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<blockquote data-quote="Charles Robin" data-source="post: 546726" data-attributes="member: 92241"><p>One thing that could be a contributory factor: With consistently high blood sugars, your body gets desensitised to it to a degree (just the feeling of being high, not the complications and health risks). Coming down to normal blood sugars after a sustained period of high readings (such as when you are diagnosed), can actually make you feel pretty bad in the short term.</p><p>Also, your body has taken a big hit from the lack of insulin, and it will take a while to get back into the swing of things. Insulin is required by the cells in your body to get use the glucose in your blood. While you were undiagnosed, your body was struggling to process any of the fuel it needed to run on. Despite high blood sugars, pretty much every cell in your body was starving. Thankfully you are now getting the medication you need, so things should get back to normal. Unfortunately I cannot give you a timeframe for this. Some people bounce right back from any illness life throws at them. Others can take weeks or months. (For instance I had a root canal done a couple of years back. I was told it should heal in a month or so. It took six months before I was comfortable eating on that side of my mouth).</p><p>The best thing you can do is to rest and give yourself time to heal. I would suggest time away from work if at all possible. Trying to soldier on regardless can knock the wind from your sails for a long time. Better to pull into port and wait for the fair wind just around the corner <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Charles Robin, post: 546726, member: 92241"] One thing that could be a contributory factor: With consistently high blood sugars, your body gets desensitised to it to a degree (just the feeling of being high, not the complications and health risks). Coming down to normal blood sugars after a sustained period of high readings (such as when you are diagnosed), can actually make you feel pretty bad in the short term. Also, your body has taken a big hit from the lack of insulin, and it will take a while to get back into the swing of things. Insulin is required by the cells in your body to get use the glucose in your blood. While you were undiagnosed, your body was struggling to process any of the fuel it needed to run on. Despite high blood sugars, pretty much every cell in your body was starving. Thankfully you are now getting the medication you need, so things should get back to normal. Unfortunately I cannot give you a timeframe for this. Some people bounce right back from any illness life throws at them. Others can take weeks or months. (For instance I had a root canal done a couple of years back. I was told it should heal in a month or so. It took six months before I was comfortable eating on that side of my mouth). The best thing you can do is to rest and give yourself time to heal. I would suggest time away from work if at all possible. Trying to soldier on regardless can knock the wind from your sails for a long time. Better to pull into port and wait for the fair wind just around the corner :) [/QUOTE]
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