I'd had health issues off and on for
several years I was in the process of
changing doctors the doctor had asked me
to come in and do some initial setup
work do blood tests blood work and
things like that and he then called me a
few days later after I had done the
initial blood work and said I need to
see you today at that point my stomach
fell out of me I was terrified because
it was just scary and at that point I
went in and spoke with him and he said
your blood tests are back and you're
borderline diabetic I want to throw you
into the diabetic category but I want to
give you a chance to remedy this
situation first I was aware of
prediabetes as a condition it was
somewhat foreign to me because it was
just something that I'd heard about kind
of vaguely off of the periphery
somewhere but once I heard about it once
he said you have this or you're
borderline diabetic at that point I
started doing some research but what do
I need to do what our treatment options
is there a way to come back from this
and at that point I kind of made a
resolution in myself that I was going to
make some changes in my life and try to
do something to remedy this people of
the diabetes Resource Center provided an
excellent framework in that they looked
at all of the things that you know how
to do for the most part eat less
calories work out more but it gave you
specific and focused direction as to
what particular things that you either
doing and properly or you need to do
better they were mentors they were
encouraging you were always friendly
they weren't negative about aspects they
would would nudge you in the right
direction if I had not gotten this
diagnosis I probably would be in a
situation where five years down the road
I'd be 260 270 pounds still still eating
on the road and not really paying
attention to what I was eating I would
be diabetic I might have a stroke at
some point in the not too distant future
just just generally not healthy I
probably wouldn't see my son graduate
high school or college and team getting
married and when we able to live a long
life with my wife and those are things
that are very important to me my message
to a pre-diabetic would be that small
steps that first get you a long way back
away from diabetic condition of any type
it's not difficult necessarily but you
do have to make some changes and you
have to make some decisions and what
what's important
you