I WAS DX WITH GESTATIONAL DIABETES IN 1986 WITH MY FIRST DAUGHTER AND WAS TOLD WHEN I GET OLDER I WOULD HAVE TYPE 2. AFTER MY 2ND DAUGHTER WAS BORN WITHIN A YEAR I HAD FULL BLOWN DIABETES. TOOK MEDS FIRST THEN SHOTS AND KNOW I HAVE A PUMP AND I REALY LIKE IT.ITS A DAY TO DAY FIGHT AND SOME DAY HARDER THAN OTHERS BUT I KNOW I HAVE TOO! MY HUSBAND AND I JUST HAD OUR 25 WEDDING ANNIVERSARY!MY 1ST DAUGHTER JUST GRADUATED FROM COLLEGE THIS YEAR AND MY YOUNGEST IS DOING GOOD SO I HAVE LOT TO BE THANKFUL FOR! IT HELP SO MUCH HEARING FOR OTHERS THAT IS GOING THROUGH THE SAME THING I AM .