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Writing about your own chronic illness?


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Hey everybody, happy CASPA season! I've been trolling this forum for advice and insights on my personal statement, but I think I've come up with something that's stumping me. Is it frowned upon/helpful/neutral to talk about your own chronic illness in your personal statement? I'm a type 1 diabetic, and I used to be seen by a PA (at a clinic that's a clinical site for one of the programs I'm applying to!). I think that I could write convincingly about my own struggles with diabetes, but I don't want to come across like I'm trying to play a pity card with the adcom. I'm mortified of using my diabetes as a crutch. Does anybody have any thoughts or experience with this type of thing? 

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