Voices of Diabetes

I do not walk every day, but I do at least 3 times a week. Every bit of exercise does help.

Testing and journaling can improve anyone's numbers. I follow a very strict food plan, energetic exercise plan, and a tightly controlled lifestyle now.

Please, please take all of your meds as prescribed! I know that is what I should have done, but I was in denial and thought that I could do what I wanted.

I have lost my big toe on my left foot and am now working on healing my right foot. I lost part of my foot on the right. It has been 3+ years. It became infected, and I went on a vac (vacuum therapy) system to clean it up. It is now healed, and I am walking with a cane and special shoe. Don't give up!

As a charge nurse and staff educator at my regular job, it is very hard to overcome the barriers to exercise. When I get off at my job, I feel like going home and sleeping...

I remember crying and crying after I was told I was diabetic. I wasn't going to see my doctor about that (diabetes) on that day, so what just happened?

I have been diagnosed with diabetes for a year now, and I find it very hard to stick with the food plan. It seems like it takes me forever to write the menus down and make sure the counts come out right. I just don't want to take the time to do it. How do you overcome this?

I am like a lot of other people that get tired of being a diabetic, but you have no choice in the matter.

I have no support from family, except for my husband. He stands by me through everything.

I was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes when I was 6 years old. I'm now 52 and last week finally broke down and started on an insulin pump.

This story is about my daughter...There have been so many people positively affected by her successes and, hopefully, more children will follow their dreams as well.

The room was so dark, I feared that I was going blind.

I work 12-hour night shifts in a busy ICU 3 nights a week and live in the real world the other four. It's been a real challenge to maintain a normal eating schedule...

I need support dealing with diabetes, as I live alone and some days are just plain hard.

I know how important exercise is. I am just having a difficult time getting started.

I have had type 2 diabetes for almost 3 years. The biggest problem I am encountering is I can't seem to lose any weight!

I was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes at the age of 16 months, 55 years ago...I have been greatly blessed in coping with the demands of diabetes by being surrounded with caring family and friends.

My Mom and Dad are still a great support system for me, as well as my awesome husband and teenage daughter and step-son...I don't know what I would do without them.

What I did was find an exercise buddy - and not just a person - her dog, too!

I have been a diabetic since the age of 7...Being so young, I really didn't have a chance to miss out on anything. I just thought it was normal...

It is very hard for me to keep my diabetes in control, because I cannot afford to buy both insulins.

I am on an insulin pump and would not trade it. The pump allows you to live a more normal way of life, continuing to monitor every aspect of your diabetes...

I've had diabetes since 1997. Since I forget and can't remember if I've taken my insulin, my diabetes-care team suggested a pen with a time and date and correct insulin dosage. So, now when I forget, I look at the meter to see if I've injected or not. What a life saver!