Type 1 Diabetes Case Study

As a first-grader, Loren sat on the hospital bed listening to the doctors tell his parents that he had been diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes. As the years went by, Loren faced the constant struggles of being a diabetic. Loren was late walking onto the bus of his eight-grade field trip because he had an insulin reaction before the field trip. As he got older, he faced discrimination because of his diabetes. When Loren decided he wanted to be a California Highway Patrol, he was turned down because they could not have a diabetic patrolling California’s highways. Loren faced discrimination throughout his life by employers, armed forces, the DMV, statistics, and even friends. Loren did not want to be the stereotypical diabetic; therefore, he

If a taxi is broken down, it cannot take you where you need to go. The insulin causes a traffic jam of glucose in your blood, or your pancreas does not produce enough insulin, especially if you have had diabetes for a long period of time. (Type 2) People with diabetes often have no control with getting the desease because of genetics. “Diabetes is so common in this country that it touches nearly everyone’s life – or will.” (Bernstein 33.) A diabetic will notice obvious signs. As Loren’s parents noticed, the disease can begin with showing as depression, frequent urination, thirst, blurry vision, and weight loss (How). Occasionally the symptoms of diabetes can even be self-diagnosed. Amy said, “I started being thirsty all of the time and falling asleep in class, and after losing 15 pounds in less than a week, I was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes, just like my younger sister.” (Mercer 55). As for Chris, a type 2 diabetic, he says, “it causes me depression and changes my mood.” (Castro). Meeka said, “Depression is a common symptom of being diabetic. Diabetes can result in rapid mood swings depending on blood sugar levels an can result in depression.” (Merrithew.) Diabetes can be diagnosed by a multitude of