Ahmed Afifi

 My seat came next to him on my flight heading to Stuttgart, Germany to attend a business seminar. He was a German man, as I learned later, in his mid-forties half-bald with small circular glasses, which adds a tinge of virtual intelligence to his face. He looked disheveled, erratic, and fidgeting in an impatient and restless manner. I did not pay much attention to him. I was thinking deeply about the intruder who showed up aggressively into my life lately. What will I do with this silent killer that attacked me suddenly? Diabetes has introduced me to nearly a dozen doctors and a plethora of new medications. Basically, I was given ordinary mainstream medical advice. I discovered later that most of this advice did not help me to achieve normal blood sugar. I also figured out later that the dilapidated guidelines, I was preached about, caused fatal complications and severe suffering for many people with diabetes all over the world. Unfortunately, I could not control my diabetes at ...

Living the twenty four hours a day trying to control the monster called Diabetes is something that I am immersed in since I was diagnosed with Diabetes and this continuous monitoring kind of life drove me on a path that had showed me, clearly, how   things related to DB management   are so misunderstood out there by many of fellow Diabetics, their endos or nutritionists.     There is a great deal of lack in real understanding   of   all the needs and requirements   for achieving normal blood sugar numbers especially in Diet issues.   In fact, if I am only supposed to control my Diabetes and that is it; it won’t be a problem but the reality is; being an activist in Diabetes management issue through social media websites had put me face to face with numerous cases of severely uncontrolled Diabetes; that always bring tears to my eyes. I am not that kind of person who settle down by just being sympathetic with people that need help a...