I was led to this topic primarily through my family's personal experiences, when my youngest sister was diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes. Our whole family has had to undergo a serious change in routine and diet; we have had to come to terms with giving our baby sister and daughter needles four times daily - easy for my mother and other sister who wanted to be nurses, but much more difficult for my father and myself, who were jittery at the mere sight of needles - and we had to understand the urgency of accepting this routine. My diabetic sister has had to come through bouts of depression;...

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