk to people about her diabetes and just was enjoying life. At times she did question if her friends even cared if she had diabetes and thought that they should. During this time, she was very active in athletics, including dance and soccer. Ciara got her first insulin pump during her sophomore year of high school and noticed how with this experience she could tell the differences of insulin as compared to MDI. In this episode we speak about the effort in diabetes care and how it is enough! It is enough considering that we have to take on the sole responsibility of keeping ourselves well and alive. On the day a cure is here she will thank God and share appreciation for the years living with diabetes and all that she did to live. Ciara speaks it into existence and tells all that the work that we do as type one diabetics was and is all worth it. In her words, "It was all worth it!" Follow Ciara on ⁠Instagram⁠ ⁠Join⁠ a dance class taught by Ciara at The Puzzlebox Dance Studio Watch Ciara's diagnosis story on YouTube ⁠here⁠