Setelah tanggal 7 April 2025 aku menjalani rutinitas ku seperti biasa, berangkat ke tempat magang bersama tara setiap hari-nya dan yang membuat berbeda adalah sekarang aku telah berpacaran dengan Cutina HEHEHHE. Setiap bertemu dengan Cutina di tempat magang aku selalu merasa seperti akward, biasanya sih aku orang yang humoris saat berada dengan orang yang dekat denganku tapi saat hari-hari pertama kali ber-pacaran dengan Cutina, entah aku harus bersikap bagaimana dengannya, apakah harus bersikap cool atau aku harus bersikap seperti biasa saja. Saat itu, aku merasa hubungan kita yang tahu hanyalah kita sendiri dan semua orang tau-nya kita masih berpacaran main-main. Hingga suatu ketika guru pamong aku, dimana dia yang aku jadikan alasan untuk menembak pacaran main-main dengan Cutina, dia bilang kepadaku "sepertinya kamu dengan Cutina tidak seperti pacaran" kemudian aku menjawab "kok bisa pak?" dan beliau menjawab "seharusnya kalo emang kalian ber-pacaran, harusn...
When I was little until I grew up, I often saw my mother monitor her health by herself at home. One thing I clearly remember from my childhood was when my mother pricked her fingertip with a needle. I asked her, “What is that for, Mom?” and she answered, “To take a little blood and check my blood sugar because I have diabetes.”
Diabetes?
Since I was young, I always kept asking questions in my mind: “What is diabetes?”, “Why does she have to be very careful with sweet foods?”, and “Why can diabetes exist inside our body?”
After entering college and studying sports science, I started reading studies and articles about diabetes, and I began trying to explain in a simple way how diabetes can occur.
In simple terms, diabetes mellitus is a long-term metabolic disease characterized by high blood sugar levels. This condition occurs when the body cannot produce enough insulin or cannot use insulin properly.
Our body has a system that works in an organized way. When we eat or drink, the food is processed into glucose, a type of sugar that becomes the body’s main source of energy. When glucose enters the bloodstream, the pancreas releases insulin, a hormone whose job is to help glucose enter the cells so it can be used as energy.
In diabetes, there are two main problems:
1. Insufficient Insulin Production
This happens when the cells in the pancreas are damaged, preventing the pancreas from producing enough insulin according to the body’s needs. As a result, glucose cannot enter the cells and eventually builds up in the bloodstream.
2. Insulin Does Not Work Properly (Insulin Resistance)
In this condition, insulin is actually present, but the body’s cells do not respond properly, as if they “refuse to open the door.”
Because of this, the pancreas is forced to produce more insulin to make the cells respond. If this continues for a long time, the pancreas becomes exhausted, and its ability to produce insulin gradually decreases. This problem is commonly associated with physical inactivity, excess body weight, high sugar and high fat diets, as well as genetic factors.
When one or both of these problems occur, glucose cannot enter the cells and remains in the bloodstream, causing high blood sugar levels (hyperglycemia).
One effect that I know for sure is that the body becomes easily fatigued because glucose cannot enter the cells to be used as energy.
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