Diabetes

Since the beginning of 1990´s I have had problems with stomach ache and being tired. I did not understand what it could be and visited some doctors that just thought it could be ordinary stomach ache and asked me to eat more fibres. That did not help and I started to get used to the pains. In 1997 it got very bad. I lost weight and could not live in a naturall way - all was just about the pain. I phoned the health center and told them that I should get a check up. They thought it was stomach ache connected to different allergies and I said that this is not normal. Well, after som yelling from me they made a check up and found diabetes. I was in total chock. Did not understand and thought I would die.

At that time my mother in law visited us and it felt so bad to be at the hospital while she was at our home. One week - including understanding, food directions, learning to take insuline, meeting doctors and nurses - well, getting a new life. It was sad and in the same time a relief - now I knew what was wrong and could do something about it.

In the beginning it was tough and I did as I was told to do. But after some months I started to slowly live my own life again and I was so happy about not having the stomach aches and starting to get back the weight I lost. Getting back to being a human.

This fall, 2009 - in October, it will be 12 years since my debut as a diabetic. I eat the things I love and work out, enjoy trips and live with my diabetes as a good friend. And as we all know you can not always agree with a good friend.