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Diabetes is Part of Our Family. 
Hi, my name is Tracy, I myself do not have Diabetes. My husband was diagnosed at the age of 16 months he is now 36 and is doing great. When I became pregnant ...

Do You Tell Others You Have Diabetes?  Not rated yet

Anna's Story  Not rated yet
For diabetics who don't look after themselves, the long-term risks are damage to the eyes, kidneys, nerves, heart and major arteries. One of the ...

Scared Senseless After Diagnosis  Not rated yet
When I was first diagnosed with diabetes, I really didn't know much about measuring my blood sugar and insulin levels. Every time I would be out in public ...

Diabetes Was A Part of My Whole Life  Not rated yet
I grew up in a household where diabetes was something dealt with everyday. Both my mother and my grandfather had diabetes. I never really understood what ...

Diabetes Took Away My Self Worth  Not rated yet
I was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes when I was ten years old. I am now 21. While my overall management of my diabetes has not been the best it could have ...

Diabetes Has No Preferences  Not rated yet
It doesn’t matter who you are, where you’re from or how diabetes has affected your life, we invite you to share your thoughts and feelings and tell us ...

Carole Williams Story  Not rated yet
" I was grossly overweight. I was tired all the time,"says Carole Williams. Worried about the possibility of developing diabetes, Carole turned to exercise ...

I Had Type 1 at 36 Years Old  Not rated yet
I did not realize that I had diabetes until I was about 36 years old. The major symptoms that sent me to the doctor were having to go to the bathroom. I ...

Amanda's Diabetes Story  Not rated yet

Presley's Diabetes Story  Not rated yet

Baseball great Ron Santo & Diabetes--INCREDIBLE Story  Not rated yet

Diabetes Kaden's Story on Video  Not rated yet

Stopped Taking Care of Myself  Not rated yet
Hello am jenny wiith type1. I was diagnosed with diabetes at age 8 and am 17 years old in the year 2008. There was a point where I had stopped taking my ...

All Alone in the World: Type 1 Diabetes  Not rated yet
On December 11, 2008 I was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes. At the brittle age of 12, this stopped me in my tracks or success and pure happiness.

For ...

I can't live without it.  Not rated yet
I’m a 17 year old girl from Massachusetts with type 1 diabetes. I was diagnosed at 5 years old on mother’s day weekend and I remember it like it was yesterday....

Thought I Had Diabetes.......  Not rated yet
I was shocked when diagnosed with diabetes at the age of 45! There was no history in my family and I was only slightly overweight. I had been diagnosed ...

Ten Years Old When Diagnosed Type 1   Not rated yet
Hello everyone, I was diagnosed with diabetes at the age of 10 years and 9 days. No one in my family had this disease nor was anyone ever given more difficult ...

Cinnamon and Diabetes: An Elusive Link  Not rated yet




Cinnamon is thought to have the ability to improve blood sugar levels in persons with type 2 diabetes. This relationship is supported by ...

42 Year Old Male With Diabetes Shares His Story  Not rated yet
I am a 42 year old male who was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes about three years ago. I was severely overweight – topping the scale at 350 pounds – and ...

Top 5 Diabetes Diet Tips for Creating Healthy Meal Plan  Not rated yet
If you've never attempted to eat a healthy, well-balanced diet before your diabetes diagnosis, it can be difficult to know where to get started. Try these ...

Healthy Eating for Diabetes Patients   Not rated yet
When faced with the diagnoses of Diabetes, there is much that the healthcare provider can do to help patients today.

However, eating right is ...

My Story about Having Diabetes  Not rated yet







When my doctor told me "We have to take some aggressive action to take care of your high blood sugar level." I knew he wanted ...

Frustration  Not rated yet
I was so tired. Tired enough to start taking otc diet pills to stay awake. My doctor said I was depressed and gave me meds for that.
I continued to complain ...

Came down with type 2 diabetes.....  Not rated yet
I was diagnosed with Type II diabetes in November 2008. I hadn't been feeling well, was lethargic, thirsty all the time, and had to urinate frequently....

My Husband Was Diagnosed with Type 2 Diabetes  Not rated yet
My husband was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes in Oct 08. For about 3 weeks he had been having trouble sleeping at night and then was always thirsty. He ...

Heart Disease Prevention - The Diabetes-Heart Disease Connection  Not rated yet
If you saw a tiger, you’d run for your life. But what if you didn’t see it? For those of you with type 1 or type 2 diabetes, heart disease is that unseen ...

My Type 1 Diabetes Journey  Not rated yet
Thinking back to the day I was first told I was a diabetic, it was a bit surreal. For me the journey started with several months of being sick and not ...

Diabetes Has Followed Me For Some Time Now......  Not rated yet
As for sharing my story, mine is very simple and boring...nothing that would be too interesting to read, I'm afraid. I was borderline for many years, having ...

My Diabetes Brought Me Complications......  Not rated yet
In 1994, at the age of 39, I was working the 4 PM - midnight shift in a grocery warehouse where I had been for 20 years. At the time, I was eating one ...

PCOS Causes Infertility AND Can Easily Bring On Diabetes  Not rated yet
Most people do not think of infertility as a medical condition, but it in fact is recognized as a disease by the CDC. There are many diseases that result ...

How Important is the Right Diabetes Diet?  Not rated yet



There is nothing more important than the right diabetes diet. Diabetes is a serious disease that you need to learn as much as you can about if your ...

Does Stress Lead to Increased Diabetes Risk?  Not rated yet
It is believed that improperly unmanaged stress is a major determinant in almost all illness conditions. Does stress also leads to diabetes? Let us investigate....

My 7 Bad Habits As a Diabetic  Not rated yet

LOL! I don’t know why I decided to make this list, since I have nothing to hide I thought I would blog about My 7 “Bad” Habits as a Diabetic. I am not ...

Mother of a Type 1 Son  Not rated yet
I am a mother of a child with type 1 diabetes. I would like to tell how he was diagnosed. I am a nurse so I am aware of diabetes. With that knowledge and ...

Once a diabetic, always a diabetic!  Not rated yet
I was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes at the age of 10. It was a tag-along visit to the doctor that led to this discovery. I had not been acting like myself ...

My Type 1 Diabetes Story  Not rated yet
I was 9 years old when I became very ill one day. Prior to that, I had been having symptoms of weight loss, thirst, and blurry vision. I thought the day ...

Unaware I Had Diabetes  Not rated yet
I was not surprised last year when they told me that my blood sugar was elevated and that I had high blood pressure to go along with the issue. I was very ...

Diagnosed With Adult Onset Diabetes  Not rated yet
Even though I have only been recently diagnosed with Adult onset diabetes, I feel like I have been suffering from my condition both physically and mentally ...

My PCOS and Diabetes   Not rated yet
I was diagnosed as pre-diabetic at the same time I was diagnosed with PCOS, they mostly go hand in hand. Then when I became pregnant I developed gestational ...

Water and Diabetes  Not rated yet
WATER AND DIABETES



Have you ever been dying of thirst and a coworker or friend said, "You know, you may have diabetes?" Sounds like a stretch, but ...