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[caption id="attachment_116" align="alignnone" width="300" caption="My mother\'s mom!"][/caption]We are so thankful to all of your supporters!!!!! This page has been developed to encourage and motivate us. Please share your stories of how Diabetes has touched your life!!!!!!

My mother Ola M. Johnson was diagnosed with Type 2 Diabetes when I was a young mother of two. She was diagnosed with middle life onset Diabetes. In the beginning, she was on medication. I was quite concerned about my mother’s health and made inquires of my personal doctor. He told me that if my mother would lose weight she would no longer have to take the medication. Unfortunately, my mother struggled with her weight most of her life. The year 1975, then it was called “sugar”. My mother was not worried, she felt that it would not “kill” her and continued her lifestyle of overeating, especially the wrong foods. She soon became insulin dependent and her health took a turn for the worse. In 1993, when I was a graduate student at USC, my mother died from complications associated with Diabetes. Her death inspired me to become a medical social worker. I did not follow that path and started my professional career at the Department of Children and Family Services. This page is dedicated to my mother, I know first hand the struggle associated with Diabetes. I welcomed all comments as I truly have made the decision to dedicate the first of my life to Diabetes Awareness.

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