In life, the two most important concerns are diabetes and health. Diabetes is not the most difficult or worst thing a human being can face in their life, but it is a daily struggle to figure out how to keep their body healthy. Even now, as a freshman in college, I still wonder why me, why was I diagnosed? Although people have given a negative connotation to diabetes, I believe this disease has changed me for the better. When I was younger, I hid the fact that I was diabetic. I had an irrational fear that people would judge me. The looks the adults gave me were the ones I feared the most. The “look” showed that I was different; all I wanted was to be accepted. As I grew up, I realized that diabetes played a key role in shaping the person I am today. With diabetes, every day is a battle, but in the end it only makes me stronger physically and