Posted by: Eggie
on Jul 08, 2010
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A friend of mine had an ultrasound and it was discovered she has a cyst on her ovary. Not uncommon. My friend has a slow-growing glioma in her brain - CANCER. Her gynecologist ordered her to get into the office the next day, so my friend was quite distraught, as you can imagine.
"Are you in any pain," I asked.
"No," she replied.
Posted by: Eggie
on Jun 18, 2010
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In my opinion all GP's, endocrinologists, and anyone else involved in the care of diabetes should be SHOT - with a little rapid insulin, that is. That way they would know what a hypo really feels like, not just symptoms on a page. Let them know how unpleasant the whole hypo business is. Perhaps this would stop them from thinking those of us who strive for good control are trying to go hypo to keep a good A1c, even when we show them numbers that say otherwise.
Let them get really low. Make them experience the mood swings, the shaking, sweating, and all the other lovely (not) things that go with the low. Let's see how dumb they feel when we lowly lay people have to tell them about the one thing they NEVER tell us about - the dreaded hypo hangover! Let them know that the work note should say "In case of low blood sugar, patient must go home." We need to sleep that hypo hangover off, not feel rotten and exhausted the rest of the day!
I can't say I've ever seen any publication that even mentions the hangover. Has anyone else? Perhaps it's just another of those mysterious things that one can only learn from experience or from the experience of a fellow diabetic.
Posted by: Eggie
on Jun 02, 2010
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I have never been so great at math or science. Now I live by carbohydrate totals and insulin units. I have become a chemist.
I have always hated needles. Now I pop one in to insert a cannula every 3 days. Before that I took 6 shots a day.
Diabetes has taught me never to say never!
Posted by: Eggie
on May 18, 2010
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I was diagnosed at age 34. The only other relation who was diagnosed as early as I was died of a massive coronary at age 44. For many years, uneducated and misguided, I thought this would also be my fate.
Over the years I have educated myself, learned from others, and tried to make good choices. I'm happy to say that I turned 45 a few days ago and I'm still here! It just goes to show that when you are told by friends or relatives that frightening story about the diabetic gone wrong and dying or losing limbs, this does not have to be your fate. The first step is understanding that diabetes doesn't kill you, uncontrolled diabetes does.
