Soap Box Time! →[More:]The NYT has a good article on diabetes in today's online version (I've linked to the printable version - I don't think you have to register for that). The article is fairly NYC-centric (statistics and such) but informative nonetheless. [ Other resources are the American Diabetes Association, the Canadian Diabetes Assocation and Diabetes UK. ]

A lot of people who have diabetes don't know it. The next time you're at your doctor's office - tell him/her you want to be tested. If you have a friend with diabetes, ask if you can try his/her blood glucose meter (I'd be glad to do it if someone asked). If your sugar levels are above normal - get a real test done. It doesn't matter if no one in your family has it - you can still get diabetes (I'm the only diabetic in my family). It's an awful chronic illness that leads to blindness, amputation, kidney failure and other complications. No matter how you go about it - get tested.

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