Not Too Sweet Beginnings

Within a few days, my life has turned into a world of pokings, prescriptions, and perseverance... My name is Lara, and I am a diabetic.
Welcome to Not Too Sweet, my new blog about me and my personal journey with diabetes.
This all started a week ago, when I was having some feminine issues, I went to my gynecologist and was telling her my symptoms; itching, burning, maybe I have a UTI? Then I mentioned that I was going to the bathroom often, drinking a lot of water, maybe having dry mouth? We did some tests and they found sugar in my urine! *hint: sugar in urine is very bad!* So they did some blood work and they would call me the next day.
The next day comes around, and oh boy, I have really high blood sugar levels! I needed to see someone NOW... Off to the emergency room I went. I missed work, got poked a ton, and had a sleepover at the hospital. The next day was basically a lot of waiting, and pokings, I finally learn that I'm diabetic, (no duh), and get sent home with new prescriptions.
[Skip if you understand how diabetes works] Diabetes happens because either; the pancreas isn't creating insulin which takes glucose, your body's source of energy, and deposits the extra glucose into organs or converts into fat cells; or your body's cells and organs aren't responding to insulin and won't take in the glucose, also known as insulin resistant.
Basically Diabetes is too much, or too little, glucose in your blood stream. Both are bad. People like me and millions of others are having to test our blood sugar levels, take prescriptions, and sometimes have to go without eating because our levels are too high...
So welcome to the sweet, but Not Too Sweet blog!
Feel free to comment and tell us about your diabetic stories!