PART B I was diagnosed with type 1 Diabetes at the age of 9. It’s a medical condition that imposes strict restrictions on my diet, exercise and other aspects of my life. Needless to say, managing the condition is a tedious task and takes its toll on me physically as well as mentally.
In the past 16 years, Diabetes has thrown a lot of stuff at me - I have dragged myself into a hospital on a bitter cold Delhi night when no one was at home, I have gone into more hypoglycemic shocks than I can count and I have collapsed on my legs at a party. But as I write this answer, my heart swells with pride because every time life has thrown something at me, I have managed to rise up again as a better and a stronger individual.
I don’t want to come across as a subject of pity. But my health condition is something that requires a lot of patience and determination. There are a lot of days when I can’t find the motivation to get on with my day or when I feel tempted to make an excuse and sit back. On almost all these days I find something to make myself get up and get going. And that, in my opinion, is perseverance. Perseverance, to me, is the ability to keep going in the face of adversity. Perseverance is the what prevents you from quitting in times of extreme hardship. And through Diabetes I have persevered. I have persevered through countless instances of fatigue. I have persevered through my blood glucose fluctuations and I have preserved through the emotional toll of it all. My health condition is something I overcome on a daily basis and it has made me a stronger individual.
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