As much as I complain or write emotional entries about this disease, I do have my days where I am thankful. Today is one of those days. I have to say that without diabetes I would lack some major motivation! I have to remind myself that without this disease I wouldn't be so motivated to stay healthy or be the person that I am. It's funny, because at any given time I could be feeling completely irritated by it or absolutely thankful. Because of Diabetes mellitus I am fit, driven, and obsessed with good food!

Every day I wake up with thoughts of what I can do to stay fit. As a matter fact, all through out the day, diabetes is my driving force for wanting to constantly exercise and keep moving to keep my sugars down. I view it as somewhat of a healthy obsession. If I am eating something, I am worrying about what activity I can do to counter the food. On the other hand, I have days where I get so fed up with living like that. I just want to stop having to think about it sometimes. However, I'm in awesome shape because of this daily battle. It is why I call myself a fighter. I fight this thing 24 hours a day. It can make or break a person. You either become strong, like I fell I am today, or you let it win and ruin your day.

Like I mentioned earlier, diabetes causes people to be driven. You are either in the driver's seat or diabetes is. I don't want diabetes driving my car! Diabetes will wreck you every time!

Finally, because of diabetes I eat relatively well. In the hospital, after being diagnosed, I learned the importance of eating proportionately. My days consist of small healthy meals and snacks as well as eating from most all of the food groups. Obviously, I am not perfect and sometimes my weight or my blood sugar reflects that. However, I do believe that my diabetes is the reason why I am obsessed with eating good food. Thanks for reading today. Talk to ya soon -Andy.