BRYAN W. ALASPA

So, it's been just a little over a year since I visited a hospital to get an abscess taken care of on my leg and ended up spending the night in the hospital. I was diagnosed, as you may remember, with diabetes and things looked grim. My blood sugar was out of control and my blood pressure was also out of control and things just looked bad. Here it is a year later and I can proudly report to you that, while I am still listed as diabetic to my doctors, my A1Cs are normal and my

So, as you may recall, I was disagnosed with diabetes. It runs in my family and was not entirely a surprise, but you soon find out that you are never really ready for such a diagnosis. It is a serious disease and can bring about some very serious and potentially deadly things down the road - but it's manageable. Since this is my blog and I like to write about my life and not just my writing, I thought I'd write a little bit about my battle with this disease. I have drasticall

OK, so the past week was a little crazy. People say that you shouldn't tell medical stuff publicly like this, but I like to share parts of my life and my life changed last week big time. Yes, that blog headline is a bit click-baitey - sorry. But the fact is that last week I found out I was diabetic. The way I found out was a bit crazy and it also gets a little gross - sorry about that, too. About March 4 I noticed a weird bump in the groin area. I had had them before and they