ny'
1 diabetes you ge
ttle or no insulin. Insulin is a hormone needed to al
y fights harmful bacteria and viruses, mistakenly destroys the insulin-producing cells in the pancr
ironmental factors, namely living in this
sugar levels with insulin, diet an
ht stand, became filled with different insulin pens,
times a day; sometimes more or less doses wer
ontinuously through out each day to kee
to keep the condition from further r
ed my eye sight durin
deteriorated despite wearing the glasses all the time and monitoring my blood sugar levels obsessively. But when you ha
e at risk for heart and blood vessel d
pan was not loo
betes, I discovered my pass
gh and release a
esn't really count, I had to rely a lot on YouTube at first. But gradually, I
henever I am not in the m
to through my headphones and get
have any illness, I don't have a father I always wish he would drop dea
il the day I die. Just like everyone did in this place
was out of the question. My father would never let me leave the town on my own to pursue
ill I leave
ave it a dead
ing in love...
cking
seen my mom go throu
d all me
ng in love with at my high school. None of
at any of them, I see on
sit on my bed as I check my
24/7 blood sugar
ng daily to check my levels wi
er invented i
recorder, a fitness and exercise recorder, and most importantly, it triggers a
ymptoms; which include sweating, dizziness, feeling hungry, tingling lips, trembling, increasing heartbeat, blurry vision, and anxiousnes
tal. Because I would need to be given an inject
shot in my purse at a
the watch com
drates; sugary foods without protein or fat that could be easily converted into
emia (high blood sugar), I inject
ulin pen in my pur
ted disease that alway
highest normal range. It is always like this in the morning due to sleep
et the dosage at 2 units as I prime the pen to get any air bubbles out through the needle b
eas. The abdomen, front and side of the t
e same injection site over and over again, I may develop hardened
f my abdomen at a 90 degree angle, and slowly push the knob of the pen all the way in
and put the pen cap
d close with a loud noise, ind
cue to get out
sts these days because of hi
here I hear mom cleaning
out this time?" I ask
od morning to her, there was
he table in an answ
a wedding invitation
get a closer
Alex Snow's wedding, I
children. Three sons and one daughter. The oldest
h school. She was seventeen years old, a year younger than me. The boys were all older, that
nd ask "So he got mad over a we
dy beforehand. When he came into the kitchen and saw me reading it, he just flipped out on me. Said we were not allowed to atten
ently the arguments they've been
fast silently as I kept staring at the invitatio
was buzzing with this news for the past month
eing as it is Alex Snow; the next in line to take the leadership aft
ose name on the invitation said to be Melanie Sullivan. Why would s
the time. They were a danger magnet. They had a lot of enemies, police aside, that w
es to carrying guns and attracting danger, but at
n my father, uncle, and cousin. They
n of his own, he woul
agine what a mini version of him would do to me. I think a part of his hatred towards me and my mother was that we were a disap
cussing their problem with convincing Isaac Snow to let drug
g lord I assume. He managed to convince my father and uncle to allo
used his offer despite the huge amount of
before that drug lord handled Isaac, becau
vers down my spine when I h
the Snows were currently star
arry Alex Snow, will regret ever l
lling herself by marrying into his fam
re it out someday, and it wi