I Have Diabetes

Life is really not fair sometimes.. I do accept my diabetes and I'm over the crying and denying since couple of years now..

but I need to get these negative thought out of my chest .. I know each and every word the doctor would say...

My life used to be normal ... which might sound silly to some people but when your life gets crazy in one day normal seems pretty dang good. Two years ago i went to the doctor because I thought that i had a really bad cold... well it...

I'm 29.5 weeks pregnant with my second child and I went for a routine one hours glucose test my results where so high that I don't have to take a three hour test I have to start insulin , right away... I'm shocked and scared! with my...

In June, My nephew's wedding was in New Hampshire. My husband and I are both Diabetics (He's type 2 and I'm Type 1) We had forgotten our test strips and insulin back in Florida, and I didn't realize it until we got to New Hampshire. I...

"Research suggests diabetes is to blame for the increased risk of death seen in the obese -- not obesity in and of itself.

According to a study published September 26, 2006, in the medical journal Critical Care, having diabetes...

Thru another health issue(Sarcoidosis) I was diagnosed with diabetes because I was placed on Prednisone for the Sarc which drove my sugars thru the roof causing me to become a full blown diabetic. I have recently been able to keep my...

i found out that i am a diabetic about 5 years ago.  It is very hard. But i have kept off about 35 pounds.  Still need now to get into shape but i dont want to do it alone.  Need other people to do it with.

I was diagnosed with diabetes type II several years ago. I have had periods of time when I managed this very well with eating properly and walking.  I would get to a place where my a1c was steadily 6.9 and felt so improved, lost a...

Last summer, right after my husband came home from Iraq, I got cellulitis in my right leg that abscessed badly.  I was going to the doc every day to have it lanced and drained for almost a week.  In the course of all this...

I have just seen an FDA warning about Byetta causing Pancreatitis in 30 reported cases. So far, no deaths…but do I want to be the first?

Byetta works great for controlling my type 2 diabetes. Made as a synthetic version of the Gila...

Personally, I'm not diabetic. But my "little brother" is. He's not really my brother, but close enough. No one knew he was diabetic until he was 4. I watched him sit In the hospital having his finger pricked by a nurse in fear; to...

This disease is a death sentence. It makes me sad to think of myself as dying but in actuality I am. This disease ravaged the body of my Mother until her dying last breath. Certainly times have changed and there are great improvements...

You may or may not know that seizures can happen when your sugars are close to rock bottom. Symptoms of low sugars have changed for me over the years, but when I was young, and on a volatile insulin combination by necessity, they were...

Most people stop making a big production of Halloween when they reach their early teens. They may use it as an excuse to go cause mischief or get together with friends, but generally they pass the torch onto the next generation of...

I just found out that I am a diabetic a couple years ago all though things are still knew to me because no one has taken the time out to answer my questions and when I have had questions answered then when I do mention it to a doctor...

I was diagnosed in April 2002 with type 2 diabetes. I started out on pills, diet and excersize. At first i did great.  I decided to try the all meat diet and then i got really sick. At the time i was a Catholic and i ended up in the...

I was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes march 15,2013. For the past two months I've been having a hard time dealing with the fact that I have diabetes, I'm not going to lied I was scared and thought it was a death sentence, I had a lot of...

I found out last month  I have the symptoms of diabetes.  My blood sugar was over 300 and I started on metformin.  I've been doing some reading and saw that cinnamon and chromium are supplements that help maximize the conversation of...

I've been insulin dependent for over 20 years now. I went through variations in syringe types, insulin types, and even delivery systems. For those who remember the brief period of the Presi-Jet, I endured the 2 weeks of pain from 1...

I read this article and wanted to share it with you. I found it rather interesting. Catherine's blog information follows.

I’ve recently done a bunch of research into nutrition labels — you know, the “Nutrition Facts” panel...