For all I know, my first quarter in college was like any other. Slept too little, drank too much, ate crappy food, played excessive amounts of Halo, watched Family Guy on dvd fifty times, and did far too little actual work. Before I knew it the quarter was over and I was spent. My roommate and I packed up all our belongings and headed home for a month for Christmas break. It was an amazing 2 ½ months on my own and with some great people. Usually I would be pretty excited about the Christmas season, but it seemed like that first quarter away from home took a lot out of me. I lost quite a bit of weight over the last few months while most of my buddies went in the total opposite direction. They all packed on the freshman fifteen while I lost fifteen. My parents couldn’t get over this since I was always a big kid and always toted around some “baby fat”. I wasn’t minding it. I had lost weight, finished my first quarter in college, and was about to enjoy the Christmas season with lots of good food and family. Unfortunately, this was the last Christmas I got to look forward to homemade fudge and the annual Christmas food coma. My parents could see that I was tired and lethargic, but contradictorily losing weight. I thought nothing of it and neither did I think anything of constantly being thirsty and having to piss every hour. Oh so worried about their little boy and only son, they made me a doctors appointment to see what my major malfunction was. the doctor said that it could be stress and adapting to a new lifestyle, but it also could be diabetes. There was no history of diabetes in my family and I knew i was in no way overweight since I was losing weight. We left thinking the best; I was overworked, overstressed, and overpartied and with a few weeks of relaxation and high calorie foods I would be back in no time. Unfortunately, the second we got home the doctor called and said I needed to get my ass back to the hospital because my blood sugar level was over 800 and I could possibly go into a hyperglycemic coma. From here, my life and my college experience would become very…. unique.