The daily diabetes grind is stressful and emotional. If you change your mindset about diabetes, it's easier to accept it in your life. Read how diabetes made me a better me. How do you make the transition from a carefree 10 year-old to waking up one day with type 1 diabetes? That’s what happened when I found myself in the hospital scared and not knowing how diabetes would affect my life. At age 10, I was active in dance and gymnastics, played games with my friends and wanted