msdebagain
05-23-2007, 11:30 PM
i'm new here, here's some of my story. i'm sorry its so long, but for the first time in 10 yrs i'm finally participating in my diabetes.
i'm type 2, but not a new diabetic. been a non cooperative, poorly managed diabetic since 1997. i ate what i wanted, didnt check my sugars, drank soda, gained weight etc etc. just last year i got a tester, and my sugars were ALWAYS high, when i tested (very rarely). they were 400 and up, sometimes just reading HI. looking at my meters memory, there are some that say 575, 550.
i thought i was invincible. how wrong i was. apr 23 i woke up short of breath, vomiting, pain in my flank (kidney) lethargic. i got some vicodin from my mother in law and just figured it would go away. i dont remember much from that time, but apparently my hub forced me to go to the doctor, who sent me to the ER immediately. i was told if i had waited 1 day i'd have died. i was admitted with liver problems, kidney disease, and dka. my A1C was 14.6, my sugar was 590. i was in the hospital for 7 days. they had me on everything from potassium to insulin. i dont remember much of the first 3 or 4 days there. the doctor told me i had just about every symptom of DKA.
i've been out of the hospital since may 3. i have a bladder infection. amoxicillin didnt work, and i just finished cipro. my sugars were going back up after a week at home, so i am now on glyburide, metformin, actos. they are going back down. i dont have any ketones which is good. i'm also on meds for triglycerides, and i'm on lisinopril and lovastatin.
some GREAT things have come out of this. i'm eating healthy for the first time in my life. it took me all of this time to get my appetite back, so i've lost 41 lbs since april 23. i was overweight, the weight loss is scary, but i needed it. being told you should have died is awful. i drink water all day, EVERY thing i eat is good for me. i am the girl that would rather have the bowl of grease rather than the meat. that has all ended. i eat veggies, pasta, and will be seeing a dietician for the first time ever. i somehow ended up anemic, so i'm slowly getting my energy back, i look like a little drunk when i try to walk, but i go every day.
why am i telling you this? i wish someone would have told me a story like this when i was first diagnosed. for 10 yrs i felt great, never felt sick. until apr 23, a day that changed my life.
Thank you all for reading my longggggg story!
i'm type 2, but not a new diabetic. been a non cooperative, poorly managed diabetic since 1997. i ate what i wanted, didnt check my sugars, drank soda, gained weight etc etc. just last year i got a tester, and my sugars were ALWAYS high, when i tested (very rarely). they were 400 and up, sometimes just reading HI. looking at my meters memory, there are some that say 575, 550.
i thought i was invincible. how wrong i was. apr 23 i woke up short of breath, vomiting, pain in my flank (kidney) lethargic. i got some vicodin from my mother in law and just figured it would go away. i dont remember much from that time, but apparently my hub forced me to go to the doctor, who sent me to the ER immediately. i was told if i had waited 1 day i'd have died. i was admitted with liver problems, kidney disease, and dka. my A1C was 14.6, my sugar was 590. i was in the hospital for 7 days. they had me on everything from potassium to insulin. i dont remember much of the first 3 or 4 days there. the doctor told me i had just about every symptom of DKA.
i've been out of the hospital since may 3. i have a bladder infection. amoxicillin didnt work, and i just finished cipro. my sugars were going back up after a week at home, so i am now on glyburide, metformin, actos. they are going back down. i dont have any ketones which is good. i'm also on meds for triglycerides, and i'm on lisinopril and lovastatin.
some GREAT things have come out of this. i'm eating healthy for the first time in my life. it took me all of this time to get my appetite back, so i've lost 41 lbs since april 23. i was overweight, the weight loss is scary, but i needed it. being told you should have died is awful. i drink water all day, EVERY thing i eat is good for me. i am the girl that would rather have the bowl of grease rather than the meat. that has all ended. i eat veggies, pasta, and will be seeing a dietician for the first time ever. i somehow ended up anemic, so i'm slowly getting my energy back, i look like a little drunk when i try to walk, but i go every day.
why am i telling you this? i wish someone would have told me a story like this when i was first diagnosed. for 10 yrs i felt great, never felt sick. until apr 23, a day that changed my life.
Thank you all for reading my longggggg story!