In the spring of 2001 I went to work for WebMD and one of the message board communities I was responsible for was the diabetes community. At the time, I knew very little about diabetes. I knew the basic definition of the condition. I knew my grandmother had diabetes and managed it by saying "I'm not supposed to have this" as she dug into the macaroni & cheese or the potatoes and gravy for the second helping. I'd seen Steele Magnolias many, many times.

I originally thought I'd blog this on my personal blog but for a variety of reasons, here I am instead. This is probably better - more "official" and I'm more likely to watch it and think about it here. I don't do "good health" goals, I should just get that out of the way right now. To write these down goes against everything I am and everything I believe. But, I'm doing it anyway because what could it hurt? ;-) 1) I'm going to TRY and get out of this chair and get some Wii Fit time, 3xs (during the week) and 2xs (on the weekends.)

After Jenn picked out her wedding invitations, she called and asked me for a guest list. Two weeks later, she sent me a myspace message asking me for a guest list. Two weeks after that, she sent me a DM, an email and left a voice mail asking me for a guest list. Two weeks after that, I sent her one.

It's New Year's resolution time and while I don't believe in resolutions, I do believe in figuring out where I am and where I want to be. I don't always do it on January 1st - I usually procrastinate and wind up evaluating stuff in April. (I'm much better at procrastination than I should be, particularly when it comes to tasks that improve my own personal life. I'm much better at completing work assignments or tasks that will help improve somebody else's life.)

Oops, that title was misleading and I'm sorry, but that's what this post is about so I'm sticking with the title. I did not have my first seizure. I did not witness my first seizure. But, within 10 minutes of becoming a caregiver for my mother in law and sister in law (forgive me for using such traditional labels for my non traditional family), I was dealing with my first seizure.