Before I never noticed ads on television for diabetes products, now I see them everywhere. I use a “One Touch” meter, now I notice the ads for them. The same is true for Levemir.
Today I visited one of my former professors who I hadn’t seen since I graduated last spring, at first when he asked how I was doing, I said fine; but then I decided to tell him that I had diabetes and he said that he has it also. Last January when I got some firewood from a high school friend, he asked me why I was so tired and I told him that I was just diagnosed with diabetes; he said that he has it. Two other friends I found out also have it.
They all seem to be doing fine and I wonder if I am the only one who has all of these complications. Was it because I was ignoring all the warning signs? Will I get better if I stick to my diet, exercise and lose weight?
Another friend just had all her toes cut off. But then again, every time I saw her she never followed any diet, she ate all the wrong type of foods. I don’t know how many times I saw her with a bag of chips and a can of soda. She is also overweight and doesn’t get any exercise.
I now try to get out and walk a couple of miles two or three times a week, I cut out just about all sugar out of my diet. I don’t have any soda (outside of club soda with a twist of lemon) and I am limiting my carb intake to around 120 – 140g a day. I want to lose more weight, right now I holding my weight and not gaining back the 45 pounds that I lost because of my unchecked diabetes.
My next lab test is in the beginning of May and we’ll see how my kidneys are doing, hopefully their function will improve
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