Staying In Control of Diabetes
by Andy Soucier
It
was
June,
2008,
and
Cindy
Campbell
wasn’t
couldn’t
get
her
eyes
to
focus
properly.
She
lived
the
exercise
and
choose
healthy
foods.
her
to
feel
poorly.
A
trip
to
her
primary
care
provider’s
had
type
2
diabetes.
Millions
of
people
in
the
United
States
live
with
diabetes.
The
disease
Training
Program
played
an
important
role
in
helping
her
manage
the
disease.
“I
think
if
I
hadn’t
been
educated,
I
wouldn’t
have
understood
the
disease
and
realized
that
it’s
manageable,”
she
said.
“I
learned
that
it
is
important
to
set
small
daily
goals.
My
goals
were
to
exercise
at
least
In
the
months
following
her
diagnosis,
Cindy
lost
almost
100
pounds
process
blood
sugar.
As
a
result,
sugar
builds
up
in
the
bloodstream,
which
can
harm
the
body’s
organs
and
raise
a
person’s
risk
of
heart
disease.
Cindy
remembers
how
she
felt
upon
learning
that
the
disease
would
be
a
part
of
her
life
forever.
“I
was
scared,”
she
said.
“You
think
it’s
not
going
to
happen
to
you.
I
knew
for
years
I
was
overweight
and
out
of
shape.”
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