Imagine if on top of your busy life there was another entire life that you had to deal with. Only this other life isn’t easily seen or understood by other people. This other life is having a chronic illness.

When you have a chronic illness, it can feel like you are always having to compromise on what you want to do. As a millennial with type 1 diabetes, I can tell you firsthand that this isn’t true. You can go on an adventure with type 1 diabetes, but it requires flexibility and adaptability.

For many millennials, the concept of “health” has taken on a whole new meaning since the coronavirus hit the US. But for some, health has played a front-and-center role in their daily lives for years. And the pandemic has just taken that to another level.