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My name is Rachel Anszelowicz. I am 18 years old and a freshman and Binghamton University. I was diagnosed with Type One Diabetes when I was 10 years old, and these past 8 years have been filled with finger sticks, pump site changes and carb counting until my head hurts. Heading off to college this past August was, like it is for most 18-year-olds leaving home for the first time, both exciting and scary. For me more than most. Not only did I have to get used to living without my parents, making my own meals and doing my own laundry, but for the first time in my life, I was primarily responsible for my diabetes. I spent my first two weeks on campus going low multiple times a day. It took a combination of tweaking insulin dosages and my body getting used to the food (and flights and flights of stairs I had to walk up to get to my dorm) for me to stop going low all the time and instead I found my blood sugar in the 300s all the time. Finally, after some more insulin dosage modifications, I was able to get my blood sugar under control. Still, I have days where I wake up in the morning with my blood sugar sky high or where my sugar drops dangerously low in the middle of a test worth half my grade. Living with diabetes is manageable but it’s hard. I’m still able to go out with my friends and do well in class, for me it just has its own set of challenges. Breakthrough T1D Long Island Chapter and their incredible staff have been instrumental in providing me with invaluable information and resources that have helped me to adjust to college life with diabetes.
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