Really, “living with diabetes”?

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I know a lot of people don’t like the term “diabetic.” They think it reduces us to our disease. So we have come to use in our speaking and writing the expression, “people with diabetes.” For short PWD. Personally, I don’t care what you call me. Well, within reason. I know what diabetes is for me. […]
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