 My name is Stephen and I'm a
Diabetic! - And a pretty angry
one too. I was diagnosed
with type II diabetes in early
2001 and have spent the last
six years
fighting. I
haven't been
fighting the
disease but a far more cunning
and dangerous foe - me.
I have deceived myself, my
family and my friends. I
have brought the state of denial
to hitherto unassailable
heights. But on Tuesday November
9 2004 my sugar level reached
367 (20.3 for those in the UK)
and I reached my limit.
I visited my doctor and he
put me on a diet and new
medication and I decided to
share it with the world - which
probably means my wife (just
checking my spelling) and a few
people reaching this site by
mistake.
In August
of 2006 I had knee surgery to
correct a torn meniscus
cartilage and I used it as an
excuse to eat chocolate and lots
of nice carbohydrate-rich foods,
stop exercising, and stop taking
my sugar level readings.
This approach to treating "my
diabetes" worked about as well
as the last thirty-seven times
that I tried it - a definition
of insanity if ever there was
one!
During my
long lay-off I didn't even visit
this site more than a couple of
times but in one important way I
wasn't being completely idle. I
was being very busy working with
my business partner John to
create another Web site for
diabetics -
My Sugar Level.
My Sugar Level is a
visual management tool for
diabetics. You can use it
to plot easy to understand
charts for your blood sugar
levels, weight, HbA1c,
cholesterol, triglycerides,
waist size, exercise, and blood
pressure. You can even
setup a viewer account so that
your healthcare professional
and/or mentors can check how
you're doing whenever they want
to.
Just one
more thing, Diab Anon is not
affiliated with any other
organization and does not have a
12 step program (at least yet).
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