Diabetic
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Diabetic
In recent years new diagnosed cases of Diabetes have reached epidemic proportions worldwide, but particularly in the United States. The new cases in the US have increased by far more than 50% between the last two decades.
Approximately 18.2 million Americans have diabetes, which is approximately three percent of the population in the United States. Of this 18.2 million, only13 million have officially been diagnosed. Each year, 1.3 million more cases of diabetes are diagnosed from the population that is greater than twenty years of age. .(Medline Plus, 2003)
I now have been living with diabetes for 5 years now. I will say that it is a struggle everyday in managing this disease properly and some days I do feel like giving up. I was diagnosed with diabetes the summer after my freshmen year in high school. At first my symptoms did not start to hit me till towards the end of my freshmen year. My symptoms comprised of frequent urination, very weak, in ability to do simple things like playing basket ball and running, very irritable, and a constant thirst. It got to the point where my mother, who is a nurse practitioner, told me I had a urinary track infection that was the source of all this, but when I was admitted to the hospital in July 2004 everything changed. I stayed in the hospital for 3 days. Everyday a nurse came in and took my blood sugar, every day I had to take insulin via a needle. I was educated throughout my 3 day stay by several doctors. The doctors said that they had no idea where it came from. No one in my family had Type I diabetes. It came as a shock to everyone in my family, especially my grandparents. They were struck the most, also because I was spending the summer with them at the time. My family was there though to help me conquer my disease letting me know that I can still have a normal life. I would just have to watch what I eat from now on and have to give myself insulin on a daily basis for the rest of my life.
Living with this...
In recent years new diagnosed cases of Diabetes have reached epidemic proportions worldwide, but particularly in the United States. The new cases in the US have increased by far more than 50% between the last two decades.
Approximately 18.2 million Americans have diabetes, which is approximately three percent of the population in the United States. Of this 18.2 million, only13 million have officially been diagnosed. Each year, 1.3 million more cases of diabetes are diagnosed from the population that is greater than twenty years of age. .(Medline Plus, 2003)
I now have been living with diabetes for 5 years now. I will say that it is a struggle everyday in managing this disease properly and some days I do feel like giving up. I was diagnosed with diabetes the summer after my freshmen year in high school. At first my symptoms did not start to hit me till towards the end of my freshmen year. My symptoms comprised of frequent urination, very weak, in ability to do simple things like playing basket ball and running, very irritable, and a constant thirst. It got to the point where my mother, who is a nurse practitioner, told me I had a urinary track infection that was the source of all this, but when I was admitted to the hospital in July 2004 everything changed. I stayed in the hospital for 3 days. Everyday a nurse came in and took my blood sugar, every day I had to take insulin via a needle. I was educated throughout my 3 day stay by several doctors. The doctors said that they had no idea where it came from. No one in my family had Type I diabetes. It came as a shock to everyone in my family, especially my grandparents. They were struck the most, also because I was spending the summer with them at the time. My family was there though to help me conquer my disease letting me know that I can still have a normal life. I would just have to watch what I eat from now on and have to give myself insulin on a daily basis for the rest of my life.
Living with this...