My First Day Diagnosed with Diabetes So, you’ve just been diagnosed with diabetes. Diabetes can be hard to understand at first, but you can learn to manage your diabetes better by using the resources and tools found here, along with those provided by your diabetes team. Live your life in the best way possible by not letting diabetes get in the way. That’s a simple win.
Did you know...
- There are over 186,300 people in America age 20 or younger who have been diagnosed with diabetes and over 23.6 million if you count adults, too.*
- About one in every 400 to 600 children and adolescents has type 1 diabetes.*
- As many as 3 million people in the US have type 1 diabetes.** That’s a lot of people!
* American Diabetes Association
** Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation
Talking to your family, friends or doctors is the best way for you to work together as a team to make choices about your diabetes care. Together, they can help you achieve your next simple win.