[Achilles]

This takes a few minutes to read, but I could relate to what the author went through. I started laughing a little when he got to the part about pushing his grocery cart around in the store with his cart full of health care products looking for low carb stuff to eat. LOL.. that was me the past three weeks.

Anyway, it was a good read. I subscribe to this newsletter and it has some useful information.

The Deadly Truth About Diabetes - Men's Health

[Chollyred]

Wow! What an article. Really hits close to home too.

Along with being severely overweight and having high blood pressure, I started having reactive hypoglycemic episodes a couple of years ago. A couple of hours after lunch (burgers, fries, etc.), I'd feel tired and in need of energy. What to do but grab a coke and a candy bar out of the machine. Then a couple of hours later, I'd start to crash again, usually about the time I'd be driving home from work. I'd find myself falling asleep at red lights, or drifting across the centerline or toward the side of the road. Finally afraid that I was going to kill someone, I went to the doc. The doc simply said, cut out sugar and starches. No tests, nothing about blood sugar problems or diabetes. My regular blood work was coming back with pretty average results. I cut out many of the sugars and starches and the problem seemed to go away. However, I took another job that has me sitting for 10-12 hours a day and commuting 3 hours round trip. Due to the lack of exercise, my waist line started growing, and my triglycerides shot up, driving my A1C over 7. That's when the doc finally diagnosed diabetes.

Now, a couple of months after diagnosis, I'm probably in better shape than the past 15 years. I'm still learning how to eat healthy. I'm hoping to keep this beast on a chain. But, I also know that if he slips his chain, I'll be another meal for this fire breathing dragon.

[fgummett]

Thanks for posting this Achilles... a good read and very insightful

[Achilles]

I know I could relate to a lot of things in that article. For example the months of feeling like I was under constant stress, the severe feeling of fatigue after eating high carb lunches and "fixing" that with cups of coffee loaded with sugar. My goodness what have I put my body through the last few months as this thing got worse. Finally, I too felt like a man that emerged from the desert for days by the time I went see the Dr. What took me so long I have no idea. I've been healthy my whole life and really never needed to go see a Dr. I think most younger men may feel this way... too tough or whatever for a Dr.

The 'D' finally catches up to you though ... and it isn't going anywhere and will rear up its ugly head if you give it a slightest chance.

What I really found interesting is that the concepts that the author writes about are pretty much in line with what I've learned here for the past few weeks. These people on the forum know their stuff because like the author we are all diabetics.