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A Dad creates an online community for his diabetic daughter

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I remember my mom telling me what happened when they first learned I was diagnosed with diabetes. My parents went up to my neighbor’s house and my dad was devastated - to the point of tears. My dad is a doctor and learning that his daughter was just […]

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This is my journal about my experience with Diabetes. I hope to cover everything I learn as I research and learn more about my condition.

What is Diabetes?

Diabetes means that your blood sugar,or glucose (GLOO-kos), is too high.Glucose comes from the food you eat and is also made in your liver and muscles.

Your blood always has some glucose in it because your body needs glucosefor energy. But too much glucose in the blood isn’t good for your health. An organ called the pancreas (PAN-kree-as) controls the amount of glucose in the blood.

The pancreas makes insulin (IN-suh-lin) which helps glucose get from food into yourcells. Cells take the glucose and make it into energy you need for life.In a person with diabetes, the pancreasmakes little or no insulin or the cells don’t use insulin very well.

So glucosebuilds up in the blood and can’t get intoyour cells. Your blood glucose gets toohigh and diabetes can then damageyour body.