This is an excerpt from the April 19th episode of the podcast "Only Human" (see http://www.npr.org/podcasts/449020426/only-human). I think it is a fantastic example of what it can be like to live with type 1 diabetes. T1D is an autoimmune disorder in which the immune system kills the body's insulin-producing cells. Without insulin, sugars from the blood can't get inside of cells to be turned into fuel. Thus, without insulin, levels of sugar in the blood rise while cells fail to get the energy they need. The only way to treat type 1 diabetes is to provide injected insulin.

Elizabeth Lamkin