My Diagnosis
Last years Christmas break was the worst Christmas break ever! Last year as our school basket ball season was ending I was losing weight. My mom started asking me if I was trying to lose weight. Because I was at the age where girl Try to look thin and become uncomfortable with their weight. No! I was fine with myself. So we decided that it was just the extra exercise. But even after basket ball season was done i continued to lose even more weight. Now my mom was getting really worried that I was not comfortable with myself and was trying to do this. But I wasn’t! I was actually becoming a pig! If there was any left overs or anything edible in the house I would try to eat it. Soon I was always getting about 3 or 4 times a night to get big glasses of water. That led to me soon always having to pee.
If you know me I can hold it all day but now I couldn’t hold it for ten minutes. In stores, movies, or anywhere. I am most I actuallyused a public bathroom. I don’t use public bathrooms ever! So My mom thought I was making up excuses to leave or get up at night. But I wasn’t! Soon Christmas came around and I stayed at my grandma’s even though my mom was so worried about me. I had been planning this for a long time and i don’t see her allot because she lives 2 hours away. While I was there my mom told me i would have to gain more weight by the time it was time to go home or she would take me to the doctors. OH NO! I was constantly eating and eating all the time. My grandma has miniature horses and whenever we go see them my grandma would make me eat something. Back then I was sick of eating all the time but now i wish I could.
By the time I got back I had gained two more pounds including that I lost a couple pounds there. Now it was time for the real Christmas. I was ready I was really exited and stayed up until 4 in the morning think I had a low blood sugar a little bit of that time. my mom was so frustrated with me. Later that night I felt disey and ran across the hall to the bathroom and threw up on the before Christmas, basically on Christmas because it was about 3:30 a.m. ! later My mom had decided that we were going to the doctors. I was balling because I was afraid they would give me a shot! The next morning I went to the doctors and I was scared to death. They pricked my finger and my sugar was 222. That is my least favorite number now. a few minutes later they came back into our room and told me I was diabetic. I didn’t know what it was I was worried until I saw my mom crying. Then I knew that it was serious. first i asked if Tom,my brother, will get it or if I can pass it people. No. Thank goodness I couldn’t. The doctor left to to something else quick and we all cried. mama told me that my life change. I was mad. I didn’t want my life to change at all. I liked the way it was. Where my friends gonna treat me different? was I gonna have to take shots every day? How would it change? The first things I thought of was Nick Jonas, a member of mercy me son had it to, and I remember when i was little my mom would tell when i would take medicine ” You know there are some kids that have to have shots everyday you only have to take medicine sometimes when your sick.” Now I was one of those kids.
My mom asked our doctor about If my life would shorter and she said it wouldn’t. Of course she said when i wasn’t there so it wouldn’t upset me. i will always remember that couple of weeks. By the first 2 weeks it was 2nd nature to me and I got a cell phone out of it for emergencies only.
Later I go the best insulin pump ever! Called the omnipod. It is the same one as nick Jonas has and soon I will get the dexcom. It will check blood for me and I it will make it allot easier for me. It is almost as good as a cure. I will be getting that in about a month but that is an different story coming soon!