I had noticed a sign here and there; I brushed them off telling myself that I am overreacting. I told myself I was imagining things that were not really happening.

It was mid morning on a Saturday I was watching a movie when Mom came in complaining about how bad her vision has gotten while chugging down yet another glass of water. She sat watching the movie for a few minutes then got up.

“All this water I have been drinking just makes me go to the bathroom so many times”

“Do you mind if I check your blood sugar?” “I think you may have diabetes”.

I said a pray hoping I was wrong, I thought to myself how cruel this all is.

5, 4,3,2…….. the meter counted down before displaying the results — 24.3mmol/L

It had been over five hours since she eat her breakfast. Not that it mattered much with that high a reading but I asked anyway.

“Have you eaten anything since breakfast? “

“No I have not, why are you asking?”

She has, stage three, breast cancer and now I was about to tell her she has diabetes. I felt bad took a deep breath before telling her.

An hour later we were sitting in our local emergency room where she got officially diagnosed.