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Well, it's been two months now since I was diagnosed with diabetes. Back then, my blood sugar was around 250-300, I was needing a nap almost every day, I was drinking HUGE amounts of various liquids (about 2 liters of soda, a liter and a half of milk, and 3-4 liters of water a day), and I'd spent a couple days that week nearly passing out from the strain of standing. I'd also lost ten pounds in a month or so for no reason I could figure. And I was suffering from lots and lots of indigestion, bloating that got so bad sometimes I had backaches from it.
Since then, my blood sugar's gotten down to around 90 pre-meal and 110 post-meal. I rarely need naps. I'm not nearly as thirsty, I eat maybe half to two thirds as much on a daily basis and feel less hungry. I briskly walk about a mile a day, and have lost about another ten pounds on purpose. Since starting insulin I've had a lot more energy, although I hope to be able to stop taking it soon (like, before I go to Seattle for a conference in early January). I'm not in great health yet (I still have some backaches, but they're not from bloating), but I feel a lot better than I generally have in ages.
Financially...ehn. Unsurprisingly, I did not live within my means for my November paycheck. A few hundred bucks in medical bills (after insurance) and prescriptions on top of car payments will do that. And I'm not looking forward to shelling out another several hundred for a new dental crown (unrelated to diabetes, just bad timing that I got a cavity under it recently). But with the medical appointments shifting from every other week to every other month, and with the current batch of insulin hopefully being my last, that drain should ease off by early next year.
Since then, my blood sugar's gotten down to around 90 pre-meal and 110 post-meal. I rarely need naps. I'm not nearly as thirsty, I eat maybe half to two thirds as much on a daily basis and feel less hungry. I briskly walk about a mile a day, and have lost about another ten pounds on purpose. Since starting insulin I've had a lot more energy, although I hope to be able to stop taking it soon (like, before I go to Seattle for a conference in early January). I'm not in great health yet (I still have some backaches, but they're not from bloating), but I feel a lot better than I generally have in ages.
Financially...ehn. Unsurprisingly, I did not live within my means for my November paycheck. A few hundred bucks in medical bills (after insurance) and prescriptions on top of car payments will do that. And I'm not looking forward to shelling out another several hundred for a new dental crown (unrelated to diabetes, just bad timing that I got a cavity under it recently). But with the medical appointments shifting from every other week to every other month, and with the current batch of insulin hopefully being my last, that drain should ease off by early next year.
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