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Health update re diabetes [1]

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Date: 2024-07-01  

So it has been about 9 months since I got diagnosed with diabetes.

I had some bad numbers from early in the year (glucose = 400, A1C = 10.5).

I immediately cut the sugar drinks in June once I understood those numbers better.

I turned 65 last year, and when Medicare in Sept started I immediately was in to see the doc. Glucose was already down to 300.

Got started on Metformin pills immediately, and for 9 months now. I don’t know what this pill does, but other people I know are also taking it and I didn’t know they were in any way diabetic.

Beginning of March I started the daily jab of insulin. Have been diligent about that, I think I’ve only missed one time. I have a small region on my leg where I have no functional nerves so I can jab there painlessly.

My numbers in June were 114 and 7.1, which are great progress. These are not quite ideal numbers, but it does mean I’m on the right track, and near target (100 and < 6.5).

What’s NOT good is that over the last 6 years I’ve lost about one pound per month, which means I am in the zone where my strength is very low, I’m not especially mobile (using a cane now), and my feet hurt all the time. I can’t stand for very long, nor sit, because the weight loss is extreme enough (now ~65 lbs) that I have zero padding anywhere.

To an extent this loss is because I changed my diet some starting about the same time. I eat less, food has become less interesting...

In May I did another more thorough CAT/MRI/something scan in search of whether it looks like I have a cancer eating my food for me. That all came back negative.

The weight problem is scary, but may have stabilized since I started the insulin. Weight is not a precise measurement at the doc’s office, but it appears to be flat the last four months.

I am trying to eat more, but it’s not as interesting as it used to be. The foot hurt means cooking is really uncomfortable pretty quickly.

I don’t feel like I’m going to die, now, which I did for a good while, but I’m not out of the woods.

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