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Long-Term Journey

Four decades is long enough to see T1D from every angle: the kid, the teenager, the young adult, the middle-aged veteran. This pillar is about the decades — mental health, diabetes burnout, relationships, identity, and the hard-won wisdom that only comes from carrying this disease for a lifetime.

4 articles in this pillar

Two friends sitting across a kitchen table over coffee, the kind of unhurried conversation that turns a Type 1 diabetes diagnosis from a private crisis into something shared

Long-Term JourneyApr 17, 2026 · 10 min

Finding Your T1D Community After Diagnosis

A newly diagnosed Jersey woman says the T1D support group that welcomed her became her first friends on the island. A longtime T1D on why that ordinary fact is the most under-prescribed treatment in Type 1 care.

A man holding a microphone on a comedy stage, representing how stand-up comedy can be a coping tool for living with type 1 diabetes

Long-Term JourneyApr 16, 2026 · 9 min

Why I Laugh About T1D (And Why You Should Too)

Comedian Sam Morrison built a solo show out of his type 1 diagnosis. After four decades of T1D, I understand exactly why humor might be the healthiest coping tool we have.

Warm sunrise over a calm landscape — a new beginning for T1D Global

Long-Term JourneyApr 11, 2026 · 3 min

Welcome to T1D Global — Four Decades of Lived Experience, Now in One Place

A new patient-voice journal on Type 1 Diabetes, written from four decades of lived experience and grounded in peer-reviewed research.

A woman mid-stride on a running track at dawn, quiet determination on her face

Long-Term JourneyApr 11, 2026 · 8 min

The Women Who Refuse to Be Outdone by Diabetes

A longtime T1D's tribute to the women who've lived with Type 1 Diabetes longer than most endocrinologists have been practicing — and what their quiet refusal to be defined by it teaches the rest of us.