Looking back: early childhood
July 12, 2025
The earliest thing I remember
I don't remember life before type 1, because I was a baby when it started. That turns out to be its own kind of normal.
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Brooke's story
Growing up with type 1, one honest chapter at a time.
Brooke is a pseudonymous voice on Type1Cure. The stories are real lived experience with type 1 diabetes, written and shared with permission, with names, places, and identifying details changed to protect privacy. They are personal experience, not medical advice.
Brooke's chapters are personal lived experience shared to make people feel less alone. They are not medical advice and do not describe a treatment plan. Talk to your own care team about your numbers, devices, and decisions.
The chapters
Age 10
September 3, 2025
My tenth birthday
Double digits, cake, and the first time I really did my own math.
Read chapterAge 13
December 8, 2025
Middle school and the vending machine
The hardest part of middle school wasn't the lows. It was not wanting to be different.
Read chapterAge 15
March 15, 2026
Sports, sleepovers, and the CGM that beeps at 2am
Exercise lows, sleepover anxiety, and learning to trust the tech without handing it the whole steering wheel.
Read chapterAge 17
June 1, 2026
Almost seventeen: what I'd tell a newly diagnosed kid
Closing in on seventeen, here's the short version of everything the younger me needed to hear.
Read chapterThings that made our days easier
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