Diabetes Stories

I have been a Diabetic since I was thirteen MONTHS old. People always look at me and then go "did you say Months?" I was an infant. I went into a coma for seven days. No one thought I would make it. There were dozens of hospitalizations over the years and I was always "different". Things weren't as advanced back then as they are now. I had to be on insulin shots from the very beginning. I had to check my blood sugar 4 or more times a day my entire life. It's depressing. I couldn't do the things that I wanted, I couldn't run and play, I never had the energy. I remember my Grandpa saying I was here for a very special reason because I had survived…. But now I'm not so sure. I had the hardest pregnancy that my doctors had ever seen. I stayed in the hospital the entire time. I don't have the words to explain everything I went through. I thought after that, I would be ok. Then in 2007, out of the blue, I had a heart attack. I had an undiagnosed hyper-thyroid. I also have Glaucoma and … [Read more...]