{"id":144744,"date":"2010-01-06T09:36:08","date_gmt":"2010-01-06T14:36:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.diabetesforums.com\/forum\/type-2-diabetes\/47290-new-and-scared.html"},"modified":"2010-01-06T09:36:08","modified_gmt":"2010-01-06T14:36:08","slug":"new-and-scared","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/144744","title":{"rendered":"New and Scared."},"content":{"rendered":"
Hello everyone, <\/p>\n

Sorry if this is not the right area to post this however i just found a link and signed up and now looking for support\/assistance. <\/p>\n

A little history. <\/p>\n

I am 31 years of age, 320 pounds (Down from 410 2 years ago) and a long history of family ailments.<\/p>\n

Two years ago the final straw was my mother taking a massive heart attack and my doctor telling me I have a \u0093Fatty Heart\u0094 and that if I don\u0092t get off my *** and do something now about it he will have nothing to do with me and I am to find a new GP. <\/p>\n

So, In two years I got more active, tried to watch more of what I eat picked up a couple of hobbies \/sports that are more active ( Scuba diving and Photography). I have dropped just about 100 pounds in 2 years and my GP has been much more happy with me. <\/p>\n

However, a year go I had been having issues. <\/p>\n

–\tFelt groggy all the time
\n–\tAlways tired and wanted to sleep
\n–\tViolent diarrhea
\n–\tStomach pains
\n–\tVision issues<\/p>\n

My doctor sent me for some testing and came back high glucose levels not sure how it all works out but I did a test had to fast, drink some juice and sit around and have blood taken turned out he said my levels where very high.. the number used was 16.4. <\/p>\n

He then said \u0093Mike, You\u0092re diabetic\u0085 if we don\u0092t get this taken care of now you will lose your eye sight, and possibly die\u0094. He at that point wanted to put me on to Insulin right away and I was worried about it. Hate needles and hate the fact I need to be on it for life. <\/p>\n

So instead he started me on some meds and I got a glucose meter. <\/p>\n

Over the last year I will opening admit I have not taken care of myself and not followed any of his suggestions and regret it now, I now have a 16 month old daughter and really need to pull my head from my *** and get my life on track! <\/p>\n

Over the last year I take the meds when I think of it, I watch what I eat but then I do binge and just do stupid things, My meter I check here and there some times its 5ish other times its up in the 20\u0092s. I have been in to see my doctor twice in the last year and always tell him I am feeling good and of course taking the meds\u0085 Yes I know I lied and should not have. <\/p>\n

So. <\/p>\n

Now I need to get my *** on track.. I have another appointment with him next month and I know he is looking to send me in for blood work. I know I can not resolve a years worth of neglect with in a month, however I want to get on track and smarten up so I can walk into his office an say \u0093Hey doc\u0085 I F\u0092d up\u0085 here is what I did not do\u0085 however this is what I am doing.. and look its working..\u0094 <\/p>\n

Some run down over the last few days.. I know I need to work on a correct diet and such but these are readings I have been getting and the meds I am on. <\/p>\n

MEDS:<\/p>\n

Metformin HCL 500MG ( 2 X morning 1X lunch 2X dinner )
\nGyburide 2.5MG ( 1x breakfast 1x dinner )
\nUsing a Accu-Check Aviva <\/p>\n

My diet is horrible I know and I need to work on it. Keep in mind my readings are messed up as I have not been taking the meds\u0085 or taking them correctly.. I have starting Monday.. <\/p>\n

I get up at 6am and my reading is usually 12.6 \u0096 17. I don\u0092t drink coffee but will grab 8oz glass of juice ( Apple or Cranberry whatever is open for our daughter) and a raisin bagel with butter. <\/p>\n

I do a 1 hour drive to work ( pretty stressful ) and by mid morning I can get pretty groggy.. I have checked my sugars mid morning and they average 15+\u0085 Monday when I really got freaked out I was really dragging butt and check my sugar it was 21.4 <\/p>\n

Eat lunch ( often fast food due to my work ) <\/p>\n

4pm drive home, eat dinner around 6:30 when my wife is home and then typically in bed by 11pm. <\/p>\n

During this time my readings are between 12- 20ish. Some days lower other days higher.. I only seem to check it when I feel funny and find them up. I do have a habbit of snacking at night and drinking non diet sodas! <\/p>\n

Now. <\/p>\n

Since Monday I have been taking the meds as prescribed and I do need to test correctly and record them better, I am going to try and get over to shoppers drug mart and download the meter to give correct readings. <\/p>\n

This morning I got up had cereal ( Oatmeal plain with a little brown sugar and a glass of koolaid ) Before breakfast I checked my sugar and it was 10.7\u0085 Took my meds ate and drove to work. Checked it at 9am when I got to work and organized and its now 12.4 ( Is this common )? <\/p>\n

I do have a Stirfry and water for the day and a couple of apples to munch on.. <\/p>\n

\nNow I know I really rambled in this post.. hopfully most can make heads and tails from it. <\/p>\n

Any help \/ assistance and reading materials would be greatly appreciated!!! <\/p>\n

Regards, <\/p>\n

Michael Lambert.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hello everyone, Sorry if this is not the right area to post this however i just found a link and signed up and now looking for support\/assistance. A little history. I am 31 years of age, 320 pounds (Down from 410 2 years ago) and a long history of family ailments. Two years ago the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1967,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-144744","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144744","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1967"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=144744"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144744\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=144744"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=144744"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=144744"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}