Here I am again....

I went back to the doctor's yesterday.

A new doctor, or, to be exact, a new nurse/practitioner. We're going to change my medications and start working at getting my blood sugars under control. I'm excited and enthused about the new start.

I wrote the following article a few years back. It seems time to bring it out again.

I am diabetic.

If you've never had to speak these words, I'm not sure you can know the power of the emotions that the words bring. Fear, despair, and anguish are but a few of the powerful emotions that have tried to defeat me. I'm sure that everyone with this disease has had to deal with these, and many more, on a regular basis.
2 years ago, I was diagnosed with Type II diabetes. This is often called "adult onset" diabetes, meaning that I was not born with it, but have developed it over the years. How? No one knows. There are many theories, but no real answers.

I guess that I have been in denial for a lot of the past 2 years. This is a common reaction to such a diagnosis. I have my share of health "challenges", and have had to deal with them for a great portion of my life. I just didn't believe that I would be given another one. Life would NOT be that mean, would it? Again, denial was speaking. Somewhere, in the wishful part of my mind, I thought it was a mistake, or that it would just go away. It wasn't. It hasn't. Now it is time to come to grips with it.

That is one of the reasons I'm starting this column. I think that "going public" will help me to be more accountable for the treatment of this disease. Hopefully, my future thousands of readers will put a little more pressure on me to "be good".

*grin*

I'm hoping that some of the things I've learned, and will continue to learn, about living with diabetes will prove of benefit to someone who might read these columns. There is a wealth of information available, but it is not always so easy to find. I will work to make it a little easier.

I hope you'll want to read this column, offer your comments, and yes, your prayers and support.

I am diabetic, and learning to deal with it.