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The power of love for my children is helping me to fight diabetes!
Thursday, July 14, 2005
By: EVLIN LEBREAULT


Thinking my kids are always going to need me regardless their age, made me to take control of my illness.

It was at the end of the year 1997 that I went to my internal doctor and asked him to test me for diabetes.

I used to work at nights and listen to a Spanish radio station that always talked about diabetic symptoms during the commercials. I told my doctor that I thought I was a diabetic and he asked me why. I told him because I was always thirsty, always running to the bathroom, and sometimes I would even tear for wishing I had a chocolate bar in my hands.

My doctor sent me to the hospital for the fiver-hour glucose test and less than 30 minutes after the nurse withdrew the first sample of blood, she returned to tell me, "go home, I'll send your doctor the results." I looked at her with tears in my eyes and asked why she only did one test. She answered that it was not necessary for another withdrawal when the first reading falls within certain numbers. I continued to speak with her and asked what my sugar level was and when she told me 159, I really began to cry. She asked my age and when I told her I was 38 she replied, "You are too young to have diabetes."

I went to my doctor and tried to fight my illness with diets in which I did very well, but then gave up after a few months. I tried a few more times and gave up again and again until the end of June 2005. At this time, I received a call from my health insurance registered nurse and I told her I was going to start taking control of my diabetes. I told myself I am going to do it and I know I can because I have five children and regardless of how old they are, they will always need me. So, here I am, taking one pill at night and keeping my diet the way it is supposed to be and now I really want to start walking a little every day. I promised myself, at the age of 45, that I will die for any reason, but not because of diabetes.