TYPE TWO DIABETIC - CAUTION !!!
Hi Everybody,
I’m going to post this on three of the OH forums, Lap-Band, Kentucky, and Indiana, so some of you may see this message more than once.
I am type 2 diabetic and have been for about eight years or so. Since I started these six months of dieting and exercising to qualify for my Lap-Band, I have watched my sugar levels daily. Since I’ve lost 25 or 26 pounds in the process and increased my daily exercise regiment I’ve noticed that my blood sugar levels when testing have been getting lower and lower.
I should say that for years I’ve taken three 2.5/500MG Glucovance tablets a day, 1½ every morning and 1½ every evening. That has artificially controlled by sugar levels for years. My blood levels the last few days have been in the low 90’s verses the usual 115- 118 range. So, I’ve dropped the ½ tablet off the morning dose. Except, I forget to remove it from my pill box yesterday and forgot to take my morning pills until close to 12 noon today, then I took the full 1½ tablet dose. To complicate matters more I didn’t check my blood sugar level this morning, don’t know why, just didn’t.
SO, this afternoon I went to our local WMCA to walk my normal 4 to 5 miles around the track. I was about a mile and a half into my walk when I was joined by my wife, who is our church’s secretary, and left her office to come walk with me. It’s a good thing she did. Because my wife is skinny by nature and a chocoholic, she saved me today. Let me explain.
Right after she joined me, my blood sugar level crashed. Anybody that is diabetic knows what it feels like. First you break out in a cold sweat, get light headed, and feel numb all over. If at this point if you don’t stop what you are doing immediately and introduce some sugar substance into your system, you will pass out. It hits fast and hard, without warning. I sat down very light headed and she went out to her car where she keeps her chocolate stash in her purse. She brought me a Hershey’s Chocolate bar and I ate about two ounces of it. Within ten minutes I regained my stability, got in my car and drove home to recoup. It drained all of my energy.
The reason I’m posting this is to warn anybody going through the weight loss pre-surgery phase to NOT loose track of their blood sugar levels and to test your blood as you are supposed to. PLUS, take you diabetic meds when you are suppose to and know when to change med levels (reduce) when you need to.
I know that after I have my Lap-Band put in there is a good chance I’ll be able to drastically reduce or even get totally off my type two meds, bu****ch your levels as your body changes going down this weight reduction road. That’s the first chocolate I’ve eaten in a while and I must say, “IT NEVER TASTED BETTER!".
I’m going to post this on three of the OH forums, Lap-Band, Kentucky, and Indiana, so some of you may see this message more than once.
I am type 2 diabetic and have been for about eight years or so. Since I started these six months of dieting and exercising to qualify for my Lap-Band, I have watched my sugar levels daily. Since I’ve lost 25 or 26 pounds in the process and increased my daily exercise regiment I’ve noticed that my blood sugar levels when testing have been getting lower and lower.
I should say that for years I’ve taken three 2.5/500MG Glucovance tablets a day, 1½ every morning and 1½ every evening. That has artificially controlled by sugar levels for years. My blood levels the last few days have been in the low 90’s verses the usual 115- 118 range. So, I’ve dropped the ½ tablet off the morning dose. Except, I forget to remove it from my pill box yesterday and forgot to take my morning pills until close to 12 noon today, then I took the full 1½ tablet dose. To complicate matters more I didn’t check my blood sugar level this morning, don’t know why, just didn’t.
SO, this afternoon I went to our local WMCA to walk my normal 4 to 5 miles around the track. I was about a mile and a half into my walk when I was joined by my wife, who is our church’s secretary, and left her office to come walk with me. It’s a good thing she did. Because my wife is skinny by nature and a chocoholic, she saved me today. Let me explain.
Right after she joined me, my blood sugar level crashed. Anybody that is diabetic knows what it feels like. First you break out in a cold sweat, get light headed, and feel numb all over. If at this point if you don’t stop what you are doing immediately and introduce some sugar substance into your system, you will pass out. It hits fast and hard, without warning. I sat down very light headed and she went out to her car where she keeps her chocolate stash in her purse. She brought me a Hershey’s Chocolate bar and I ate about two ounces of it. Within ten minutes I regained my stability, got in my car and drove home to recoup. It drained all of my energy.
The reason I’m posting this is to warn anybody going through the weight loss pre-surgery phase to NOT loose track of their blood sugar levels and to test your blood as you are supposed to. PLUS, take you diabetic meds when you are suppose to and know when to change med levels (reduce) when you need to.
I know that after I have my Lap-Band put in there is a good chance I’ll be able to drastically reduce or even get totally off my type two meds, bu****ch your levels as your body changes going down this weight reduction road. That’s the first chocolate I’ve eaten in a while and I must say, “IT NEVER TASTED BETTER!".
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you will be having alot of this, i had my surgery a year ago and have lost over 100 lbs. i have more trouble with my sugar now than i had being over weight, i am off insulin and the pills but now my sugar will drop to 50 and then it might jump to 302, i never know what will trigger it, but i have learned to keep glucose tablets in my pocket at all times.good luck on your journey.
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