Hello Missy,
As i am new to this forum and community I was deeply touched by your post. I cannot imagine wht you are going through with out hearing and all the other problems you have faced. One thing I can understand is fighting diabetes and family. My family can be really cold and not realize it. Al I can tell you is my family just watched my father die from this disease he was in the hospital for 7 months before he finally lost. He never gave up and fought to the last breath. You would think that the family would have a little better insight into what diabetes can do and how people react. They saw him almost everyday and still it has not registered. Try to understand that most people even family can be in there own world and sometimes they never get out of it. Just understand that the friends you have here obviously care and never think that you are alone and no one cares, because the people here obviously do and would be willing to do almost anything to help you. Sometimes asking is enough. Hell your from the Windy city one of the greatest places to live, you have a lot of life to enjoy. Always remember you are important to someone, sometimes it is hard to see the trees from the forest. John
