All about diabetes...from the point of view of diabetes itself. A college professor penned this 'autobiography,' which serves to explain the conditions of diabetes in clear, straightforward terms.

Clear as it is, there may still be some controversy, in the areas where there have always been: if diabetes is a 'disease,' if it can be 'cured,' if nature or nurture is the culprit, and so on. An excerpt:

I, like any other abnormality in the human system, depend on the human genes. When there is a diabetic gene inherited by mankind, I could penetrate to produce my symptoms in any one.

But the most important thing to remember about me is that I do not and, can not show my powers unless the owner of the gene puts himself in an unfriendly atmosphere. If he eats too much and becomes obese and does not bother even to get up from his easy chair, then he has no control over his blood sugar and the poor pancreas finds it difficult to control the sugar level and I will have to appear there for certain.

But if another person with a similar gene acts to control his blood sugar right from younger days by being very careful in his/her diet and works very hard to expend sugar in his skeletal muscles, then the gene will not be able to penetrate and invite me there. Both the gene and I can not show our power in such individuals for a long time. Then, in old age every one will be a diabetic, anyway, with or without the gene, due mainly to the exhaustion of the pancreas.

Go ahead and give it a read. if you were to write diabetes' autobiography, what would you do differently?