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My diabetes and me

My name is Tawnya. I was diagnosed February 20, 1992 when I was 15 months old. I had a blood sugar of 1,480. They misdiagnosed me twice, it took me going into a coma for them to figure out what was going on. But 23 years later and I'm in college and enjoying life :)

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