# @elilillyco on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/Ba90nN1nL3_
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/64295079-elilillyco-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/5013ed8a5e.jpg
- **Posted:** 2017-11-01T20:25:54.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Eli Lilly and Company (@elilillyco) — https://gondola.cc/elilillyco

## Caption

“When I was taken to the hospital in the second grade, I had no idea it would change my life. To me, it was a fun trip to some place new. To my family, it was a devastating diagnosis for their 6-year-old girl – type 1 diabetes. I don’t think that I was fully aware of what having diabetes meant for me back then. All I knew growing up in northwest Ohio was that there wasn’t anyone else at school who had diabetes. And I felt alone.
But everything changed when I discovered music at age 10. If I couldn’t play, it was like not having air to breathe. Playing and performing on stage gave me a sense of accomplishment, but it wasn’t until my first diabetes camp that I felt like I belonged somewhere. There, I was just like everyone else.” My name is CrystalBowersox and this is #MyDiabetesStory. 
In addition to touring the country, Nashville recording artist Crystal Bowersox teamed up with Lilly Diabetes to help children with diabetes believe they can achieve their dreams and thrive with diabetes. 
#T1day #CrystalBowersox #T1D #Diabetes #diabetesawarenessmonth #americandiabetesmonth  #t1dlookslikeme

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- **Views:** 0
- **Likes:** 133
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- **Comments:** 3

## Tags

t1day, crystalbowersox, t1d, mydiabetesstory, diabetesawarenessmonth, americandiabetesmonth, diabetes, t1dlookslikeme

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