For over 32 years, I have been a Type 1 diabetic. I have given myself more than 55,000 shots and checked my sugar more than 65,000 times. No one could possibly understand the daily struggle that is being a Type 1 diabetic. Diabetes is a chronic disease causing stroke and the number 1 cause of heart failure. It affects your eyes, your limbs, and your organs and if not controlled can result in horrible health consequences including death. And like all diabetics I have good days and bad days. It is important for people to understand that while 90% of all diabetics in the US are Type 2 non insulin diabetics, there is a huge difference between Type 1 insulin dependent and Type 2.