Diabetes Type 2 Support Group
Type 2 Diabetes is a condition in which the body either does not produce enough insulin or does not make efficient use of it. Insulin is a hormone needed to convert food into glucose, a sugar that the body uses for energy. Without enough insulin, glucose can accumulate in the blood, and can cause serious health problems such as heart disease and strokes and organ damage...
Hello friends,
I went through a chemo treatment 5 years ago, and managed to clear it, and have been in remission since, which should be good news right?
Well, I never did feel quite right post treatment, so one year after having dealt with Doctors, Hospitals, appointments over appointments, I decided to start an inventory on my Health to see why I was still so sick and tired all the time.
By then I went back to work full time, and more.... But started getting tested for different aches & pains, that kept me from being happy & well.
So I was diagnosed since doing the chemo, with DDD, Disk Degenerated Disease.
Had lost my voice during my treatment, so had a specialist checked that out, 6 months post treatment.
I had a major tumor on my right vocal cord, which was surgically removed, thank God it was benign.
Then OCPD Obstructive Chronic Pulmonary Disease, Emphysema, also had a nodule on my right lung, along with pneumonia, that's when my PCP Primary Care Physician pulled me off from work. It took one year to get over the pneumonia, and 4 x-rays, and 2 TC-Scan before the nodule dissapeared.
Ever since doing the chemo, I remained in a depression caused by the medications.
I would get my liver enzymes checked all the time, thinking that my PCP was checking everything else, so I would gain weight, and feel sick all the time.
It's now over 5 years since doing my treatment, still am cleared, but still sick like hell, so finally I ask God to help me to feel better, and to help me lose weight.
That's when I started drinking twice as much water that I usually drank, so I then thought could it be diabetes?
Naw, I am always getting blood work done, the glucose as to be in the CBC's Complete Blood Count.
So when I went to see my PCP, to renew my monthly scripts, I told him I am tired of being sick, dizzy all the time, and now I am drinking water like it's going out of style, I want to be check for diabetes.
Well got the call 3 days later, my blood sugar level was at 20, when here in Canada, the normal range is between 4 - 6.
Finally, I asked him how long ago did you check me for this, he then proceeded to tell me almost 3 years ago. (Stupip argh...).
I started telling him, it's impossible I am always asking for CBC's, he then proceeded to tell me that he didn't include the glucose test.
Dah, so here I am diagnosed, with diabetes, he prescribed me 2 pills a day, 80mgs of gliclozide x 2 daily.
I felt better almost instantly.
Can you imagine walking around with a blood sugar level over the roof like this for 3 years, no bloody wonder I felt so sick, and all the time I thought it was long term side effects from my chemo.
Now I am here to learn, as much as I can.
I had a good friend of mine, who was diagnosed last year, she was overweight big time, like 360lbs, she is on the same diet she gave me, and lost 140lbs in a little over a year.
So far, I lost a good 12 lbs, still need to lose approximately 40lbs, and I will be skinny, as before the chemo.
Unlike the rest of the people who goes on chemo, I gained, you know Murphy's Law, well that's my case in everything. lol.
I am also walking a couple of km's a day, and exercising which helps to on loosing the weight.
The 2 pills before I eat seems to work since my blood sugar is now always under 8.5, but I still need to get it down to 6 and under.
Tomorrow I need to go get my blood work done, and have a follow up appointment with my PCP on the 1st.
What is your opinion, do you think he will give me one more pill ?
Which would make 3 pills a day, since I am not quite in the normal range yet? after 2.3 weeks?
Also are there some on this type of medication.?
Any advice is welcome, as I am totally new to this newly chronic diagnosed called " Diabetes".
Thank you,
Mckenzie
One day at the time.
I went through a chemo treatment 5 years ago, and managed to clear it, and have been in remission since, which should be good news right?
Well, I never did feel quite right post treatment, so one year after having dealt with Doctors, Hospitals, appointments over appointments, I decided to start an inventory on my Health to see why I was still so sick and tired all the time.
By then I went back to work full time, and more.... But started getting tested for different aches & pains, that kept me from being happy & well.
So I was diagnosed since doing the chemo, with DDD, Disk Degenerated Disease.
Had lost my voice during my treatment, so had a specialist checked that out, 6 months post treatment.
I had a major tumor on my right vocal cord, which was surgically removed, thank God it was benign.
Then OCPD Obstructive Chronic Pulmonary Disease, Emphysema, also had a nodule on my right lung, along with pneumonia, that's when my PCP Primary Care Physician pulled me off from work. It took one year to get over the pneumonia, and 4 x-rays, and 2 TC-Scan before the nodule dissapeared.
Ever since doing the chemo, I remained in a depression caused by the medications.
I would get my liver enzymes checked all the time, thinking that my PCP was checking everything else, so I would gain weight, and feel sick all the time.
It's now over 5 years since doing my treatment, still am cleared, but still sick like hell, so finally I ask God to help me to feel better, and to help me lose weight.
That's when I started drinking twice as much water that I usually drank, so I then thought could it be diabetes?
Naw, I am always getting blood work done, the glucose as to be in the CBC's Complete Blood Count.
So when I went to see my PCP, to renew my monthly scripts, I told him I am tired of being sick, dizzy all the time, and now I am drinking water like it's going out of style, I want to be check for diabetes.
Well got the call 3 days later, my blood sugar level was at 20, when here in Canada, the normal range is between 4 - 6.
Finally, I asked him how long ago did you check me for this, he then proceeded to tell me almost 3 years ago. (Stupip argh...).
I started telling him, it's impossible I am always asking for CBC's, he then proceeded to tell me that he didn't include the glucose test.
Dah, so here I am diagnosed, with diabetes, he prescribed me 2 pills a day, 80mgs of gliclozide x 2 daily.
I felt better almost instantly.
Can you imagine walking around with a blood sugar level over the roof like this for 3 years, no bloody wonder I felt so sick, and all the time I thought it was long term side effects from my chemo.
Now I am here to learn, as much as I can.
I had a good friend of mine, who was diagnosed last year, she was overweight big time, like 360lbs, she is on the same diet she gave me, and lost 140lbs in a little over a year.
So far, I lost a good 12 lbs, still need to lose approximately 40lbs, and I will be skinny, as before the chemo.
Unlike the rest of the people who goes on chemo, I gained, you know Murphy's Law, well that's my case in everything. lol.
I am also walking a couple of km's a day, and exercising which helps to on loosing the weight.
The 2 pills before I eat seems to work since my blood sugar is now always under 8.5, but I still need to get it down to 6 and under.
Tomorrow I need to go get my blood work done, and have a follow up appointment with my PCP on the 1st.
What is your opinion, do you think he will give me one more pill ?
Which would make 3 pills a day, since I am not quite in the normal range yet? after 2.3 weeks?
Also are there some on this type of medication.?
Any advice is welcome, as I am totally new to this newly chronic diagnosed called " Diabetes".
Thank you,
Mckenzie
One day at the time.
Hang in there and take care of yourself.
You are such a gentle person, Thank you for your reply.
So you do think he will change meds on me.?
I heard bad things about medformin, what is your opinion?
What should I tell him, if he were to decide to put me on those?
Is your sugar level always regulated now.?
Sorry for all the questions, but I am so at lost when it comes to this disease, I had no idea I would end up being diabetic.
Apparently many of those who entertained this chemo treatment I went on for a year, has developed diabetes, so this shouldn't have come as a surprise, but I had such many different diagnosed since doing this chemo.
And now this one......
Thanks again for your input.
Love & Respect,
Mckenzie
One day at the time.
To be really honest with you. I'm not all that gentle. I spend a lot of time totally furious with my body for betraying me this way. Of course, I guess it's kind of a payback since I took it for granted for so long and mistreated it for so long.
Once I finally began to take this seriously - I really just acted as if it was no big deal until just a few months ago, I began doing a lot of reading and research and learned a few things I never knew before. You hear the lectures from the doctors and the nurses, but after a while you tune them out. Unless they're dealing with this personally they don't truly understand.
I don't think Metformin is a bad drug at all. Unfortunately, I developed some issues that keep me from taking it now. Like I said I didn't take this seriously when I should have. I took Metformin for around nine years and it worked quite well for a some time. I just didn't do the things I should have that would have allowed me to keep my blood sugars better controlled. So, now I'm on meds that are a whole lot more expensive than metformin.
Lately, things have been pretty stable, but I've been making a lot of changes - everything form my meds, to work hours to diet and exercise. But, it's never perfect and neither am I. There are times I give into temptation and eat something I really shouldn't and the numbers show it.
I knew I was at some risk with my weight, but I thought because I didn't smoke or drink or have other bad habits or a family history of diabetes it wouldn't happen to me. Heck, I'm the good kid in the family. I look after my widowed mother and try to take care of any emergencies that arise, but apparently all it took was failing to get a flu shot and coming down with a really bad case of the flu to send me over the cliff into diabetes.
It's not uncommon for our bodies to develop diabetes after a major illness, trauma or even some medical treatments. I guess our pancreas just can't handle a lot of stress sometimes.
The best advice I can give you is read, read, read and research for yourself and look for what works for you. Also, find a doctor you trust (now that's the really tough part in my book.)
I love the way you explain things, always straight to the point, good or bad.
Sorry you had the fall which activated the diabetes in your case.
Which is probably what the chemo did to me.
The Worst thing about it was, I was suppose to feel good after being SVR in remission, but no I was worst than ever, since I had no symptoms whatsoever before going on the chemo.
So then I find myself sick like hell for years, and all this time I was walking around at a sugar level elevated to kill an elephant.
I love food, but Thank God I always cook healthy stuff, since our daughter is hypoglycemic.
But am a softy when it comes to junk food like hamburgers and french fries, or pizza.
Now that I am on this strict diet, my tummy must be asking itself, wheres my junk food, lol.
I'm glad I never had a sweet tooth.
Since being diagnosed, many tells me; "That's strange you don't even like sugar stuff".
But apparently it as nothing to do with desserts or bonbons.
I have more questions, so I will open a new thread, so thank you for being there for me, I truly appreciate and honor your friendship Tuxedomom.
Love & Respect.
Mckenzie
One day at the time.
But, it's not just the sweet stuff that'll mess you up. It's those wicked little ingredients that make up bread, french fries, potato chips and nacho chips. All the fun stuff it seems like. Fortunately, I like a lot of green stuff and other veggies, so I try to convince myself I don't miss the other stuff. But, I do fall into temptation and hit a cupcake now and then (but only when my blood sugar is really low to begin with) and then I go for a long walk or swim right after to try to pay a little pennance for my sin as it were.
And, chocolate, well, we don't want to go there.
One of the frustrating parts of all this is that it's not the tummy that misses the yummy, it's our idiot brains that just don't want to listen to us. It's lot like trying to sell ice to an eskimo living in an igloo. It can be a hard sell sometimes.
Well, gotta run. I've got a bunch of errands to run, so I guess this will be a good time to take one of those long walks around a superstore.
All the grouching aside though, I have noticed that as I've begun to take a little better care of myself, I am actually feeling better and have more energy and don't feel nearly as depressed by all this stuff even with our awful summer heat we're already getting and I despite hot weather. It doesn't agree with my meds or my body.
Take care and be good to yourself.
As for you Rhonda, do they give so many medication due to the fact that your Doctor, didn't quite find the right one yet?
Like is there a chance that on the 1st of July, my Doctor will add, or reduce my daily dose of medication.
At this time, he gave me 2 pills a day, they are called gliclozide 80mg each.
My sugar level is almost normal, since here in Canada it's suppose to be between 4 - 6, mine is pretty much always under 8 or 9.
What is your opinion here, you guys are the expert on this new diagnosed of mine.
Thanks again friends,
Mckenzie
One day at the time.