Thank you for the comment Cynthia. My youngest daughter makes me nervous and she’s been tested twice. We now have the “numbing cream” prescribed by her doctor before she gets a blood test. When she had the flu last year, she was so ill the advice nurse told me to take her to the ER. Instead, I gave her a glucose tablet and 5 minutes later she was her normal self. When she had mono in First grade this year, we tested her again.

Hi! My family has a history of diabetes, also. All of the females become diabetic in adulthood. Now we have a trend of Juvenile diabetes in our children. My niece was the first to be diagnosed at 9 years old. And my son (5) has pre diabetes signs that the doctors are watching. One of the signs I was unaware of is a discoloration in the arm pits. Thank You for sharing your story.

Author Note: this first post was very difficult to write as it reminds me of a painful year in my life. In 2001 my dog died, a month later my husband had a rare blood disease and almost died, a month later my nephew had Type 2 Diabetes and then we had the terror attacks. More tomorrow, thank you for reading my story.