Illness Narrative Student: Professor: Course title: Date: Illness narrative Introduction Chronic diseases are essentially those diseases which are incurable and effecting even modest improvement requires a physician to understand the social and psychological aspects of the disease (Kleinman, 2010). The person I interviewed is a 37-year-old African-American woman, Maria Trenton, who is a married mother of 3 girls. She was first diagnosed with type 2 diabetes mellitus roughly 2 years ago. Prior to the interview session, I clearly informed this person that the interview is anonymous and that I will not be using her real name and I will not provide any other details such as phone number or address that may compromise her identity. Thesis statement: this person characterized getting diabetes as unavoidable because of family history and her unhealthy eating habits. Since her diagnosis, she made changes to her diet and now consumes more healthy foods and closely monitors her blood sugar levels. She believes that diabetes has robbed her independence and fears lower extremity amputations and kidney problems when she gets older. Narrative When this patient was asked what she thinks cause