I did a lot of stupid things as a little kid because, well, I was a little kid.  I sat through the DARE program when I was ten and learned that drugs were bad.  So when I got home, I went through all the cabinets, grabbed all the aspirin, cough medicine, my father’s prescription hair loss drugs like Rogaine, and I dumped it all into the toilet and flushed it.  Yes, it was too much for the toilet to hold and, yes, it did overflow.  I almost completely destroyed the bathroom floor.  When my parents got home, they gave the requisite talking-to I deserved, but I only shrugged and pointed out that all day they had been teaching me that drugs were bad and there were drugs in the house.  They even made all us kids learn a song about it and sing it together.  “Dare to keep a kid off drugs, dare to keep a kid off dope!”  My parents then sat me down and explained what Officer Friendly hadn’t and that illegal drugs like cocaine and heroin were bad and abusing legal drugs like painkillers were bad, but using legally prescribed drugs for colds and hair loss was all right.  That’s what they were for after all.

I know everyone has been anxiously awaiting the test results as I have. I got word of the official diagnosis today: diabetes mellitus.  I think after talking with my doctor for some time and after coming home the shock has worn off a bit. I guess it sounds more scary when it's all written out like that but it's still obviously not something I was expecting to hear. I had originally gone for my normal annual checkup and I expected the results would come back the same as the year before. The doctor had to sit with me for some time while I processed all the new information and how that will impact my lifestyle and my family. I'm going to have to make a lot of changes. I need to start eating better and doing more exercise. I always wanted to get more involved at the gyms but I always found some excuse to keep putting it off. I think I'm going to enroll in that yoga course I've been wanting to do for about six months now. Before I would probably shrug it off but I think hearing the news is giving me the extra incentive I need to want to take better care of myself!