In life, the two most important concerns are my diabetes and my health. Diabetes is not the hardest or worst thing a human being can face in their lifetime, but it is a daily struggle to figure out how to keep my body healthy. Even now, as a freshman in college, I still wonder why I, why was I diagnosed? Although people have given diabetes a negative connotation, I believe this disease has changed me for the better. When I was younger, I hid the fact that I was diabetic. I had an irrational fear that people would judge me. The looks the adults gave me were the ones I feared the most. The “look” showed that I was different; all I wanted was to be accepted. As I got older, I realized that diabetes played a key role in shaping the person I am today. With diabetes, every day is a struggle, but in the end it only makes me stronger physically and