Judge Sonia Sotomayor

She’s a type 1 diabetic.  When I found that out, I cried.

I am the mother of a child with Type 1 diabetes.  I fucking hate diabetes.  I do my best not to dwell on how truly awful it is, and we do (I think) a really good job of just sort of integrating management into daily life without making my son too “other.”

Every once in a while, we’ll see an article about some football player or pop star who is a Type 1 diabetic and we’ll talk about that.  But, a Supreme Court Justice?  That is completely awesome.  Totally, totally awesome.  Just the idea that Type 1 diabetes is in the national news is so wonderful.  Public education is so helpful.  And the example she sets is wonderful.  She was able to excel in the very competetive worlds of ivy league academia and law.  And now she will sit in one of the hottest seats in the nation’s capital.  [Honestly, when I stop to think about what that stress might do to her blood glucose numbers, I worry for her a little bit!]

I hope that she will be frank and open about her diabetes and how she manages it.  I look forward to hearing her experiences and how the media deals with the question of her long-term health.

So far, I like what I’ve heard about her court decisions.  But, to be honest, that’s taking a back seat for me right now.

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