There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.

About Me
My name is Erica, I hail from New York City and I've been diabetic for the past 9 years this month (October). I'm a college student at the moment with a double-major in Creative Writing and Digital Art & Design. I should be graduating in May.

My interests include: Dance (tap/jazz/ballet/belly), Acting, Role-Playing, Art History, Philosophy, Photography, Graphic Design, Web Design, Coding, Blogging, Rock & Roll, Reading, Writing, Calligraphy, Snowboarding, Traveling, Traipsing, and Dreaming.

Why I joined TuDiabetes
When I was 15 I read a memoir called "Needles," by Andie Dominick. If you have not read it, you should. Reading about Andie's story was both heart-breaking and inspiriting, and I wanted to see what more was out there, and came up empty-handed. There was one other memior I found (Sweet Invisible Body) but it is out of print. All the other books are medical books, or children's books. I did find one YA fiction book, Sweet Blood, but it wasn't accurate. Obviously the author didn't have a good-enough grasp of the condition to understand it fully. Thus, I decided that this wasn't right. There's so much literature out there about everything from cancer to rape to facing high school. Why is Diabetes so left out? I decided that I wouldn't rest until that was no longer the case. I decided that I would write my own book.

It would be fiction, as writing a memoir for me would be too difficult. The main character would be female, like myself, and would be of some high-school age. (The time I had the most difficulty with Diabetes.) I had all this decided, but so far I've spent the past 6 years writing and rewriting the first 3 chapters, unable to plot out the story. I almost gave up. Then my mom came up to me and expressed how important it was that I write it, how wide an audience I could possibly reach.

I realized that I can't do it alone, with just my story as a basis to jump off of, and I don't want to just make situations up. Every diabetic is different, and I want to hear and learn about other's stories so that I can better understand the way others feel about and live with Diabetes. Thus, I am here. I feel like this community will be a great inspiration to me, and I thank everyone in advance if you decide to share your stories with me.