Diabetes

March 18th, 2014
     Type 2 diabetes is a scary "disease" that many overweight/obese individuals can experience as a result of their body not properly using food as fuel. I do not know all there is to know about it, but I can tell you right now that it is not fun.
     I have not posted on this blog since I believe April, and I sure have missed it. So much has happened in the past year that it is impossible to decide where to start! Fortunately, I was inspired to start writing again after a former teacher of mine confronted me one day while I was working in the computer lab at school. On February 20th, which was also my birthday, I was working on a paper when one of the tech. guys at my school began talking to me. He was my teacher years ago in elementary school and I used to call him "Mr. Dew," but don't ask me why! Anyways, he was working on putting a projector up in the lab and was just having friendly small talk with me. To my surprise, he admitted that he found my blog and he has read some of my posts. Now I know that some people seem to glance at some of my posts just to see what I am up to, but I was absolutely blown away that a teacher of mine managed to find my blog and support what I was doing. I was humbled by the whole thing, because I'm really not used to people coming up in person to discuss my blog with me. He encouraged me to keep on doing what I'm doing and to post more often! It warmed my heart to know that someone I genuinly care about their opinon would be reading and following my story. After he left the room, I took a second to absorb what just occured. I sat in front of the computer screen and smiled ear to ear. My eyes stung a little as they started to fill with tears. I was so honored that this man was actually praising me for my work. I can't even find the precise words to describe how I felt at that exact moment, but what I did know was that I needed to begin writing again.
     Ever since I was "diagnosed" with pre-diabetes around this time last year, I haven't been as well as I could be.