I hope it will help ease the concern of new diabetics. I knew nothing about the disease when I was diagnosed except it had something to do with sugar. All the rest was totally new. This disease sneaks up on people when they just don't even think about it. We are bombarded with Cancer and other problems, but I didn't know anyone with it when I was growing up, and never even was around anyone who had it when I got older. So, I started at Ground Zero and had to go forward with just my husband to help. I researched for hours. I purchased Mayo Clinic books and read and learned terms and what to do and what not to do. Trial and error. The one thing that is really important is that I learned every diabetic is different.
I hope that posting my positives from today will help others realize they have to be their own advocate and ask questions and see what works for them. Sometimes medical professionals tend to blanket a group of people under the one umbrella. Diabetes doesn't work that way so it's great to be part of the diabetes group and get general information, but be an individual diabetic too and see what helps singular profiles.

retiredteacher

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