Today I am going to share my story of living with diabetes, and some of the challenges and positive changes that I’ve encountered. I also will speak to the intersection of trauma and its effects on living with a chronic illness.
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Celiac disease is an auto-immune digestive disorder, in which the body responds in a harmful way to gluten.
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When a family member or friend is diagnosed with diabetes, a three-worded phrase quickly becomes part of everyday conversation: that is, blood sugar levels or blood glucose levels.
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Oral diabetes medications work in different ways and can have slightly different effects on different individuals. There is no one-size-fits-all solution.
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Every week I diagnose people with diabetes who have likely had it for 5 years or more and yet had no idea what was happening to them!
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Today I want to talk about the most recent cure for type 2 diabetes. A lot has been in the media regarding the benefit of gastric bypass surgery and its ability to make diabetes go away. I think it is really important to make sure we have the facts straight.
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If you are a close family member of the individual with diabetes that you support, you are automatically at risk of developing the condition. If you are just a close friend of the person, but are of the same high-risk ethnic descent, you are similarly at risk.
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