African American psychologist living with type 2 diabetes
African American psychologist living with type 2 diabetes

Summary/Abstract: I’m an African American psychologist living with type 2 diabetes. I have to admit that from the announcement of my diagnosis I was a difficult patient. With all of my education, I protested, I rebelled, I denied what was happening to me. I was angry at the medical profession. I was angry at my body. I was angry at the hand fate had dealt me. Looking back, I see now that I was grieving. It was essential that I accepted the fact that my lifestyle would never be the same because my body was in distress. I had to acknowledge the changes I needed to make were also the very changes my medical providers had been suggesting for years (e.g. work out a little more, try to cut out fast food, eat a healthier diet).

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