I don't like being diabetic but I have just sort of learned to live with it as I have been diabetic for about 10 years and it's not nice. I do have my moments when I get really upset and think "why me" but then I think it could be worse, much worse. I could have cancer or something else awful and really I am quite lucky. What does bother me a lot is when everyone asks me about it, but the thing is when I do tell them about it they don't understand because it's hard to explain and if I tell them it's something to do with your pancreas not working, they say "what is your pancreas" and I don't really know myself, all I really know is that mine doesn't work. The other things I don't like is that you have to have injections which are really painful. I am lucky to be on the pump which I have had for about a year, but even that has its ups and downs, I like being on the pump so much better than injections because I have so much more freedom, I can eat what I want, when I want. But it is big and sometimes it gets in the way like when I have my school uniform on there is no way I can cover it up and it sticks out and that is when people ask me about it, but even so I wouldn't go back to injections because they hurt and I can't eat what I want and I always had to have snacks which I didn't always want. Now I am used to it, it is part of my life, and I can't imagine life without it.