Managing type 1 diabetes is a real job, and mistakes are part of everyday life. Running out of insulin on a Saturday at 6:30 p.m., taking 22 units of Novorapid instead of Lantus at 9 p.m., forgetting a bolus, getting an upset stomach right after an injection… Here’s a little sampling of our four years with T1D—our sleepless nights fueled by apple juice and “therapeutic” Coke—and how we always manage to get through it.