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Diabetes
We hear phrases and proverbs such as "health is wealth" so many times during our lives that they tend to become cliches and lose their real meaning until we are personally confronted with a disease. I too had been a healthy individual without a care in the world and could never have imagined that a silent disease was brewing inside me that would change my life forever until I was diagnosed with "diabetes mellitus" last year. The news was absolutely devastating as well as unexpected for me as I had no family history of the dreaded disease, and I had always assumed that such diseases were inherited through one's genes. Not necessarily, say the doctors.
The only discomforts that I had felt before the silent disease crept up on me were vague feelings of thirst, hunger and frequent urge to urinate. It was only later that I learnt that these were classic symptoms of diabetes. ("Diabetes Mellitus," Encarta). I had also not known before the diagnosis that there were two types of diabetes, Type 1 (the type I am afflicted with) that occurs in children and young people and Type 2 that usually afflicts older people. Type I diabetes is a condition...
("Type 1 Diabetes," ADA Web site). How my body's immune system chose to attack its own insulin producing cells I will never know but I do know now that I am one of about 17 million people (6.2% of the population) in the United States who suffer from diabetes. ("Basic Diabetes Information," ADA Web site). Although such statistics do not in any way reduce one's discomfort they do help in making one realize that countless others are facing similar challenges in their lives and help us in confronting them. I should consider myself fortunate that at least I am not among the 5.9 million people in the U.S. (one-third of the total) who are unaware that they have the disease. (Ibid.)
Having been diagnosed with type 1 diabetes, it has become necessary for me to regularly take insulin shots every day to keep my blood sugar levels as close as possible to normal since my body does not produce its own insulin. It also makes it necessary for me to constantly monitor my…
Works Cited
Basic Diabetes Information." American Diabetes Association Web site. n.d. January 02, 2003. http://www.diabetes.org/main/application/commercewf?origin=*.jsp&event=link (B)
Diabetes Mellitus." Article in Microsoft Encarta Encyclopedia, 2002. CD-ROM Version.
Standards of Care," ADA Website. American Diabetes Association Web site. n.d. January 02, 2003. http://www.diabetes.org/main/type1/medical/standards/standards.jsp
Type 1 Diabetes." American Diabetes Association. n.d. January 02, 2003. http://www.diabetes.org/main/application/commercewf?origin=*.jsp&event=link-
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