Diabetic Forever?

By David Anderson
12/23/2004

You asked the doctor if you would be diabetic forever.You still don't know what forever feels like, but after all of the years you have had to cope with this disease, you will never be comfortable with it. It is your own private condition that no one will ever understand or experience the way you do.You can be an amateur expert and scoff at others' well-meaning ineptitude. Of course you realize the irony in this feeling; no one else would want to experience diabetes so closely as to be diabetic.You have read scores of articles on diabetes, attended lectures and support groups, and most importantly, you have felt its presence. While non-diabetics may try to empathize with the condition, you don't need to imagine what it feels like. You live with diabetes every hour of every day.Isn't it time to beat diabetes? You are not the only one who has to wonder if diabetes is forever.

David Anderson, freelance healthwellness writer for Hope4Diabetes.com.Contact Information:david@source4solutions.com