A Teen's Journey Through Type 1 Diabetes, Identity, and Finding Strength Beyond the Diagnosis
One moment, she was just a normal thirteen-year-old girl. The next, everything changed with a single number.
On November 24, 2022, Lila Kate Robinson's life took an unexpected turn when she was diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes. Overnight, blood sugar checks, insulin, carb counting, and constant decision-making became part of everyday life. But while diabetes became part of her story, it never became her identity.
In More Than My Numbers, Lila Kate invites readers into an honest, heartfelt, and deeply personal journey of learning to live with a disease that never takes a day off. From emergency room fears and sleepless nights to swim practice, school, friendships, family life, and even a Taylor Swift concert, she shares what it's really like to grow up with Type 1 Diabetes-the moments most people never see.
With refreshing honesty, humor, and hope, Lila Kate opens up about:
- The shock of being diagnosed at just 13 years old
- Learning to manage blood sugars, insulin, and the constant mental load of diabetes
- The highs, lows, alarms, setbacks, and unexpected victories along the way
- Finding confidence, resilience, and independence through life's hardest challenges
- Discovering that your diagnosis does not determine your future
This isn't a story about being cured.
It isn't about pretending every day is easy.
It's about getting knocked down...and choosing to keep getting back up.
It's about learning that while numbers matter, they never define your worth.
Whether you're living with Type 1 Diabetes, supporting someone who is, or facing an unexpected challenge of your own, More Than My Numbers offers encouragement, understanding, and hope. It provides a rare glimpse into the invisible realities of life with T1D while reminding every reader that they are so much more than any diagnosis, label, or limitation.
Perfect for:
- Teens and young adults living with Type 1 Diabetes
- Parents, grandparents, siblings, and caregivers
- Friends, teachers, coaches, and classmates wanting to better understand T1D
- Newly diagnosed families looking for hope and encouragement
- Anyone searching for an inspiring story of courage, resilience, and perseverance
More Than My Numbers is more than a diabetes memoir-it's a story about finding your voice, embracing resilience, and refusing to let life's hardest moments define who you become.
Because no matter what your numbers say...you are, and always will be, more than your numbers.
