For 16 years of my life I’ve been living with type 1 diabetes. Because I was diagnosed at such a young age, I had a difficult time accepting it when I reached my adolescent years. So for almost 10 years I was what the doctors described as being “non-compliant”. I never knew how to accept something […]
In 1985, just before my 40th birthday, I was diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes. To say that this was a life changing event is an understatement. Though, at the time, the full impact of that diagnosis was still years away.
I didn’t understand how diabetes happened to me – I was fit, exercised and ate the right […]
There are few things I remember about that day, 20 years ago. I had been nauseous and exhausted for weeks. The thirst was unquenchable and the fatigue unbearable. I literally fell asleep in class, but this was chalked up to my rigorous soccer schedule.
I remember the doctor getting ready to let me leave my annual check-up […]
Type-2 Diabetes is a new challenge chained upon my father’s life. It started as a weight borne by our family, as my father entered the diabetic phase of his life in denial. The first challenge was adding a regimen of glyburide and actos to his daily routine. He equated daily pills with aging and ill health. […]
I’ve been married for 20 years to a wonderful woman who’s Dad & Grandmother had diabetes. Her Dad told her from a very early age that she should never marry anyone with diabetes in their family or her children would surely get diabetes. She was scared when she first heard her Dad tell her this at […]
I’m a 32 year-old wife and mother of two boys. I’m a registered dietitian and a licensed school teacher as well. I had just lost 60 lbs so suffice to say I was shocked and felt undeserving to be diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes on April Fool’s Day of 2008. Boy, was I in denial of […]
As a mental health counselor I am in the business of helping people see their strengths, adapt to changes, and learn to thrive with sometimes very challenging situations and conditions. As a person with type 1 diabetes, I learned at an early age the importance of making healthy choices and have also survived through many incidents […]
My sister Roseanna was diagnosed Type 1 at age 4 in 1957, there was no source of information back then other than your doctor which she did have a good doctor. We were having a family reunion in the summer, in TX and eating watermelon. Roseanna was 6 at this time and she wanted more watermelon […]
I was 50 years old when I fell apart, health wise anyway, blood tests revealed I had high blood pressure, high cholesterol and as I begged the doctor not to say “Diabetes,” but that is what he said. I was really shook up,
Diabetes in my mind was the disease that ravished my father’s body and took […]