This is a story about how I have lived through the ups and downs of my life—as a female with both type 1 diabetes (t1d) and hypothyroidism—while trying to find the purpose of all of it. I have been living with both diseases for about 30 years now! I was diagnosed with t1d at the tender age of 4 and hypothyroidism around that time as well (they are both autoimmune diseases, but only hypothyroidism runs in my family). Growing up, I never wanted to let my illnesses hold me bac
