I'm scared... I'm so scared. I don't know what my fate will be. Will I be forever sick or will it be a passing illness?
I went to the doctor yesterday due to some itchiness in my body. The doctor then wanted me to be checked for 3 laboratory procedures that would test 3 different diseases. One of them is FBS (Fasting Blood Sugar). It's to determine if I have Diabetes. It took me a day before I realized that I really could have Diabetes.
Diabetes is in my genes. My grandparents and aunts in my father side all have one. They say that if your parents don't have it but your grandparents do, there's a possibility that you will have it. I talked to my mom (my aunt) about it and she said that itchiness is one of the symptoms. It was the same for her. Her arms felt really itchy so she went to the doctor and in the end she was diagnosed with Diabetes.
Now I have the same symptom. My mom said that just 1 symptom that manifests could lead to Diabetes. I'm panicking and really scared right now because I'm really convinced that I have it. My legs tend to be itchy at times and I don't know why, even my hands are itchy.
I always told myself that I'd rather die (yes, so dramatic!) than have this illness since I'm going to die then eventually. Too many complications can arise because of Diabetes. I'm not yet ready for this!! T_T
I don't want to have bad breath. I will lose my teeth. I have higher chances of being blind. I might even lose my legs. I cannot eat all those sweet pastries and cakes that I love. I have to drink medicine 3x a day for the rest of my life. I may have to inject Insulin to myself. I won't be able to spend much on myself because this disease is expensive.
I'm really not yet ready for this.
I know someone who is suffering right now because of Diabetes. He's almost blind. He's sitting on a wheel chair because he cannot stand properly anymore. I don't want that to happen to me. It's true that people could control the illness but I don't think I have that much will power. Man... this really sucks.
You might say I'm being too pessimistic... I should pray that I'm not sick. But when you already know that there's a big possibility of it happening, it's really hard to be optimistic. But I will still pray and hope very hard that this is not the case. I'm too young to have this disease. T_T
I'm really scared right now... I'll be having the test within the week and I don't think I can bear to know the results. But hey, at least it's not Cancer. Though at least with Cancer I die right away but with Diabetes, you just prolong the agony. *sigh*
Well, I'll update more when I get tested. I really hope it's just a passing illness.