[ppstrock]

Hi,
I'm 43 years old, I'm 5'0'' and I weigh 100lbs. I exercise rigorously 6 days a week (I run marathons), I've been eating a paleo diet for the past three years (no grain, no processed food, no sugar) and I just did a random fasting glucose yesterday for my yearly physical exam and I am diabetic. Crap.

Seriously? If anyone else tells me I need to exercise more, watch my diet and loose weight then I wouldn't have diabetes--I swear I'm going to shoot them. I'm at a loss about how to cope with this. I know I'll push through and find my way, but right now I'm having a pity party and you all are invited. In fact, only diabetics are invited because I can't do anything else but laugh or cry right now and it seems like only diabetics understand what I'm going through. Oh the irony of my profession, my hobbies and how I care for my body--and what life actually dishes out is just a joke. The only thing I feel like I can do today is laugh. Go to work, try and treat other people's health problems, and frickin' laugh. Wish me luck.
Physician, heal thyself...
Trish