my son brought a tear...

[guado]

to my eyes......

some know..most don't,that i just found out i have diabetes (in addition to my SA....grrrr) (brain-scan to follow)......i'm about three weeks in on my meds and about 6 days using the "prick" thing......

my youngest son (18) is a part of my life now,since he left his mother last january (he's said one word to her since then)...

he's been screaming at me about my readings,diet,etc....i've been taking the readings at 10am,7pm,and 11pm.....i have to call him and tell him the result.

my reading at 7pm tonight was 99...first double digit i've had (though i still feel like shit)....i couldn't reach him by phone,so i text messaged him to tell him......he replied with the following....

"good shit,dad,i'm proud of you ....i'll call you later"

it's not much,and i'm sorry if i bored you...but tears welled in my eyes...he actually cares about me...


btw...i haven't met with my doc yet (this thursday)..so any tips you can give me regarding diet,etc will be appreciated

Being a Paramedic and seeing all the people that do NOT take care of themselves I beg you to keep up with the routine of checking your glucose levels and your strive to learn more about how to keep up with it. You may be miserable now but 20 years from now you will still have all your appendages live a much MUCH happier and healthier life.

If you are just on a diet controlled or diet controlled with pills just keep up with your diet in a healthy way. I have found just eating balanced meals w/o junk foods and high calorie snacks do well. Eat lots of protien and whole grains. Stay away from simple carbs.

If you are on an insulin dependent diet my biggest advice is to MAKE SURE you eat after your insulin injections to avoid a hypoglycemic situation. We run repeatedly on the same people for hypoglycemic conditions....which can be VERY bad but usually just a pain for the patient. These situations can lead to you acting like a crazed drunken fool to just passing out into a diabetic coma. Granted those are EXTREMES but everyone is different.



Hyperglycemia is mainly the one to avoid...that is where all the bad stuff happens IMO.

I am no doctor nor do I intend to have all the answers. I will just give you my limited "street advice" from the field. It will be hard to get to the point of mainting your B/S at the appropriate levels but once you get it you'll do fine. Also don't be afraid of checking your sugar randomly throughout the day just to see what it is or if you ever feel funny. Alcohol also plays a role in that so if you drink some keep up with your sugar and see how it affects your body and levels.


I also want to add....I am damn proud of you for using TEXT messages.