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mm, I’m in my mid-40s, have a family history of diabetes and I’m overweight. That’s really not so bad, Pearl Franklin thought to herself. After all, I’m smaller than everyone else in the family. Sound familiar? Franklin didn’t educate herself about her diabetes or ways to control it. She reminisced about how her diabetic father would sneak candy and other sweets when her mother wasn’t looking. And he was OK. Sound familiar yet? For years she ignored her diabetes until the day she found herself in her doctor’s office with chest pains. She was having a heart attack. Her refusal to come to grips with her medical condition had made her a statistic.
Dr. Dale Hamilton
WWW.METHODISTHEALTH.COM
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