DIAGNOSED WITH TYPE 2 DIABETES IN 2004

On Being Diagnosed

“My grandmother had diabetes and because I’ve been overweight my whole life, just about, I think that I was always a candidate for it.”

“I was really on top of it. I watched all the numbers, I ate all the right foods, I was really serious about it and I thought I needed to make sure that this didn’t get the best of me. I remember asking my doctor, ‘Well, you can’t die from this, can you?’ She didn’t say anything and I went, ‘Oh yeah, that’s right.’ So I was very diligent in the beginning. Not so much now.”