Where to start? Well first off, I have not had diabetes nearly as long as many of you here. Only dx 3 years ago. Some days I feel just as Christie does, like it's taking it's toll on me. Other days, I spring up out of bed, ready to take on the world while everyone else around me wonders where i get the energy
I think that it is rather the effects of age on me. I am 39 years old and only this year did I even consider I would at times FEEL like a 39 year old and not an 18 yr old
. I have an 18 year old daughter in college and a 15 year old son at home. Mick, oh how I relate to your situation! I have elderly parents that demand much of my attention every day. The pressures most times of what others require of me gets to me I believe more than anything else. I find that many times I neglect taking care of me due to others waiting in line for my aid. I have got to work on that more. I recently got sick with a bad case of bronchitis and was still running around doing errands and taking care of things for my parents and did not rest one bit. Well, as could be expected, I got worse and the doc told me that I better get rest or would end up in hospital. That got my attention.
When my numbers are high, I can tell it in my body and feel horrible. When I first found out I had diabetes, monitor read over 400 and I felt GREAT! My HB1ac on entering the hospital and being dx was 12 I think
I had no idea anything was wrong with me before the dx.. Now if my numbers get above 150 I feel like someone's kicked me to the curb.
In the past year I've had the problem that someone spoke of on here about worrying about lows to the point of always intentionally running a little high.
So all in all, some days i do feel like it's the diabetes taking it's toll on my body, but most of the time I know it's just me getting older.
