I have found the cure for type 2
diabetes. You heard that right…I’m cured. Here is “all you have to do” in order
to be cured:
Contract a wicked summer cold,
go tent camping for 3 nights, lose your voice and endure a couple of weeks of
90 degree weather…without air conditioning. Oh, and don’t forget to throw out
your back! That’s all it takes to finally
see consistent, near-normal readings on your meter. (That and 2,000 mg of
Metformin daily.) Amazing, right? Why didn’t I do this sooner?
Yes, I’ve been enduring all of
those things during the month of June. Is it over yet? I haven’t had much
appetite for a while now but the incessant heat has made it impossible to think
about eating. Just the bare minimum to get by. Now normally, not eating would
cause my blood sugar to soar since my liver hates me. Not lately. I can go
without eating for hours and my blood sugar just hangs out near 100.
It’s a mystery.
I’ve been struggling with high
fasting readings for scores of months and yet my readings have hovered near 100
for a week now.
Unheard of!
Scratching my head.
The normal reaction to illness
is to see higher glucose readings, so why aren’t I seeing them?
Oh…I’ve lost 7 lbs. I’ve been
trying to lose weight FOREVER with little to no success and now…it’s
disappearing without effort. I’m not even exercising!!!
Call in the Mystery, Inc gang!
Scooby, we’ve got a mystery to solve.
You know how frustrating it is
when, no matter what you do, your blood sugar soars or dips or generally freaks
out? You know the feeling of complete lack of control you get when you do the
same thing every day and yet your blood sugar is all wonky and unpredictable?
Yeah, well this feels just the same. I’m not complaining, believe me. It’s
great to see these numbers and feel “skinny” for a change but I know it won’t
last. The fact that I have NO idea what is causing this makes me fear that it
will disappear; that I’ll go back to seeing 156 in the morning and the scale in
the bathroom creep back in an upward trend.
The point of this post? It’s to
remind you (and me) that all we can do is our best. All we can do is eat as
healthfully as possible, exercise when we can and take our meds as directed.
Diabetes is going to do what it’s going to do. It’s up to each of us to attempt
to steer the ship the best we can and hold on during the storms. What I’m
currently experiencing might feel as if I’m cured, but don’t be fooled. I’m
not.
**Nope, not cured. (BIG surprise!!) Here it is halfway through July and my glucose readings are going back up, slowly. I haven't seen anything in the 150s in the AM but I have seen some 130s. I'm still not feeling 100% and am still eating on the lite side, but I have had a few munchie attacks and my meter has noticed. If I stay true to my food plan, my numbers are acceptable but we all know that there will be "those days" when I say, "what food plan?" :D In other words: back to business as usual!
**Nope, not cured. (BIG surprise!!) Here it is halfway through July and my glucose readings are going back up, slowly. I haven't seen anything in the 150s in the AM but I have seen some 130s. I'm still not feeling 100% and am still eating on the lite side, but I have had a few munchie attacks and my meter has noticed. If I stay true to my food plan, my numbers are acceptable but we all know that there will be "those days" when I say, "what food plan?" :D In other words: back to business as usual!