I can honestly tell you before I was pretty scared about going to see my Patti ( Dr.). Since I had got the news for nurse Linda what my A1c level was last Thursday, I started back taking my medicine for diabetes regularly and watching what I was eating and checking my blood glucose 4 times a day. I even started to walk again. I had knee surgery 3 months ago and I can not do my hard impact work outs completely . I have to modify but that is ok with me. So, I started back slowing with walking and I will work my way up.
I walked in to see Patti and I was in the room waiting for her . It seemed like forever, finally what seemed like a 1/2 hour (actually 5-10 minutes) she came in . We chatted a bit and then we got to it . It meaning my diabetes. My head running a 1000 miles a minute. Patti told me that my A1c was at 7.1 which is not great but it could have been worse, then my fasting glucose was 138 . This is not good. It should be about 110 . Then my triglycerides are at 290 ouch that is bad. Should be less then 150 . My head is saying ok , I can deal with this I have done it before I know what works and what I need to do. Then I asked about my kidneys, she advised me that there was Albumin in my urine or kidneys, this hit me hard. I did not want to hear this at all. My head went to kidney failure. Patti said not it is not to that extent but I need to correct what I am doing. She said we would do my lab work and everything in 2-3 months and she will probably change some of my medicines at that time to protect my kidneys.
When I left her office, with my prescriptions in hand , and my heart feeling heavy with all I heard I got int he truck and called my husband. I told him the news , yes is was concerned but said we would do what ever we had to do to correct it. We will get through everything . I started to cry because I am scared.
I know I can do this I can beat this thing, I am strong, I am a fighter, I have faith.
In looking at it I in away, relapsed to my old ways, not the old ways of my addiction to drugs but the addiction of saying I can eat whatever I want and when I want to. Also how much of it. I do not need to take my medicine, I do not have to work out , I will take care of everyone else and not worry about me.
So know it is recovery time and I know I have to watch, what I eat, work out, eat healthy, take care of myself, because I can take care of everyone else if I do not take care of myself.
Here are some facts about Diabetes-
This is a fact that in the United States Diabetes is the underlying cause of more deaths per year then AIDS and Breast Cancer combined. It is time for America to make a change .
Diabetes- effects, the heart, eyes, feet, high blood pressure, your pancreas , kidneys, and more.
A person with some or all of the following listed health risk factors may never develop type 2 diabetes. However, the latest medical findings show that the chances of getting type 2 diabetes increase the more health risk factors you have.
- A family history of diabetes. If a parent or sibling in your family has diabetes, your risk of developing type 2 diabetes increases.
- Age over 45. The chance of getting type 2 diabetes increases with age.
- Race or ethnic background. The risk of type 2 diabetes is greater in Hispanics, African-Americans, Native Americans, and Asians.
- Metabolic syndrome (also calledinsulin resistance syndrome).
- Being overweight. If you are overweight, defined as a body mass index (BMI) greater than 25, you're at higher risk of type 2 diabetes.
- Hypertension. High blood pressure increases the risk of developing type 2 diabetes.
- Abnormal cholesterol levels. HDL ("good") cholesterol levels under 35 mg/dL (milligrams per deciliter) and/or a triglyceride level over 250 mg/dL increases your risk of type 2 diabetes.
- History of gestational diabetes. Getting diabetes during pregnancy or delivering a baby over nine pounds can increase your risk of type 2 diabetes.
Most of all today children, teenagers are at risk of getting diabetes. Do to the way society is today. We need to change the way society is today and help children and other family members get healthy.
So lets get started . Tomorrow I will be posting what u can do to prevent or help your diabetes. And what I am doing. I will try to post on a daily basis with my blood glucose reading, what I am eating, exercising .
Lets all End the Trend of Obesity and help with the fight against diabetes
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