the title was brought up by me , personally . i didnt knew how i knew it myself but it happen at an interview with a professor from london ...it was a few days ago . i didnt expect to be interviewed myself . it was unexpected , like i just said .

so there was some hot professor with green eyes from london , asking me question on my life with diabetes and how do i cope with it . personally , i have to admit , i dont do my glucose monitoring much and i sometimes miss my jabs . but most of the time , i knew the cause of it . simple laziness and denial of having wat i have in me

i never thought that i might actually accept it . until the interview ...
i realised , i have been doing my jabs more often and also been willing to take my glucose monitoring . but cut the glucose monitoring . i have yet to buy the strips for my meter .

anws , back to what i was freaking going to say .
how do we treat this diabetes of ours ? a gift or a curse from God ?

in my own opinion ,
i treat it as a test . a test given by God , to see if it drag us down or we bring it up with loads of acceptance , support and our own discipline . many things happen in my life until now . i realised , im not enjoying myself and im still in denial . so i twist it around , by thinking positive , never letting myself down and sad , taking regular jabs and exercising to burn the fats . also , i have fears . and this fears help me to push myself forward ...

its not like ... wat to say .. nvm . hehe . but overall , you must find your aims on why you want to live your life . without any hold backs . im sure all of us dont want to live a life where you earn yourself 'treasures' that hold you back ,

just think positive , and be happy .
its simple . things will slowly go your way and hopefully you will earn what we want and need in life .
never give up .
trust me . i am taking in all this advices .... and my life is improving bit by bit .
lastly , never regret whatever you have in life. they might just improve your life slowly once you find the usefulness of it .
and dont result to bad habits like smoking or drinking alcohol . it might just worsen whatever situation you are having trouble now .

till here my peeps .

lately , things have been at a paused because of exams and other school related things or family related things . but i am still in contact with VP and Excos .

i am planning to have another meeting with them to dicuss things on how we are going to make the group be more public than what we have now between our members and us .

also , my mum have decided to suggest some helpful things that im going to be dicussing with the VP and Excos about .

firstly , my mum have suggested that we should have a dragonboat team in our support group .
she said it might help bring us together and also show teamwork and cooperation among each other . also it will help to motivate us and encourage us to explore our strengths and weaknesses as an indivdual and help and support each other in these areas . conflicts and arguments may start but that also show that despite our differences , we must help one another through the struggles and difficulties we are facing and solve it out together .

i agree with the idea of having a dragonboat team but im still looking at the Excos and VP opinion on the suggestion . hopefully those of you out there would like to place ur views and shoutouts to our chatbox .

well , thats all for now .

cookies and cream ,
khadijah . (:

hey peeps .
sorry for not updating our blog now and then . everyone's busy with school work , exams and other important stuff going on in school or outside . recently i had my hospital appointment and Nurse Joyce , reminded me to update the blog . ( THANKS NURSE JOYCE !!! ) So , after 5 months since we made the group , many changes and events are about to happen .

Firstly , as the president of DIY , i have planned meetings with the EXCOs and deciding on how to bring up our group further . Through dicussions and plans , we brainstorm and tried to bring up certain things that is needed in our group .

For membership , all members who sign up will need to pay $5 . This will go into our DIY funds for further usage in future events and activities . This will also help to buy print out shirts for all members when the time is right . ( hehe . )

Next thing is that we might have an activity around end of May and beginning of June. But its not confirm yet . So look out for further details on the event .

And the last appointment i had was a little depressing but yet my hba1c improved a bit . the solution is actually , ok wait . lets start from beginning .

My relatives are always finding solutions to help me out with my diabetes management and eventually , a month ago i guess , started out with a drink from the Amazon . Its expensive outside but yet my cousin bought it for me and my uncle who is also diabetic , to try it out. Its called MonaVie . this nutritional drink comes from the berries of the Amazon . He told me his friend's mother who is also diabetic drank the drink and her blood sugars improve . it also help to lower cholesterol level and so forth . so i drank it every night before i sleep and took my glucose test too .

although i didnt expect my hba1c to drop because of it , well it did . thanks to my cousin's solution , i might order more from him . Also , he suggested to me to help him promote the product .

Lastly , i have returned from a seminar and a workshop on Health . It was conducted by a group called YAH! also known as Youth Advolution for Health . The seminar was called Breathe ; youth speak . its a youth health symposium by the YAH! its major aims are on sexual wellness , mental wellness , smoke-free lifestyles and physical wellness and nutrition in youths . i learnt alot during the seminar . there was a debate on , " the more we teach our youths on sex , the more they will do it " . and a video competition on the aims of YAH! we attend different workshops and learnt things that will help us in our lifestyles.

Although my workshop was on Binge Drinking , i did learnt something from it . After the one hour workshop , the EXCOS of YAH! summarise the different learining points from the different workshops they attend . I took some notes on it too , but i believe that one of the workshops , Challenges ; fight or flight ? is best for us too .

here are roughly the summarise points raised during the EXCOs talk .
Self-awareness
-knowing what is wrong with the problems and solving the problem .

Emotion-focused coping + Problem-focused coping .
-control all emotions - setting goals .
-thinking about the emotions - time management.
first before showing it . - knowing whats the problem .
- connecting with people and looking up to them for help
- making decisions for yourself .

Happiness is when you help yourself and others .
Because it is YOU who determines how happy you are .

i guess thats all i have written down from the seminar .

if you wanna know more on YAH! , visit their website at www.yah.sg

will keep update on the group itself .

cookies and cream ,
ur president ,
Khadijah . ((:

Hey!

Welcome to our blog . (:
We created this blog to keep you update with what we are up to and the activities plan for you and the young adults at heart .
We would like to get to know you guys better and do send in your view, suggestions or if you do have a problem , just email us at DIY4teens@gmail.com

Do be inform that if you are a member , you might get an invitation to our Yahoo!Group through your email .

This group is for those who are diagnosed with Diabates type 1.We might expand the group to your siblings and close friends ,

Thanks for visiting this blog though . We will keep you inform soon .
Hope to know you better .

Yours truly,
the President ,
Siti Khadijah Fawzi .
(: