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- 43
- Type of diabetes
- Type 2
- Treatment type
- Insulin
Hi there,
Since I just found this nifty site and registered, I thought I might as well introduce myself.
I'm a 44 year old male from Germany with some T2 family history and it looks like my pancreas opted for early retirement.
In 2018, I started to notice things were a bit off about my body. I was pale, bloated, felt sluggish, any meal no matter what would call for a nap and the frequent bathroom visits didn't help either. Off to the doc I went and while all the numbers were on the high side, it wasn't all too bad. After I didn't get too far with dietary changes alone, my doc put me on Trulicity and Metformin. I felt better and after a while stopped measuring BG since everything seemed to chug along just fine.
Enter 2019. What a hot, beautiful summer! The temperatures alone explained my thirst and when you drink, you have to pee, right? Nothing to worry about. I also noticed that my eyesight had gotten worse, but I'm not getting any younger, so new glasses once in a while aren't anything out of the ordinary.
It wasn't until I felt particularly funny after a heavy meal that I finally got the message. Grabbed my glucose meter and one prick later I was looking at a sporty 400+ mg/dl.
Off to the doc again where my HbA1c clocked in at 9.9%.
Maybe I could have held it off a bit longer if I'd taken more care of myself, but given the rapid progression I doubt it somewhat.
Anyways, after about a week and and a gallon of insulin later, I was back down to more agreeable stats. I'm firmly on the 'slin waggon now shooting Lantus and Humalog as required. The good thing is my HbA1c is already down to 7.5% just 5-6 weeks later, so at least I'm getting somewhere. Got an antibody check on the way as well, maybe it's even LADA or something. I'll know more about that come Tuesday.
In the meantime I'm looking forward to getting to know the community and scooping up whatever helpful info I can find while doing it.
Cheers,
~Noodles~
Since I just found this nifty site and registered, I thought I might as well introduce myself.
I'm a 44 year old male from Germany with some T2 family history and it looks like my pancreas opted for early retirement.
In 2018, I started to notice things were a bit off about my body. I was pale, bloated, felt sluggish, any meal no matter what would call for a nap and the frequent bathroom visits didn't help either. Off to the doc I went and while all the numbers were on the high side, it wasn't all too bad. After I didn't get too far with dietary changes alone, my doc put me on Trulicity and Metformin. I felt better and after a while stopped measuring BG since everything seemed to chug along just fine.
Enter 2019. What a hot, beautiful summer! The temperatures alone explained my thirst and when you drink, you have to pee, right? Nothing to worry about. I also noticed that my eyesight had gotten worse, but I'm not getting any younger, so new glasses once in a while aren't anything out of the ordinary.
It wasn't until I felt particularly funny after a heavy meal that I finally got the message. Grabbed my glucose meter and one prick later I was looking at a sporty 400+ mg/dl.
Off to the doc again where my HbA1c clocked in at 9.9%.
Maybe I could have held it off a bit longer if I'd taken more care of myself, but given the rapid progression I doubt it somewhat.
Anyways, after about a week and and a gallon of insulin later, I was back down to more agreeable stats. I'm firmly on the 'slin waggon now shooting Lantus and Humalog as required. The good thing is my HbA1c is already down to 7.5% just 5-6 weeks later, so at least I'm getting somewhere. Got an antibody check on the way as well, maybe it's even LADA or something. I'll know more about that come Tuesday.
In the meantime I'm looking forward to getting to know the community and scooping up whatever helpful info I can find while doing it.
Cheers,
~Noodles~