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< Audio> I am not a diabetic. I have diabetes - you see? I am not obese, I do not smoke or drink, I am a hungry vegetarian, and I swim in the sea each day. Then you shouldn't have diabetes? But unfortunately, it doesn't work that way. My dad had diabetes and it was his parting gift to me. So I...

If I had a pound, for every time I checked, The sugar in my body, n' thinking 'Oh by 'Eck" I test 8 times a day, to make sure I'm in range, Some people stop and stare and think 'that guy's deranged." I don't think they really get it; the blood, the shots, the food? The daily little battle to...