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hello, i am an individual with type one diabetes, a currently incurable chronic illness , who experiences the ups and downs of this illness every day. this illness continues to affect mine and many others life’s every day, at every second of the day. I'm joining the worlds largest walk for a future without type 1 diabetes to help raise money and awareness for more than a cure, to help those without funding get the treatment they need, so children and adults can have access to medical help and therapy whenever they need, so that the stigmas that diabetes carries can be broken.
Help me change the future and fix the past, help change the world of type one diabetes, and make the world a better place!
please spread the word, whether through sharing, word of mouth, or donations, perhaps even joining us on this walk around Australia! any amount of support is greatly appreciated!
My insulin pump doesn't make me unattractive. Neither do my scars, or all the tubes that hang off of me, or the needles and ports and machines that are attached to me at all times. Parts of my body don't work like they should. I have neuropathy in my hands and retinopathy in one eye. My kidneys need help to work. I've been on beta blockers since my 20s because my heart doesn't work right. That doesn't make me undesirable. I'm worth having sex with. I'm worth pursuing romantically and sexually. I am a whole person that deserves love and to feel good about myself.
feeling sexy and being disabled are things that can exist together. I can have medical devices and a feeding tube and still feel sexy, and i really dislike that people think that the two are completely separate and cannot exist together. I'm allowed to feel confident and love myself and the way i look even if i look a little different, and every other disabled person is too. I love myself and i have a feeding tube, not i love myself but i have a feeding tube.