Both Sides of the Stethoscope: My Journey from Fear to Healing
The Doctor in Denial
Only four months ago, I was just a doctor. I wore the white coat as a shield, believing my medical training made me immune to the very diseases I treated in others.
In late 2025, I was in the United States for a medical observership. I was 6 feet tall and 102kg—carrying extra weight, but I dismissed it as "normal" for my height. I was moving at 100 miles per hour, focused on my career, ignoring the subtle signals my own body was sending.
The Midnight Realization
I remember waking up in the dark, twice in one night, to go to the washroom. My mind—the doctor's mind—instantly started making excuses: "You're just drinking more water because of the stress." But that night, the excuses stopped working. A seed of doubt was planted.
The next morning, I pricked my finger.
420 mg/dL. A few days later, the laboratory confirmed the nightmare: An HbA1c of 14.2%.
The Weight of the News
I didn't see a diagnosis; I saw a death sentence. As a physician, I knew exactly what those numbers meant. I sat in my room, the silence deafening, and thought: "Is this it? Is my life over? Will my kidneys even last 15 years?" For the first time, I wasn't the authority in the room. I was a terrified patient facing a chronic future. I felt the same hollow fear I had seen in the eyes of my own patients for years.
The Path Forward
That was only four months ago.
Since that day, my life has been a relentless pursuit of the truth. I went back to the research, not as a student, but as a man fighting for his own longevity. I realized that my medical degree gave me a unique tool: the ability to bridge the gap between cold clinical data and the raw, human experience of metabolic disease.
I created DocSetSugar because I am still on this journey. I am living this every single day. I’m here to share the evidence-based insights I’m using to reclaim my health—so that if you are sitting in that dark room today, you know you don’t have to fight alone.
I am a doctor.
I am a patient.
And together, we are going to find the way forward.