ZtheKokiri
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- Type of diabetes
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Hello
My name is Zach. I am in my mid 20's. I was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes in January of this year. I was suffering the side effects of DKA for months before I ended up in the ICU. Living in the USA I was very hesitant to go to a doctor because here in the states if a doctor glances in your general direction you owe somebody 800 dollars it seems. I stayed in the ICU for one night, and a general hospital room for one night (15,000 USD dollars in debt over that so that's amazing).
My doctor recommended an annual eye exam once a year but really didn't give much detail other than that. I've not done an eye exam yet but I have one scheduled in a week. I scheduled it because I curiously looked up the reason for an annual eye exam and from what I read, even if you manage your blood sugar perfectly you can just randomly go blind.
To let you know how much this worries me, I'd rather be a quadruple amputee than to go blind. I've been stressing over this so much I can barely sleep and I have this horrible feeling when I do go in for the exam I'll hear the worst.
I take very good care of my blood sugar. I did this by taking small but effective steps in avoiding high blood sugar. Fried chicken became baked chicken, pasta and pizza were cut from my diet entirely, soda because diet caffeine free soda which eventually just became nothing but coffee and water, hours infront of a computer became frequent walks around my neighborhood (granted I work infront of a computer for 8 hours a day, I use my breaks/lunch period to walk around) cigarettes became a vaporizer which became "an expensive and stupid habit" which was dropped I feel like I'm doing good, basically. My blood sugar has been perfectly under control since I was diagnosed and since I was diagnosed I've lost 30 pounds.
Knowing all this, how worried should I be about going blind? My ultimate goal is to at least lose enough weight to reverse the diabetes but I am trying to avoid the major complications for as long as possible. I'd like to hear from other type 2's, how did your eye exam go? What do you personally think the odds of eye complications are? Is it something inevitable and we can only hope to hold it off as long as possible or can it be avoided entirely with good management?
My name is Zach. I am in my mid 20's. I was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes in January of this year. I was suffering the side effects of DKA for months before I ended up in the ICU. Living in the USA I was very hesitant to go to a doctor because here in the states if a doctor glances in your general direction you owe somebody 800 dollars it seems. I stayed in the ICU for one night, and a general hospital room for one night (15,000 USD dollars in debt over that so that's amazing).
My doctor recommended an annual eye exam once a year but really didn't give much detail other than that. I've not done an eye exam yet but I have one scheduled in a week. I scheduled it because I curiously looked up the reason for an annual eye exam and from what I read, even if you manage your blood sugar perfectly you can just randomly go blind.
To let you know how much this worries me, I'd rather be a quadruple amputee than to go blind. I've been stressing over this so much I can barely sleep and I have this horrible feeling when I do go in for the exam I'll hear the worst.
I take very good care of my blood sugar. I did this by taking small but effective steps in avoiding high blood sugar. Fried chicken became baked chicken, pasta and pizza were cut from my diet entirely, soda because diet caffeine free soda which eventually just became nothing but coffee and water, hours infront of a computer became frequent walks around my neighborhood (granted I work infront of a computer for 8 hours a day, I use my breaks/lunch period to walk around) cigarettes became a vaporizer which became "an expensive and stupid habit" which was dropped I feel like I'm doing good, basically. My blood sugar has been perfectly under control since I was diagnosed and since I was diagnosed I've lost 30 pounds.
Knowing all this, how worried should I be about going blind? My ultimate goal is to at least lose enough weight to reverse the diabetes but I am trying to avoid the major complications for as long as possible. I'd like to hear from other type 2's, how did your eye exam go? What do you personally think the odds of eye complications are? Is it something inevitable and we can only hope to hold it off as long as possible or can it be avoided entirely with good management?
