Actually, here's a little bit of my personal story. This is personal, but I want to share with you "my story."
In about the year 2001, I worked a job that required me to get up before the birds, a little earlier than now. I used to have to get up at 2:45 EVERY morning, Monday through Friday. It was crazy! I worked out of the home and then my husband worked in the evening most times, so I would come home and take care of my little guy at the time, who was barely 1. Anyway, the weekends were a time of rest for me. Well, it had come to the point that I was ALWAYS very very tired, which was not quite too uncommon for me as I did get up before the birds did on a daily basis, but I was little more tired than usual. It took EVERYTHING I had in me to get myself up and moving. All I wanted to do was sleep. I thought maybe it had to do with my work hours and my weight. Anyway, this lady at my work had been recently diagnosed with diabetes and I thought, well, why not? So, I took myself into the doc and they ran some tests and I DID find out that I tested positive for diabetes type 2. I was sooooo heartbroken. All I could do was cry. I cried for two days straight. I was devastated. Anyway, they sent me to a nutritionist, I had my diabetic classes, and they gave me my glucometer (you know, the thingy to poke yourself with and check your blood sugars). I was on a special diet and lost some weight (not much, but some). Anyway, after the honeymoon stage, I went back to my old self and went on about my life.
Okay, fast foward a few years, still going on about my ways. I had left that job and went back to school. Well, got myself a good job and we decided that we wanted to have ANOTHER baby. Yay, I was soooo excited. I LOVE KIDS! Before I started having kids I wanted FIVE KIDDOS! (Nobody told me it hurt that bad). :) Anyway, we got pregnant in the summer of 2005! We were soooooo excited! I went to the doctor and had it confirmed that I was pregnant. Yay! Now, it's for sure. They tell me I am going to have to see the endocrinologist (one of their specialities is diabetes). Okay, so I go to the endocrinologist. They check me out and tell me that I have be on insulin while pregnant. What?! Are you serious?! No way! I'm going to have to give myself shots! Whoah! Okay....... so I CAN do this! I am going to do this! I do this! So, they work with me, give me a guide on carb counts and whatnot. Now, I REALLY have to follow a special diet as I have to take care of baby too. Well.........apparently I started to get things under control a little too late as I had a misscarriage. :( They really think that it had to do with the diabetes. It was horrible! One of most painful things (emotionally) I have ever dealt with in my life!
Okay, fast forward a couple of months and we get pregnant AGAIN! Yay! This time, I am STILL on insulin as we are keeping things under control so we can "try" about going about it the right way this time with Faith. So, the whole time I was pregnant I was on insulin and had the insulin pump, so I constantly had insulin going in my body the whole time and then when I ate I would give grab my pump and program it to give me more insulin to account for what I was eating.
So, I deliver Faith and get to get rid of the pump. Yay! No more pump, but I still need to work on this. Anyway, year later we decide to have another baby and yep, I have to dig that insulin pump out AGAIN and have to be on insulin the whole time, while pregnant again.:( I deliver Blakey and get to get rid of that nasty pump again.
Now, I head myself to Weight Watchers and lose probably about 80 pounds or so, and then I go to the doc. She tells me that I DON'T need to check my sugars anymore and to just keep doing what I am doing. I don't even need medication! Well, I go back after losing 130 pounds and she declares me DIABETES-FREE. She doesn't even consider me diabetic anymore! So, yes, diabetes has touch my life in a REAL personal way. Actually, it's all around me. It runs in both of our families and my husband has it too!
So, let's be aware and hopefully find a cure for this some day.
Sorry about the long post, but I just wanted to share.
Thanks!
Cheryl
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