I suspect that your blood sugar isn't under very good control right now because when it is, you feel pretty normal. And in fact I am in better health than I was before I was diagnosed.
Here is a little story that I haven't told the others on the board yet.
As most everyone on the board knows I have been diabetic almost 17 years and I have been on insulin the past five years (I think!-it could be only 4 but that doesn't matter). Anyway on April Fools Day I went to see my endo for a routine visit and I found out that my liver studies were elevated. So I was told to get a liver ultrasound done and get a new primary doctor as my endo didn't wish to be my primary doctor. So I saw the new doctor and he said "Do you know you have a heart murmur". I said yes and that I had had it for at least 30 years. He told me that I needed to decrease my meds and to have an echo cardiogram done. Then he called me and told that the echo wasn't normal and that I needed to see a cardiologist. Meanwhile I felt fine, was exercising and losing weight. So I saw the cardiologist. He said my physical signs didn't fit the results of the echo and so I needed to have a carotid ultrasound done and a nuclear medicine test to determine the state of the blood vessels in my heart. So I waited to hear the results.
When I talked to the cardiologist I was told that my cholesterol and triglyerides are just fine on the reduced amount of meds. My carotids is minimally blocked on the left side but they don't need to do anything about it now. My aortic valve in my heart is damaged but doesn't need to be replaced. I have no scar tissue and therefore haven't had a silent heart which is common in insulin dependent diabetics and all the blood vessels in my heart are clear. So I got a wonderful report. What was the basis of this good report? 17 years of working hard to keep my blood sugar under control and doing what the doctors asked me to do. I am doing a happy dance!!
And believe me I am no saint!! But overall I have managed to keep this under control even while I periodically do things totally wrong.
Why have I told you this story? Because I want you to know that you can live a full and rewarding life while managing your diabetes. Yes, it gets tiring managing a chronic disease for which there is only treatment and no cure, yet. But you can do it! And one of the ways of doing it is coming here and getting solace from us when you need it and encouragement when that is needed and understanding that there is hope for a wonderful life.
So Sue, please let us give you that little bit of will power which will get you going in the right direction.
Thanks, Mary Frances. My diabetes has never been under control. I am so frustrated with it. I have done everything my doctor and CDE and RD have said, taken my medication, eaten healthy and exercised. How does my body repay me? A higher A1C than when I was diagnosed and a weight gain of 40 pounds.
I do not know how to win this battle and beat the diabetes demon.
And diabetes is just the cream on the cake of my health problems!
I've had times when I had to do (insert very important thing here) in the morning, and for whatever reason, (probably stress over events, of tests, or whatever I HAVE to get done), when I could not for the life of me keep my blood sugars up enough to sleep. When it's 2 in the morning and I'm still only 50, I want to give up and sleep and just not care if I got into insulin-shock. But I get through it, I get through the hard times, and then the easy times come, and they will and do come. It sucks. It really does, and that's all that can be said about it sometimes. Hang in there, and we're all here for you, rooting for you, and being frustrated with you.
Hang in there!!!
Sue,
I suspect that your blood sugar isn't under very good control right now because when it is, you feel pretty normal. And in fact I am in better health than I was before I was diagnosed.
Here is a little story that I haven't told the others on the board yet.
As most everyone on the board knows I have been diabetic almost 17 years and I have been on insulin the past five years (I think!-it could be only 4 but that doesn't matter). Anyway on April Fools Day I went to see my endo for a routine visit and I found out that my liver studies were elevated. So I was told to get a liver ultrasound done and get a new primary doctor as my endo didn't wish to be my primary doctor. So I saw the new doctor and he said "Do you know you have a heart murmur". I said yes and that I had had it for at least 30 years. He told me that I needed to decrease my meds and to have an echo cardiogram done. Then he called me and told that the echo wasn't normal and that I needed to see a cardiologist. Meanwhile I felt fine, was exercising and losing weight. So I saw the cardiologist. He said my physical signs didn't fit the results of the echo and so I needed to have a carotid ultrasound done and a nuclear medicine test to determine the state of the blood vessels in my heart. So I waited to hear the results.
When I talked to the cardiologist I was told that my cholesterol and triglyerides are just fine on the reduced amount of meds. My carotids is minimally blocked on the left side but they don't need to do anything about it now. My aortic valve in my heart is damaged but doesn't need to be replaced. I have no scar tissue and therefore haven't had a silent heart which is common in insulin dependent diabetics and all the blood vessels in my heart are clear. So I got a wonderful report. What was the basis of this good report? 17 years of working hard to keep my blood sugar under control and doing what the doctors asked me to do. I am doing a happy dance!!
And believe me I am no saint!! But overall I have managed to keep this under control even while I periodically do things totally wrong.
Why have I told you this story? Because I want you to know that you can live a full and rewarding life while managing your diabetes. Yes, it gets tiring managing a chronic disease for which there is only treatment and no cure, yet. But you can do it! And one of the ways of doing it is coming here and getting solace from us when you need it and encouragement when that is needed and understanding that there is hope for a wonderful life.
So Sue, please let us give you that little bit of will power which will get you going in the right direction.
And a very gentle hug,
The problem is that I cannot see any successes in regards to my diabetes. My weight has gone up, as has my A1C. Everyone talks about diabetes being
Sue
Thanks, Mary Frances. My diabetes has never been under control. I am so frustrated with it. I have done everything my doctor and CDE and RD have said, taken my medication, eaten healthy and exercised. How does my body repay me? A higher A1C than when I was diagnosed and a weight gain of 40 pounds.
I do not know how to win this battle and beat the diabetes demon.
And diabetes is just the cream on the cake of my health problems!
Sue
It might not seem like success I know.