
Freda’s Story (Diabetes)
Hi, my name is Freda. I’m 43 years old and a mother of 3; an 8 year old boy, girl

Hi, my name is Freda. I’m 43 years old and a mother of 3; an 8 year old boy, girl

Well it all started in November 2007, when the doctor gave me news that I have diabetes. She assumed that
Spring of 2011, I was in my second semester of nursing school. The year began ok. January, I was studying

I have been a Diabetic since I was thirteen MONTHS old. People always look at me and then go “did
An estimated 16 million people in the United States have diabetes, a condition in which the body is unable to
Usually when someone tells me of a diagnosis of cancer or something else I know what to do to support and