News Release/Health Story/Diabetes AwarenessFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
December 6, 2004
I'll Wait 'til it Hurts "If it ain't broke, most people don't fix it."
Do you know if you have diabetes?
Did you know type 2 diabetes symptoms only become “obvious” once
disease has substantially progressed?
By
time many type 2 diabetics (and often their doctors) realize action is necessary,
disease, with its destructive high blood sugars, has been silently damaging their body for years.
Complications to
blood vessels and tissues of your eyes, feet, heart, kidneys, and other organs, are likely well underway.
You visit
doctor because you feel bad, and you wish to feel better. You react to
symptoms of perceived illness. This is understandable, but does not allow much room for prevention or early detection of diabetes.
Of course this idea, “Don't see
doctor 'til it hurts,” comes from our “busier-then-ever” lifestyles. But to blame, to point fingers after
damage has started is as pointless as is
leaping bungee-jumper's complaint that his equipment has just failed. It's a little late to talk about why. Some problems are better prevented.
If you have type 2 diabetes, you know most of
time you don't feel very bad. You might think that because you don't feel very bad, it isn't very serious, and you don't have to do anything about it just now. "I'll wait 'til it hurts" ...You couldn't be more wrong.