DM2

Today is Good Friday and today i experienced severe dizziness and headache.

I am diabetic. On most occasions I pity myself for having this illness. But as my endocrinologist said, you should be thankful you don't have cancer. Yes, he is right I should be thankful na eto lang ang sakit ko. But you see, if you have diabetes you are prone in having a heart and renal disease. In other words, its scary to have diabetes.

Backtracking in June 2009, i barely slept to go to the bathroom and take a leak for almost every hour of the night which bothered me for the rest of the day. Coupled with itchiness, i went to see my OBgyne and recommended me to do a fasting blood sugar test to confirm her theory. As usual I was in denial. Sabi ko nga "hindi naman siguro ako..." never mind. And the results came in. I have DM2.

Hearing that over my endocrinologist, I feel I was cursed and it was the end for me. That explained my weight loss, my constant feeling of getting thirsty coupled with the frequent trips to the bathroom and itchiness. And the most obvious of them all, ants in the bathroom.

So why do i have to start my blog, with this? To remind me that days have passed and I am still alive. To remind me, that's in not the end of the world. That I can do something to fight this off. That I have to take my medicines even if my tummy turns and gets upset every time the doctor changes it. That I have to avoid eating sweets and be careful with what I eat. That I have to exercise and go to the gym as often as I can to burn those sugars. And most important of it all, my family needs me.