Diabetes. Do you recall your immediate reaction to that word when someone said it to you for the first time? Most likely you were shocked or depressed. Perhaps you even denied that such a thing could happen to you. “Why me?” was probably something that you kept repeating to

yourself until reality began to sink in. From that moment on you may have realized countless, sometimes drastic changes in your lifestyle. Having diabetes is not easy. Neither is coping with it if lack of knowledge and fear are your only tools.