It can happen to anyone at anytime. At first it may seem scary because of this new condition. But it's not all tears and troubles. At first I was angry because I thought it was unfair "why me why not someone else." But then I felt sad because I realised this is a lifelong condition. When you're only young it can make you feel quite lonely. As me and my family began to come to terms with it all, my mum started doing some research about it and she found out that there were many research projects all over the world trying to find a cure for type 1 and 2 diabetes. Type 1 and type 2 are both diabetes but are not caused by the same thing. Type 2 is caused by their lifestyles and type 1 is possibly genetic (doctors have not yet found a definite reason) except that your pancreas stops working. Slowly but surely I became less worried and my old life, going out with my friends, sleepovers and parties all became part of my routine again. I had to stay off school for 2 weeks, at that time I was still in primary. When it was time for me to go back, I was dreading telling my friends because I thought they might think of me has a different person and could they catch it from me?? My teacher encouraged me to do a little talk about it. When I did the talk everyone was really interested and all wanted to have a look at the needles, which made me laugh. With all the support I had, I wanted to try to become more positive so I started to talk to other diabetics and ask them how they felt and coped. A few months later my mum told me about this 3 day trip to Marrick Priory an adventure weekend for all diabetics. I met loads of new friends and had a brilliant time (I recommend it when they next organize one.)Whenever I go out and have to do my insulin out it worries me a little but I normally do it in the toilets or in a corner but no one ever looks anyway. At Marrick everyone was doing their injections themselves except me which made me feel like I wanted to have ago. 2 months later I was doing injections myself with loads of confidence. Finally if you don't want diabetes to take a big impact on your life think positive not negative. 5 years on, I can do my injections myself, haven't had a hypo in a year and I'm living life to the full!!!!