"There are 20.8 million children and adults in the United States, or 7% of the population, who have diabetes."Unfortunately, it seems to be of little or no concern at all for the remaining 93% of the population.
To be completely honest, I was one of those 93%.Even though my grandfather has been living with diabetes for 27 years (insulin-dependent for the past 7 years) and my mom is borderline diabetic, diabetes never really crossed my mind.
Fortunately, I'm now in a place in my life where knowing everything about diabetes is of the utmost priority. No, I'm not training to be a CDE. No, I don't have diabetes. No, I'm not even dating a girl with diabetes.
Actually, it's my job to be as up to date about diabetes as I can possibly be... And I'm quite proud to be working for a company that cares enough to have me do so.
So here it starts, a blog about my journey of discovering world of diabetes.
1 comment:
I'm glad you're learning, whatever your reasons.
I've been living with type 1 for over 20 years. I'd appreciate anything you can do to help educate that 93% of people that doesn't understand.
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