THANKS TO MY GIRLS!!!!
IT WAS AUGUST 7, 2004. I HADN'T BEEN FEELING GOOD AT ALL FOR ABOUT A WEEK. JUST THOUGHT I HAD A UTI OR SOMETHING. I WAS TIRED ALL THE TIME, AND JUST FIGURED IT WAS FROM NOT FEELING WELL. MY GIRLS AGES 6 & 7, KNEW I WASN'T FEELING WELL. MY OLDEST DAUGHTER KRISTA WAS REALLY WORRIED ABOUT ME. WHEN SHE SAW THAT I WAS IN PAIN (MY STOMACH WAS KILLING ME!) SHE ASKED ME TO GO TO THE DOCTOR. I TOLD HER THE DOCTOR WAS CLOSED ON SATURDAYS, AND I WOULD BE FINE UNTIL MONDAY WHEN THEY WOULD BE OPEN AGAIN. WELL, MY PAIN GOT WORSE AND I COULDN'T HIDE IT. MY SEVEN YEAR OLD, KRISTA STARTED TO CRY, AND BEGGED ME TO GO TO THE HOSPITAL . I FINALLY SAID " LET'S GET READY MOM IS GOING TO GO SEE WHATS WRONG WITH HER."
WHEN I GOT TO THE HOSPITAL, AND TOLD THEM WHAT SYMPTOMS I WAS HAVING, THEY THOUGHT IT SOUNDED LIKE A UTI ALSO. WHEN THEY CHECKED MY URINE SAMPLE IT CAME BACK WITH ME HAVING A UTI. BUT! IT ALSO CAME BACK THAT I HAD GLUCOSE IN MY URINE. THEY DID A ONE TOUCH TEST ON MY FINGER, AND IT CAME BACK 323. THEN THEY DREW BLOOD FROM MY ARM AND SENT IT TO THE LAB. THAT CAME BACK 380. THE DOCTOR SAID I HAD TYPE 2 DIABETES. I WAS SHOCKED!!!!!!!!!! I HAD GESTATIONAL WHEN I WAS PREGNANT WITH MY TWO OUT OF THREE PREGNANCIES, AND MY OB DOCTOR TOLD ME I COULD DEVELOP IT LATER IN LIFE, BUT I BLEW IT OFF BACK THEN. WELL, I GOT IN TO SEE MY REGULAR DOCTOR THAT MONDAY. SHE HELPED ME GET SOME SAMPLES OF THE GLUCOPHAGE I NEEDED, AND A LOCAL CHURCH HELPED ME GET MY METER AND STRIPS. OTHERWISE I WOULD NOT HAVE HAD ANYTHING TO TEST WITH. I SAW THE DIABETIC EDUCATOR AT THE DOCTORS OFFICE AND THE GIRLS WERE WITH ME. THEY LISTENED TO EVERY WORD SHE HAD TO SAY.
WELL, THEY SURE DID, BECAUSE NOW THEY WATCH OUT FOR ME. IF I SNEAK A REGULAR PEPSI AT THE STORE THEY YELL AT ME."MOM! YOU AREN'T SUPPOSED TO HAVE THAT!" MY DOCTOR SAID I COULD HAVE ONE OCCASIONALLY. WHEN IT COMES TO FOOD, THEY LOOK AT EVERY LABEL. THEY DON'T MISS A THING! IF I HAD NOT GIVEN INTO MY LITTLE GIRLS BEING SO WORRIED ABOUT ME AND GONE TO THE HOSPITOL THAT NIGHT, IT COULD HAVE BEEN WORSE. THANK GOD FOR MY BABIES!!!!
CHERI RUCKER~~~~~~~~ MUNCIE, INDIANA
