Reply #43: Having diabetes is an everyday part of my life too

[Jennicut]

I was diagnosed as a type 2 3 years ago at the age of 28. Its been a real frustrating experience ever since. I had two wonderful little girls with back to back pregnancies and I think it was just really hard on my body. I developed gestational diabetes while pregnant with my second daughter. Usually it goes away after the baby is born or it can develop later in life. I must have been prediabetic as mine just never really left. I always had low blood sugar issues starting in college and that can be a sign your blood sugar is not regulated. Some people can get type 2 diabetes from eating too much refined carbs or being obese but I was only a few pounds overweight from the pregnancies. My endocrinologist told me I don't fit the typical type 2 diabetic profile and at classes at the local hospital I was the youngest type 2 diabetic there (though children can get it from being obese and un active)yet I was on the highest amount of medication. I take Insulin shots every night and I take an oral medication, Medaformin, so I can take less insulin. When you are on insulin it is really hard to lose weight especially after having two babies back to back but I have lost 7 pounds recently by just exercising really hard 3 times a week. I don't know where I would be without my parents as they help pay for my medication and a great husband who can tell when my blood sugar is getting low and I need food fast. Still, its hard knowing you have a lifelong disease that will never go away. Its always with you. The only good thing about it is it helps me be grateful that I am alive and life is precious. I need to take care of myself to be here for my girls and my family.