Sayli's journey of wanting to be careful with her health and discovering that her life needed some serious changes
"It was something I had brought up with my parents but my mother quickly dismissed it saying I was too young to worry about this.
I decided to go ahead with it anyway, the fact that they didn't know made it exciting but my concern was equal parts about the result as it was about having to communicate it to them.
I walked into the lab, told them what test to run, dealt with the stares and redundant questions.
Needles, I've always been okay with. I was almost excited about that part too. I gave them a little bit of my body fluid and I was on my way home.
I wasn't as worried but as time passed, the anxiety began to creep in. I had to fight a few what-ifs, one of the big ones was definitely about how would I break the news to them?
I got the reports when I was out with my friends, we stopped by to have some ice-cream, he asked me what flavor, I told him I was diabetic. That’s all it took to change my life around, to make me go from i don’t care about what I eat to reading food labels.
It wasn’t easy, it took me a while to realize it wasn’t just going to magically go away when I wake up one morning. It took me two years to visit a doctor.
One thing I instantly knew was that I was going to talk about it! I was going to tell everyone I could that this was happening. I don’t know what part of me decided that but I was sure this wasn’t a part of me I wanted to hide. Maybe because being vulnerable was part of my job.
And so... here I am today, writing about this big (or small) thing in my life that turned my life around!"
About Sayli (She/Her):
Sayli is a therapist and a young diabetic. She believes food is nourishing for us both mentally and physically. She is passionate about mental health and making it accessible. She likes running, adventure, and dogs!
You can find her on her Instagram
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