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created by elyfornoville on 29/01/2025 at 15:04 UTC*
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Hey everyone! My name is Ali Abdalkareem. I’m 27 years old, and currently living in San Diego, CA. I’ve been living with Type 1 diabetes for 9 years.
I am a full-time entrepreneur and a part-time health/fitness enthusiast. I am also the creator of The Diabetes Daily Hustle and other shows/podcasts related to life with Diabetes.
I was diagnosed in my senior year of high school after my 18th birthday. I did not hide my diabetes, but I also wasn’t a large advocate at the time. In the beginning, there was a lot of messiness from having no education for foods, insulin, and how the body responds to that combination. I had help from my endocrinologist, diabetic educators, and my uncle, who lives with LADA diabetes. In the beginning, I didn’t have a lot of motivation to learn what I could do to better my blood sugar control, and I was more focused on wanting to enjoy food and exercise like I was before diabetes. In other words, I wanted a resolution but didn’t try for a solution or even know if there was one to better my life with diabetes.
It was hard for my family emotionally. It left a heavy heart for my mom that her youngest was living with an autoimmune disease that, at the time, felt unfair or undeserving. Acceptance was probably the hardest part for me and my family. It didn’t take too long for my family to accept my life with diabetes, and feelings of empowerment showed up as I began to control my diabetes and had a new determination to thrive in my new life.
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