Learning to Live with Type 1 Diabetes: Real Advice from Patients

The first advice you learned after your type 1 diabetes diagnosis probably came from your doc. Booklets and pamphlets on insulin management with type 1 diabetes and eating healthy with diabetes are super important, but when it comes to getting through your everyday life, sometimes the best advice comes from fellow type 1 diabetes patients.

Learning how to manage, or even embrace, your diabetes can make a world of difference.  “I didn’t want to let anything — especially something like type 1 diabetes — stand in the way of what I wanted to do for the rest of my life,” says Craig Kasper, a patient with type 1 diabetes.

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Lauren Smith, MA

Lauren Smith, MA, has worked in health journalism since 2017. Before joining GoodRx, she was the senior health editor and writer for HealthiNation.

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Sanjai Sinha, MD

Sanjai Sinha, MD, is a board-certified physician with over 20 years of experience. He specializes in internal medicine.

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