You want talk about shocking? I thought puberty was about the worst thing a pre-teen would have to go through. That was until the day I passed out in science class, that I realized there are things that are much, much worse.
The doctor at the ER that strange May day, told me there tests had shown I had Type 1 Diabetes, and that I would need to take insulin shots the rest of my life. It hit me like a stone, and ever since then I knew I would never have anything the easy way.