The Chronically Illest

Type 1 Meetup this Sunday in Vista / San Diego hosted by !! Enia and I will be there - will we see you there?? 👀 Link to RSVP in our bio.

Still our best selling original sticker design 😉 thanks for the lovr and support diabadasses. 🫶💙

WE’RE BAAAAACK !! We’re back from our Summer brean and kicking off pop-ups with at the Anaheim Packing District today! We’re so excited for our first Anaheim pop-up and cant wait for all to come! If there’s a market you want to see us do a pop-up at, make sure to tag us or comment your city below!!! 💚💚💚

Not too late for another labor day sale!!!! 20% off everything!!! PLUS - a free diabrat keychain with every order today only!! 💚💚💚 (discounts automatically apply in your cart - no code needed!!)

JUST IN !! 🔊diabrat summer has been extended all year round 💚⛓️‍💥🖤 the chronically illest DIABRAT collection is LIVE RIGHT NOW at thechronicallyillest.com ✨

✨GIVEAWAY✨ Do you have FOMO from missing our Sicker Than Your Average picnic?! WELL, we saved a goodie bag of sweet treats from us and our diabusiness friends for ONE of you!!!! We want to say a big thank you to ALL the diabusinesses that helped make our 1st birthday picnic so special- so….

TO ENTER: please follow us & all of the accounts below and tag 2 friends you want to come to next years picnic with in the comments. POST TO STORY for an ✨extra entry✨ (you only have to tag us, not all accounts) 💚

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✨RULES: Free to enter. Open to all worldwide. Must be 18+ to claim OR if you are a minor you MUST provide us with a parent or guardian’s contact info to claim your prize if you win. Winner will be posted on our stories and DM’d from THIS ACCOUNT ONLY. 💚 Winner will be selected AT RANDOM from all entries. Multiple entries accepted. If you attended our picnic, you may still enter. Winner will be drawn in 2 weeks on August 18th, 2024.

HAPPY DIABRAT SUMMER !!!! 💚💚💚💚💚🍏 Diabrat collection dropping SOON 😜💚

Thank you to all who came out to celebrate at our 1st ever CHRONICALLY ILLEST sicker than your average picnic yesterday! 💚✨ We had the best day celebrating with old friends, new faces, and meeting so many diabuddies we’ve friended here on IG 🥹 This past year has been a longtime dream come true! We are so grateful to the community for the T1D community we have and to be able to give just a little bit back! We’ll see you next year because we plan to make this an annual event. & a special thank you to all of our friends, followers, and supporters - we wish we could host EVERYONE- but we want you to know YALL ARE THE SICKEST !!! And you mean the world to us 🫶

DIABETIC THINGS !!!! one of our most popular original designs is now a super sick pin!!! A great gift for diabetics of all types 😉 Which design should we make a pin next???
LIVE now on the sute for US shoppers. (We have an exciting update for our friends outside the US coming soon! 🌎)

FULLERTON !! ✨ POP UP TOMORROW! Our fav spot, the fullerton arboretum! This will be our last pop up until AFTER our anniversary picnic event in July. We’ll be back to our pop-ips in August 🫶 Come say hi!!!

The Chronically Illest is turning ONE! We are throwint a FREE Type 1 picnic to celebrate and say THANK YOU to the super sick community we are apart of!

FUN- We will provide light snacks, refreshment, lawn games, and activities!

GIVEAWAYS- we have teamed up with other diabetic business who donated lots of freebies and raffle items to share!

SUPPLY SWAP- bring any unwanted supplies to donate or swap with others!

More info on instagram @ thechronicallyillest

PLEASE RSVP and grab a free ticket for everyone ij your group so we know how many to expect!

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-chronicallyj-illest-picnic-tickets-919183812527

TOMORROW!! Come find us for a super special 🌈PRIDE🌈 POP UP!!! We prepared some exclusive PRIDE items for you!!
We will also be collecting donations to help get diabetic Palestinians to safety! has assembled a list of GoFundMe requests for aid directly from diabetic Palestinians. We will have Palestinian flags & pins free w/ a donation of any amount. ❤️
WE CANT WAIT TO SEE YOU TOMORROW !!! 🫶

It’s our 5 year anniversary!! I’ve said before, The Chronically Illest wouldn’t have ever happened without Enia- but if I’m truly being real and honest, I don’t know if I’d even be here without her. I met Enia when I was the most depressed and burnt out I have EVER been in my 18 years of living with diabetes. I was in college struggling with a lot of things- I was in out of the hospital with DKA frequently. I was not getting to drs appointments, and not being able to get my dexcoms, pump supplies, and sometimes insulin. I started going to church bc a Lyft driver invited me and I was at an all time low lol. We met there and become friends. I remember praying to myself and literally saying “if you have someone you’re going to send to help me with my diabetes, send them NOW- OR, make me stronger, because I can’t do it anymore” 😭 Enia began asking about my medical devices, appointments, offering to help me schedule them and giving me rides to and from. She took interest in learning about Type 1- I told her about my idea to start the Chronically Illest and she asked me every Sunday how it was going- our friendship grew over 2 years and somewhere in the middle we fell in love and I realized my prayer was answered. This love transcended everything I knew about myself and love in general, I fell in love with her before I knew I was gay 🤭. I do believe a higher power brought me a partner and saved my life and I don’t take it for granted. In diabetes we have to carry a lot alone, and if I am honest with myself, I don’t think I’m always strong enough- but now I don’t have to be. ❤️🥹

If you missed us today, don’t worry!! It’s a DOUBLE POP UP WERKENDD ✨ We’re so excited for our first ☝️LONG BEACH pop-up!!! Come say hi! We still have free squishys w/ each purchase while supplies last 🫶

POP UP TOMORROW!!! IN FULLERTON ✨💕 this is going to be a special one- this market will have awesome vendors and also autism resources and non-profits! They have a sensory room, activities, AND Darth Vader & his storm troopers will make an appearance. We are giving out A FREE SQUISHY !! w/ any purchase while supplies last 🥰.

Our first Tortured Pancreas Department cap spotting!!! Congrats to on rocking 13!! years living with type 1 diabetes! The perfect cap for #13 . ✨🫶✨ available now in our shop- linked in bio 🫶✨

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I don’t consider myself a but I do call myself a cap (see what I did?) fan, and I couldn’t pass up the chance to represent the community. 13 years strong being my own pancreas! 💉

Our first batch of Tortured Pancreas Department shirts & hats have started arriving and we are OBSESSED w/ in hers 😍😍😍😍. Get yours!! - available in youth sizes now!! (Also, we hear you and are working on shipping outside of the US super soon 🥹) Thank you all for the love on this collection- I am honored to be a part of The Tortured Pancreas Department !! 🫶✨

PRESENTING our ✨new✨ co-pay giveaways! I firmly believe no one should have to pay for insulin whether your co-pay is $5 or $50, that money should be going somewhere else not towards the thing that cost pennies to make that we need to live like people need air and water..

SO, whatever we can, we will be posting co-pay giveaways!! How much your current insulin co-pay is blue, and you’ll be entered into a raffle. In ONE WEEK, we will draw winners and Venmo you your co-pay so that you can put that money that you normally spend on insulin towards LITERALLY anything else.

Open to everyone 💙

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Who else had to do a christmas site change??? 😩 happy holidays from The Chronically Illest team!! -Rachael, Enia, Teddy, & Annie 💞

I turned 30 yesterday!!!! I celebrated extra extra big w/ a RIP to my 20s party last weekend bc honestly there were many many times I thought diabetes would prevent me from making it here. I struggled A LOT in my early-mid 20s- multiple DKAs, health insurance issues, abusive relationships, struggling w/ mental health, diabetes complications - I spent ALOT of time in hospital beds. I was trying my best, but sometimes life is hard even without diabetes - then you gotta throw that in the mix 😅. Two of my diabesties showed up for me and I was super grateful bc they TRULY understand how difficult it is to just survive sometimes. They get me. One, we’re all diabaddies 💅 Two, all of us were diagnosed as children. And three, ALL lf us are dealing w/ complications and have the same bad right eye 🤭. These girls mean the world to me- they understand with no judgement and we are all here for each other to vent about our lives and our diabetes and celebrate the accomplishments and milestones in each others lives. 💞 The friends I have are my biggest accomplishment in life and I am so grateful to have made so many meaningful connections with people and continue to do so in the next decade 😃💕

Happy Giving Tuesday. We created The Chronically Illest Emergency Insulin Fund because we believe no one should struggle to afford insulin. As we continue to grow - we save a portion of each purchase and use it to donate to Go Fund Me’s or directly to our followers who need help with their insulin costs or copays. We believe in giving back to other diabetics above everything else - if you need help, please reach out (you can stay anonymous). Today, 100% of every purchase will go directly to TCI Emergency Insulin Fund. 💙💙💙💙

The most adorable diabaddie yet!!!! Hope these pics of .life.with.lukas in our diabaddie hat bring you as much joy as they brought us!! 🥰
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Mark your calendars we have ONE pop up left for the 2023 year (damn that went fast!!) See you on 12/3 ANAHEIM! ✨We can’t wait to do even more pop-ups in 2024- if there are any you’d like to see us at please let us know 💙
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Happy World Diabetes Day!!! I was diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes at 12 years old. It changed my whole life & became my whole life. It’s become one of my biggest passions in life to share my story and educate people about what having diabetes is REALLY actually like- the highs & the lows, the good, bad, and ugly. It is a serious and ugly disease that has brought me LOTS of pain- but also, an incredible community of the strongest people I have ever met in this life 💙 An extra happy diabetes day to my fellow diabaddies & diabadasses- it doesn’t stop but neither do we!!!! 💙✨