THIS IS HOW I ALMOST LOST MY LEFT FEET FOR AMPUTATION DUE TO THE DEADLY BLOOD SUGAR PROBLEMS... “WE HAVE TO AMPUTATE YOUR LEG, TODAY! THAT’S WHAT THE DOCTOR TOLD ME AS I LAY IN A HOSPITAL BED My son and daughter looked at me like they were watching their daddy die, and I guess they were. My 6yr old daughter held my hands, looked me in the eye and said – Daddy please don’t die… The blinding, fluorescent lights buzzed over my head, and my nostrils filled with that bleach hospital smell, overpowering me in the cramped, chilly room. My wife squeezed my hand, tears streaming down her cheeks. “No,” she cried. “He can’t live the rest of his life in a wheelchair.” “Without the amputation,” the doctor told me, “you’ll be dead within a year.” I couldn’t believe it… But 4 years ago, the doctors wanted to put me under anesthesia, and cut off my legs… leaving nothing but worthless stumps. All because I was one of 70 million Nigerians with pre-diabetis… …the disease that ran rampant through my bo