My secret to loving diabetes

For anyone who knows me or has ever listened to me speak publicly knows that I never bad mouth my diabetes.  With my past it obviousley wasnt always like this, for nineteen years I truly hated diabetes.  I would sit around and say why me, what did I do to deserve this.  After my surgery and almost losing my life I was lucky enough to have a second chance at my diabetes.  For the past three years, I've been a model diabetic and I love my disease.  I'm not saying that every diabetic that is having trouble needs a life alterering event to appreciate the disease.  It's a lot easier than that.

I love the underdog.  My wife often shakes her head when she finds me watching biographies on people that have beaten the odds.  She will find sobbing and ask "Why do you do this to yourself, why do you look for stories to make you cry?"  Until now I have never told my wife or anyone for that matter why I do this to myself.  The reason I do this is because it could always be worse.  Yes diabetes is a very severe disease and is not easy all the time, but I can still walk and do almost anything I want with my life.  I watch shows about recovering drug addicts, war veterans and people with disabilities.  In these shows I see how lucky I am.  Below I have attached a video that I saw yesterday.  I encourage everyone to take fifteen minutes and watch this video about DJ Gregory.  When I watch a video like this I quickly realize that a high or low blood sugar is not that bad, if DJ Gregory can beat the odds then I can do anything.