What is Diabetes?

Basically in real simple terms, Diabetes is a disease in which the body not successfully processing sugar properly. Insulin isn't produced or received effectively and there's an overflow of sugar in the blood. There are two types of Diabetes.  Type 1 and Type 2.

I have Type 2.

Type 1is an insulin dependent disease

Type 2 is a non-insulin dependent disease

Did I mention I'm a type 2?

Yep, I did it to myself.  I'm owning it, never mind the fact that it runs in my family.  I am overweight and this year I'm turning 50.  Yikes.  So one thing I need to learn is stress management.  I guess I internalize it and turn to comfort food.  Perhaps the wrong choices of comfort food.

I'm on Metaformin HCL  to help manage my blood sugar level.  I check my blood sugar levels with a prick of my finger.  A sting on that tip of finger then a bubble of blood and smear on to a digital meter and a number magically appears to tell me where I am.

I'm writing this blog because maybe it will help me.  Maybe it will help others.  There are some scary statistics about people with diabetes.  Hey it's deadly.

My personal goal is to get to a safe weight, a safe blood sugar level and a much more healthier life living pattern.

When I initially found out I had type 2, I was on it.  But then,  I wasn't on it.  The weight came back and stress was secretly whispering to go ahead and enjoy the comfort food.  Oh and I paid for it.  Poor little body.  I need to apologize to all my amazing organs.  Sorry pancreas, sorry heart, sorry liver.  Especially sorry liver.  I don't even drink alcohol.  Maybe once in a long, long, long while a drink but turns out you can mess up your liver with poor food choices.  (sugar) Darn that sugar.  Maybe I should rename the blog, darn that sugar.

But every day is a new day and I'm still good and can turn this around.  I have a great doctor and there are great magazines to help me learn.  My plan is to share what I learn, and share where I am.

And if you have diabetes or think you have, don't mess around, keep on it, keep learning, keep moving,

and eat healthy.