Brec Bassinger Celebrates 10 Year Anniversary of Diabetes Diagnosis

Brec Bassinger is opening up more about her Type 1 Diabetes diagnosis.

The 18-year-old former Bella and the Bulldogs actress shared on Tuesday (January 23) that it’s been ten years since she was diagnosed.

“Yesterday, January 22nd, TEN YEARS AGO, I was diagnosed with type one diabetes. Literally a whole decade,” she wrote. “As with any battle, there are ups and downs, and every anniversary brings about those same conflicting emotions. As weird as it may seem to celebrate a disease, I do. I celebrate the person it has made me. The people I’ve connected with because of it. And I celebrate that it is one year closer to a cure. In the picture, you will see my super cool Dexcom connected to my arm. I like to tell people I’m a robot (and they believe it too). I never wanted anything connected to my body because it was open proof that I was different, but I am different. We all are. EMBRACE YOUR DIFFERENCES. But you heard it here first, one day diabetes will not be one of my differences #typeonetypenone Xo.”