As I start this blog, today marks my ninth year of being a Type One Diabetic. Me and Diabetes have a love, hate relationship. Diabetes loves to stick around and I hate it. I was 11 years old when I had found out I was a diabetic. Taking care of myself and paying attention to my diabetes has been a constant struggle. July 7th, 2005 was the day that me and diabetes became enemies. I never knew a thing about diabetes and to this day, I don't know it all. I was visiting my grandfather in the ICU at Mount Auburn Hospital in Cambridge, Massachusetts when I suddenly fainted (couldn't have been a better place, right?!) I woke up on the floor of the ICU surrounded by my family and about five nurses. I was taken out of the ICU in a wheelchair by nurses and followed by my dad. I was taken to the Emergency Room where I had a Cat Scan, MRI and hundreds of blood tests. When my Cat Scan and MRI came back normal, the doctors focused on my blood work. They found that my blood glucose level was 386 (the average for a person without diabetes is 90) This is when the doctors knew that my stay at the hospital wouldn't be a short one. I was told that they could not treat me at Mount Auburn because I was under the age of 15 and was transferred by ambulance that night to Children's Hospital Boston. I spent a week in Children's learning about Type One Diabetes, giving and measuring shots, testing blood sugars, and learning different moods that accompany hyperglycemia (high blood sugars) and hypoglycemia (low blood sugars) I have decided that today, July 7th 2014, is the day I take back my health and I want to share it with all of you. From blood sugars, insulin shots, exercise, food consumption and moods, and I would love for you all to join me on my journey through it all!
- Diabetes and Me
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