Cameron Rosenberg

My journey begins in the year of 2009 when I was diagnosed with type one diabetes at my fourth birthday party. My grandfather was the first person to pointed out after me showing symptoms for a little while and requested I go to the emergency room. There I was diagnosed with type one diabetes. Type 1 has had a fluctuation of impact on my life, but I’d say for most diabetics they would call it “inconvenience“. Before lunch in elementary school I have to go see the nurse and get a proper dose of insulin before I was allowed to return to the cafeteria and sit with my friends. I had to go see the nurse before eating. Any snacks kids had brought in for their birthday or special occasions. It made me stand out a little bit, but I was already an extroverted kid so I just saw it as a time waster. On my graduation of fifth grade going into middle school I’ve learned to become more independent, no more seeing the nurse before every school meal and little did I know how much happier I would be becoming more independent. As I grow up diabetes, gives me some minor challenges and many would call it a “pain in the ass “for certain situations. Many diabetics can relate to having gone to the beach and sand getting in their pump or insulin site area, resulting in having to change your infusion set. I am currently 19 years old and diabetes seems like a passenger in my life. It seems to almost be second nature now waking up in the middle of the night to dose for a random high blood sugar, or having to drag yourself out of bed for some random low. I would say from pure honesty diabetes has its perks and downsides, a perk I claim is having the “disability access pass” for theme parks. I acquired this at Disney where I cut lines where the average wait time was 2 hours plus. I rode the same “avatar” 4D experience ride about 7 times where the wait was 3 hours or more and I did it in the span of an hour and some change. I went to Camp Nejeda in Stillwater, New Jersey, where I met lifelong friends. This is a camp for children with diabetes and gave me some of the best and funniest experiences of my life. I am so grateful for all the friends I’ve made through what many would call a “detrimental” disease. I am happy with how my life is and my career choice as a law enforcement officer as my diabetes does not impact my performance in my daily life.