To put it quite simply, I am a diabetic for 20 years. I was quite stupid in that I ate myself silly, didn't work out, and as a result I am diabetic.

Could have stopped the eating years and years ago, but food is what I used to self-medicate. Never drank, did smoke a joint once in a while at the age of 24, but once I realized that I got hungry after that, that's all I needed!!! Stopped smoking joints.

Lost weight, gained weight, still self medicated with food. Couldn't stand my mother, loved my father, I ate and I ate.

Then at age 40, got diagnosed with diabetes. Did I listen to what the doctors said to me? Did I lose weight?? Hell no!!!

And my son's asperger behavior, well forget about that. Self medicated with food. But when I reached my 50's, well something must have happened because I took a good hard look at my health and decided "no more stupid eating". Became healthier, looked much better. But..... too late for me. Developed neuropathy anyway. So my sugar was controlled for over a year when I developed neuropathy.

Guess all those years of being stupid, well, they really did me in, didn't they!!!

Thank god, I'm not stupid anymore.

So that's my story!!

Melody