Ok....I have a confession to make. I am not diabetic (yet, or that I know of). But I wanted to be here because diabetes runs rampant in my family...my most recent loss (several years now) to the disease being my mother, at the age of 60. She took so many meds, she needed a dispenser to keep them organized...meds to help with the meds that caused problems...on, and on, and on...She was an elementary school teacher...concocted the flu. Couldn't keep meds or food down for 3 or 4 days. My father wanted to bring her to the doctors, but she refused...saying she was feeling better...never wanting to be a "burden". That day, she was found on the kitchen floor, in a coma in a state of Diabetic Acidosis....her blood sugars were in the 1400's. Her organs and blood were literally turning into acid and shutting down. I spent two weeks watching her...looking for any signs of a come back. A move. A twitch. Eye contact...something....but there was nothing. Nothing but the machine filling her lungs with artificially earned air. She waited until the last of her five children made it to the room, and we all watched as she let go....as the line went flat on her monitor. Not being able to do anything about it. I am here because, I WANT to be able to do something about it. I want to be able to support others. To prevent my own fate with this disease. To help others out of their state of hopelessness....I am here to support, listen and encourage others, while educating myself. I can't relate to your daily struggles, but I can relate to the effects Diabetes has on families, the community and the world. I don't know many of you...but I hope to. Prayers for health and happiness...
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