When the doctor said I had diabetes, I conjured images of languishing on a chaise longue nibbling chocolates. I have no idea why I thought this.

No candy bars unless I've had a low blood sugar where I'm shaky

I'm an experienced woman; I've been around. ... Well, all right, I might not've been around, but I've been ... nearby.

Eating sundaes is something you can't do every night.

Diabetes is an all-too-personal time bomb which can go off today, tomorrow, next year, or 10 years from now - a time bomb affecting millions like me and the children here today.

I've always had courage. But I didn't always own my diabetes.

I'm sort of doing a lot of the things now that I never thought I would and that I wished I had done a year or so ago.