Superstitious folks, cover your eyes, as I was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes on Friday 13 th March 2015, aged sixteen. Prior to this diagnosis, I was unaware that I was suffering with undiagnosed, critical Diabetic Ketoacidosis. Diabetic Ketoacidosis, or DKA, as it is commonly referred to, is the condition that undiagnosed diabetics suffer from. It is caused from a lack of insulin in the body, and your body turns to breaking down your fat stores to keep you going, in replace of the lack of nutrition. I feel that a NHS style list of symptoms will do little justice to the actual experience of them, as I am sure many diabetics will agree, so allow me a few fancy adjectives. A burning, unquenchable, rabid thirst. Weight plummeting; I lost nearly two and a half stone in two months. Being so, painfully tired, I would weep at the thought of getting up in the morning. Simply walking down the road would send my heart into a flurry of panic, my breath spasmodic and wheezy. Small cuts on t...