Diabetes

So yeah. Yesterday I found out that I have diabetes. I don’t know why type yet. My doctor seemed confused, so I’m going to see a diabetes specialist next Wednesday. Apparently this guy I’m going to see is very good.

Right now the whole thing is rather shocking. I still feel the same, but I know that something is very wrong with me, and it is hard to compute those two things. And I don’t want to think of myself differently, but I know now that I am. And I have to change my diet, and start exercising and seeing the doctor regularly.

And then I go read about stuff and I get very scared. And right now I don’t know what to do. But I do know I don’t want to be treated weird because of any of this.

Unless anyone wants to give me stuff because they feel bad for me. I’m fine with that.

Except if it is chocolate… :(

This entry was written by Nathan, posted on 5/5/2006 at 12:20 pm, and filed under General.

2 Comments

  1. Moues
    Posted 5/5/2006 at 12:58 pm | Permalink

    That sucks.

    :(

    Are you sure you don’t want chocolate? Because The Natural Way has sugar-free “carbo-lite” stuff. I tried it a while back and couldn’t tell the difference.

    Hang in there…

  2. Anonymous
    Posted 5/5/2006 at 5:13 pm | Permalink

    Nathan, I am so very sorry for you, but I want to let you know that this is something that you CAN control, and continue to live a relatively regular life. The very word scared me senseless. I was scared beyond belief, because 50 years ago it was a far different story. I did substitute teaching with a woman who had it and at lunch she had to go to the bathroom in a bar to first test and then inject herself. In the intervening years medicine has made great strides. But even back then she made it well into her 70′s and had a rather satisfying life.

    Some of the diet foods have also made great strides. Years ago the saccharine sweetener was awful, left an aftertaste. Now we have splenda which is wonderful, many things taste almost the same, including Russell Stover chocolate items.

    Diabetes now is so prevalent that they are really putting
    forth a lot of effort to find a cure or better treatment. There are things on the drawing board even now which will make it much easier. From the time I got my first test kit, they have improved the test kits, and that is just 4 years. Take courage and fight it.