I’ve been battling diabetes for 35 years – Obasanjo
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has disclosed that he has been battling diabetes for the past 35 years.
He said diabetes is not a killer disease. He also told children to abstain from consuming sugar, foods with carbohydrates and always take their insulin injection in order to manage the disease well.
Obasanjo made this known while speaking at the closing ceremony of the Ogun State Diabetes Youth Development Camp, held in Abeokuta, Ogun state on Wednesday August 18.
He said; “I have been diagnosed of diabetes for more than 35 years now and here I am, I’m still going about, I’m still jumping up and down, I’m still doing many things many people of my age cannot do. Since I was diagnosed of diabetes, a number of my friends have died and the reason is because they just did not manage their diabetes the way they should manage it.
“It does not matter whether you are type one or type two, so far there is no cure for diabetes, maybe there will be cure before I die, but I pray that there will be cure before you die. You have to understand the type of food you should eat, you must completely abstain from sugar. The amount of carbohydrates that you take must be watched.
“Don’t miss your drugs, in your own case, your insulin injection, I take my drugs along with me everywhere I go and I always check my blood sugar level regularly. Don’t let anybody put fear in your minds, diabetes, has no cure for now, but it can be managed.
Sometimes, it depends on the money you have with you because some can’t afford those things except carbohydrate foods
May the Lord have mercy on us about all this diseases
Some people won’t listen to doctors advice, it also contribute to it
that is your own problems…
There are some people who are nursing one or two ailments but no money to go to the hospital
We don’t hear