![]() Your life will not be the same as it was. Being diagnosed with a chronic illness is also a loss. When a person loses someone they love, we accept that they will need time to grieve. Letting yourself be angry can be an essential part of coming to terms with a diagnosis we are often too quick to jump to the ‘moving on’ stage. ![]() I think it’s important to acknowledge those feelings of anger and grief and sit with them for a while. Having diabetes isn’t the end of the world, but it can feel that way. In writing Sugar I wanted to give voice to the frustration of living with a chronic illness. The day my blood tests came back, the doctor said “Diabetes is your friend for life”. ![]() I was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes when I was 28 and living in South Korea. ‘Sugar’ cover designed by Text Publishing Art Director Imogen Stubbs and illustrated by What inspired you to write Sugar ? ![]()
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