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 […]
My story is not that unusual. Like many people I was a normal, skinny kid until I started having children. Being with child gave me permission to eat, and eat and eat! Fat cells developed and then one day after having four children, I woke up to realize that I had abused my body terribly. I […]
This lifetime love affair with racing began with a trip to the 1964 Los Angeles Times Grand Prix, at Riverside Raceway, in California. Parnelli Jones won the race. At 13 years old, I thought the men who drove these cars were gods. I set out to learn everything I could about race driving and race cars. […]
I really notice I had diabetes in 2004, because I frequently visited the rest room and got thirsty equally. Being in My country Liberia, at the time of the war, were medical infrastructures and the national economy have been completely shattered, receiving medical attention on your own was very expensive. Those which were blessed with access […]
When I was born Friday the 13th in 1983, the doctors told my parents that your son’s pancreas was not functioning correctly. The doctors proceeded to take 85% of my pancreas from me. As a child, my parents said that I was wild always everywhere to hyper.
Before I was diagnosed my symptoms were urinating, thirst, fatigue, […]
For two days, Fit4D will make their team of diabetes experts available to answer questions about diabetes. All people with questions about diabetes have the opportunity to connect with the diabetes coaching experts at Fit4D, who provide online support to people with diabetes every day. People with diabetes and pre-diabetes will be able to […]
I was diagnosed and the young age of 6, actually 10 days before my 7th birthday. October 10, 1991.
I’m working on 18 years of this disease. It of course has been a tough road, but I am striving and living my life to the fullest. I don’t really remember life with out Diabetes it has been […]
ADW Diabetes, Charlie Kimball and our partners and supporters would like to congratulate Brian Harris! Brian will be joining us for Charlie’s championship race at the Miami-Homestead Raceway in October!
Tuesday, May 3, 2005 started out like any other day.
I woke up to the country music on KIX 101.1 and drug myself out of bed. I woke […]
I am diabetes.
I have been diabetic all of my life. From the age of 2 to be precise. I am also 16th generation diabetic.
But my story really follows a very strange path. The doctor who took care of me would not tell my parents I was diabetic. As he put it, I had something like what […]