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Honey Siphon

Living with Diabetes - better than dying of diabetes!

Diabetes Mellitus is the name of a disease. It's a Greek term, literally meaning Honey Siphon - so-called because sufferers' urine tastes sweet. I was diagnosed with diabetes just before Christmas 1998. These articles are a personal account of what has happened to me and how I feel about it.

Introduction
The Disease
The Symptoms
The Denial
The Diagnosis
Christmas Nightmare
Living With Diabetes
Testing
The Diet: Theory
The Diet: Practice
Exercise
Lack-of-Press Report - November 2003

If you are worried that you might have diabetes, or if you want more information, there are a number of excellent sites on the web. In particular I recommend:

Diabetes UK (formerly the British Diabetic Association)

The American Diabetes Association