Hello all.
So, for much of the time during summer up until last week I had numbness in the tips of my fingers and in my legs on and off, had it not been for a medical side effect with one of my curent medications I would not have visited the local clinic to consult our house doctor.
I did not know that it was a side effect of my medication as it was not listed and was concluded as a side effect fairly recently in medical science according to the Doctor.
I had an EKG and bloodworks to check on the numbness issue, thinking it might be due to low bloodpressure, When I came back to revisit the week after for the lab results, the doctor told me "You have Diabetes".
It was a shock indeed, The doctor remised me to the Diabetes department of the Hospital for further checks to see what type of Diabetes I had and initial help with medical equipment and its uses.
As far as I have understood, I have Diabetes Type 2, which means I will be on insulin shots for a while and pills until my body adjusts enough so I can be only on pills, which is great cause I hate needles..., So for now I take a dosage of 10 units of insulin at around 8'ish everyday.
I have a monitor/control device that i put a test stick into that will check my blood (after I pricked my finger with the needle device they gave me) and it should say my levels, hopefully I should reach a more normal level in a week or two, then its just a balance act of diet and excerise to keep it in check.
What is somewhat annoying is that my diet now strictly forces me to read labels for the content of salt and sugar(s) so that its not in to high levels per 100 gram, which means I am off most fizzy drinks, Juice, cakes, cookies, donuts and the likes, but that is what I need to do so guess its just something I will have to get used to I guess.
Thank you for reading and I wish you the reader the best of health.
Hello all.
So, for much of the time during summer up until last week I had numbness in the tips of my fingers and in my legs on and off, had it not been for a medical side effect with one of my curent medications I would not have visited the local clinic to consult our house doctor.
I did not know that it was a side effect of my medication as it was not listed and was concluded as a side effect fairly recently in medical science according to the Doctor.
I had an EKG and bloodworks to check on the numbness issue, thinking it might be due to low bloodpressure, When I came back to revisit the week after for the lab results, the doctor told me “You have Diabetes”.
It was a shock indeed, The doctor remised me to the Diabetes department of the Hospital for further checks to see what type of Diabetes I had and initial help with medical equipment and its uses.
As far as I have understood, I have Diabetes Type 2, which means I will be on insulin shots for a while and pills until my body adjusts enough so I can be only on pills, which is great cause I hate needles…, So for now I take a dosage of 10 units of insulin at around 8′ish everyday.
I have a monitor/control device that i put a test stick into that will check my blood (after I pricked my finger with the needle device they gave me) and it should say my levels, hopefully I should reach a more normal level in a week or two, then its just a balance act of diet and excerise to keep it in check.
What is somewhat annoying is that my diet now strictly forces me to read labels for the content of salt and sugar(s) so that its not in to high levels per 100 gram, which means I am off most fizzy drinks, Juice, cakes, cookies, donuts and the likes, but that is what I need to do so guess its just something I will have to get used to I guess.
Thank you for reading and I wish you the reader the best of health.
