Living With Diabetes

After watching Food, Inc. by Robert Kenner and hearing about how diabetes is now starting to effect children at epidemic alerts, I thought I would like to find out more information about people with this condition to find out what it's like and why it is becoming more prevalent in today’s society. I decided to interview a co-worker, Angela, whose son was diagnosed with type one diabetes at the age of 7. First he just appeared to have the flu, but as time went on the symptoms did not. She also noticed he started to drink large amounts of water as well as go to the bathroom very frequently. At times he would just fall asleep at random times during the day, so she knew something was not right and found out that is what it was. Before our discussion I was unsure of the differences between type one and type 2 and I found that with type one it is usually diagnosed within childhood, and the body does not produce insulin. With the help of insulin therapy and other treatments, the children can learn to manage their condition. Then type two diabetes, which is the most common, is when the body does not produce enough insulin.