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Comments from Nadia Stewart

I was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes one month before my 29^th birthday, on August 10, 2009.

My typical day involves work, hanging out with friends and family, and working out.

My day is not that different from a nondiabetic’s except that I take a pill every day and have to check my blood glucose. I work out a lot and watch what I eat.

I choose to live my life and not have diabetes live it for me.

Having diabetes forced me to make lifestyle changes – what I eat, how active I am, managing stress. However, the threat of the extreme downfalls weighs on my mind. Amputation, slow healing wounds, blindness – these are all things that can come without managing the disease.

I want to Stop Diabetes® because no one should worry about these things on a daily basis.

My photographs show me at my house working and having coffee with a friend. I was also photographed in my work-out room and on some trails in Denver with the amazing aspen in the background. It was beautiful!