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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ewpfaffly" data-source="post: 1654810" data-attributes="member: 462814"><p>Let me start by saying that I do not think that you deserve this or brought it on yourself. I am type 2 and have been for over 2 years now and I do not have mine under control either. Usually I run high but recently have had issues with being way too low. It is so hard to keep the levels right, especially when the Novolog drops me so low I get the shakes, sweats, and confusion. It makes me so scared of the short term that it's much easier to just ride high. I'm at 23.3mmol right now and just took 50 units of Lantus along with 3 units of the Novolog. My point is that since the long term effects aren't something you notice immediately, and it's  so scary dropping so low you can go into a coma,  it is easy to just ignore it. I am so sorry for the problems you are having, just don't blame yourself, your human just like me and I "get it". I don't have all the symptoms you do but they are starting. My left arm has started to go numb and my hand tingles most of the time. My sight isn't going yet, but I do have noticeable changes in my vision. I have already lost my gall bladder and 80% of my pancreas, but those are what caused my diabetes, not lost because of it. And that is after only 2 years. I can't tell you that you will get better, but I can tell you that it is never too late to at least do what you can to keep it from getting worse, and believe me, there is worse. My wife's mother had both her legs amputated from complications from diabetes. Not wanting to scare you, just want you to know that there are even worse thing that can happen. You can't change the past but you can change, or at least shape, the future. Hang tough and don't let this get the best of you.</p></blockquote><p></p>

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