Corinna - I'm diabetic too. I was just diagnosed with Type 1 almost a year ago. I find its so much easier to cope with since I have my animals. They always give me a shoulder to cry on if when the disease gets hard to deal with. Shiloh has even woke me up once when I was getting a hypoglycemic attack. There was a chance I wouldn't have woken up and that would have been bad. She sat by my head meowing and touching her paws to my face like she was frantic. It was really amazing.