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From: Andrew B. Chung, MD/PhD on 22 Apr 2008 09:51
neighbor JD Howell wrote:
>
> Welp, what can i say? Other than "here I am". Sometimes I feel lonely,
> sometimes I am just worried, and mostly though I am scared. My past hurt
> me, and I am afraid of the future. My mom, as some of you know has been
> in a nursing home for several years now. She was in her early 30's and
> found out she was diabetic. I watched her fight it for years. I watched
> her lose battles with strokes and heart attacks all because of diabetes.
> I sometimes pray that I can be taken back in time so that I can go back
> knowing what I know now So I can help prevent what this horrible,
> horrible disease has done to my mother.
>
> A few years ago, I was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes. I told my self
> then that things would be better for me than they were for my mom. I
> told myself that modern medicine is so much better and my knowledge of
> the disease was so much better that I had a much better chance of living
> a much better quality of life than my mom did. I was very headstrong and
> was ready to conquer the world. I was not going to let this beat me.
>
> The first couple years wasn't so bad, I had some pills to take and kept
> logs of what I ate and my glucose levels. I went a very long time
> thinking that this was easy, I can do this.... I can beat this, I wont
> end up like my mother!!! But, I got a rude awakening the day that I
> realized that diabetes was not as predictable as I thought it was.
>
> Through the years, I went through many different medications and attack
> plans. As soon as you get a plan going the disease changes even faster.
> And eventually the disease gets a couple steps ahead of you.
>
> I am now a few steps behind this disease. And I can only blame myself. A
> couple things happened that made me just not care anymore and I just
> quit fighting. Diabetes is not just about "sugar" in your blood. This
> disease, can do some things to really mess you up mentally and
> physically. It took me a couple years to get myself together, and
> realize that there are people that love me and I owe it to them to keep
> fighting and to make every effort to beat this disease.
>
> I am having shoulder surgery soon, and I have been fighting much more
> than just diabetes. I am tired and am writing this mostly just to vent a
> little. For several months I have been in severe pain and I have finally
> given in and will have the surgery.
>
> However I found myself in a strange place today. I went to the doctor as
> for the last several months I am struggling with the diabetes and my
> high glucose levels. The doc, my wife and I were discussing the topic of
> what to try next if I can not get my glucoses levels down by my next
> visit, and a strong feeling of fear came across me like I had never felt
> before. I absolutely can not believe that I actually listened to a
> discussion which involved me using an insulin pump. The "I" word just
> scares me half to death. But to be honest, I am tired, I can't believe I
> am saying this but....... Bring on the insulin, I can do it. Lord knows
> it just can't be any worse then all the pills I have taken over the
> years. And besides, it tells me that even if I could go back in time it
> wouldn't change anything. I am still on the same path as my mom.
>
> I am not giving up, just changing the game plan.

May you become smarter by simply eating less, down to the right
amount:

http://HeartMDPhD.com/BeSmart

Here is a simple parable given in hopes of promoting greater
understanding:

http://HeartMDPhD.com/Parable

Yes, living in the industrialized world is living in a blessed feed
lot.

Be hungry... be healthy... be hungrier... be euglycemic:

http://TheWellnessFoundation.com/BeHealthier

Prayerfully in the infinite power and might of the Holy Spirit,

Andrew <><
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Andrew B. Chung, MD/PhD
Lawful steward of http://EmoryCardiology.com
A latter-day disciple of the KING of kings and LORD of lords.
http://HeartMDPhD.com/HolySpirit/DiscipleNow
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