Hi, my name is Lynn. I never thought I would have anything like Type II Diabetes. It doesn't run in my family that I know of, but I guess I took my own lifestyle for granted and it feels like it backfired on me.
I come from a big food loving family, and for me, Thanksgiving Day is a day of thanks, always spent with friends and family, and, of course, lots of great food!
But for many families (including mine) that have friends or family members with diabetes (such as my father), those on […]
I was diagnosed with type one diabetes December 27, 2008... my parents seemed more upset than i did because i decided from the first day that diabetes wasn't going to control me, i was going to control it.
I found out I was diabetic with type 2 in febuary 2007 I was 28. I was in the ER becuase I had some very bad eye problems and I freak out I also found out that I was allergic to some antibiotics I was taking
Food Exchanges: 1 1/2 Fruit, 1 Skim […]
I was 8 years old when diagnosed and was told I may not live to see 14, as many children just didn't make it with this illness, back in those days.
Good / Bad: 2006 While delivering papers had chest pain rushed to ER developed pneumonia that became more life threatening when it became empyema and could have killed me and sugars were in 500s had to have emergency surgery developed multiple areas of neuropathy.
As you may know, November is recognized as National Diabetes Month, but another special event also takes place this month - World Diabetes Day on November 14th! Established by the International Diabetes Federation (IDF) and the World Health Organization (WHO) in 1991 in response to the global diabetes epidemic, World Diabetes Day is internationally recognized and recently supported by the UN with the United Nations World Diabetes Day Resolution in December 2006.
My name is Tisha P. and I live in Alabama. I am a 40-year-old who was diagnosed with diabetes at the age of 2. Back in those days there were no blood glucose monitors. They didn’t even prick your fingers. They had small pointed razor blades that made small slits on the end of your fingers. […]