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Sunday, September 18, 2011

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I have been doing ALOT of research on diabetes.  and reading statistics is kinda cool.  but then you get into the depth of it and its kinda scary.  yesterday i read that diabetes can cause blindness, heart disease, kidney disease, and possibily amputation.  (so i could lose a limb?) ugh.  i mean im only 21.  i feel so young to have to have this on my mind every waking minute of my life. 

I keep telling myself that i wont let this control my life.  i will do things the same way i used to just put a little tweak on it. (checking my blood sugar and giving myself shots) but i dont.  i never stay up late anymore,  i obvisly cant eat the same stuff, i cant stop thinking "whats my blood sugar" or "what if im low" or "this would be a bad place for my blood sugar to drop"  so much for living my life the same.  

My doctor told me that when i went into the hospital i had a blood sugar of 350(normal is between 80 and 120) and an A1c (average blood sugar over the past 3 months) of 12.9% (normal is 7)  which means i was averaging a blood sugar around 400 everyday.  thats scary.  recently i have been doing really good tho.  according to this awesome app on my phone my estimated A1c is 5.2% which i think is low but the doc says its okay.

i still have to go see an endo.  i have an appointment on Oct 18 but seriously that's a month away i want answers and i want them now.  i don't even know if im type one or two. 

anyway i just want to take a second and thank all my family and friends.  you have been so supportive and i wish there was a way to show you how much i appreciate everything you have done for me.  i love you all!!

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