Thirty-five years, and never once a solo condition.
I have lived with Type 1 diabetes for 35+ years. I know what it is like when the people around you do not know what to do, and how completely different things feel when they do. Better Together Diabetes exists because diabetes is never a solo condition, even when it feels that way at three in the morning, even when you are the only one in the room who can feel the low coming.
I have been the kid checking before gym class, the athlete chasing a number around a track, the partner learning how to let someone in, the parent doing the math in my head while making dinner, the one healing from surgery with diabetes stubbornly along for the ride. Every one of those roles taught me something the next person would have wanted to know. So I started writing it down.
Trapper was my mom's nickname for me. She is the reason this exists. She showed me that the caring and love of a parent can change everything about living with diabetes, the mindset, the approach, the simple fact of not facing it alone. She passed away some time ago, and Better Together carries her with it.
Every angle I have lived from is below. Hover a tile to see how it fits.