Diabetes … How much do you know?

You know, all growing up, my dad used to kid about diabetes, only I didn’t know what he meant.  He would say that person had “sweet blood”.  Well unfortunately karma must have came back on him!  All those sweet pies and candy bars maybe?  Who knows … What we do know is that facts show 8% of the U.S. population now has this dreaded disease … including my “sweet dad”.  So now after a quadruple bypass at 43, and about 4 or 5 balloon surgeries and stents in various arteries including his legs and heart, he gets to live a life of eating bland food, watching everything he puts in his mouth, pricking his finger 2-4 times a day and monitoring his blood sugar, then giving himself 2 shots a day of insulin.  That’s not to mention the handful of pills just to regulate everything else.  So if you have a history of diabetes in your family, if you are overweight, if you like the sweet stuff … do yourself a favor – don’t become a statistic!  It could take your heart!

Read more about this disease:
The Diabetes Threat | NIH Director’s Blog.

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