Diabetes and Me
I was diagnosed with Type 2 Diabetes soon after I was told that my ultrasonography showed a string of pearls in my ovaries, i.e. a polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS). Any woman with PCOS has a high risk of developing diabetes later in life. Well, later-in-life came to me too soon, unlucky me.
My dad is a Type2 Diabetic also and that increased my predisposition to the disease. He died a month ago of unexplained causes. He was an active man, hiking all over the mountains of Nueva Vizcaya almost on a weekly basis. I believe now that his death was diabetes-related. Maybe his heart gave up just like that due to some systemic anomaly caused by an episode of too much or maybe too little sugar in his blood. I regret now why I was not forceful enough in telling him to pay closer attention to his illness and suggest other remedies after he decided to just quit his Metformin medications due to its uncomfortable side effects. His death caused me to surf the net high and low to learn everything I could about the disease. Whatever I will be able to learn now will not bring him back but maybe I will be able to apply it to manage my own diabetes.
Diabetes is a traitor. Sometimes, it is so easy to forget that you have a life-threatening illness because, most of the time, you feel nothing out of the ordinary. And then suddenly, you will drop dead just like that. Twice already, I have lost consciousness for a few moments, due primarily to this disease. I was okay, one moment, and then all of a sudden, my vision would blur, my muscles would turn to jelly, and I would blackout. I don't have a problem dropping dead, if that is how I am supposed to go, :) but I have to admit, sometimes, I am not very good at taking care of myself. I guess I got that from my father. It is so easy for him to take care of others, even to the point of sacrificing his own. I wish I could say I'm like that, but mostly, I am just lazy and careless.
But today, I am making a blog to chronicle my battle with diabetes, and I was told one too many times, that I should lose weight. So I created an online journal to keep watch of my eating habits and other things that I am planning to do to become healthy again.
My dad is a Type2 Diabetic also and that increased my predisposition to the disease. He died a month ago of unexplained causes. He was an active man, hiking all over the mountains of Nueva Vizcaya almost on a weekly basis. I believe now that his death was diabetes-related. Maybe his heart gave up just like that due to some systemic anomaly caused by an episode of too much or maybe too little sugar in his blood. I regret now why I was not forceful enough in telling him to pay closer attention to his illness and suggest other remedies after he decided to just quit his Metformin medications due to its uncomfortable side effects. His death caused me to surf the net high and low to learn everything I could about the disease. Whatever I will be able to learn now will not bring him back but maybe I will be able to apply it to manage my own diabetes.
Diabetes is a traitor. Sometimes, it is so easy to forget that you have a life-threatening illness because, most of the time, you feel nothing out of the ordinary. And then suddenly, you will drop dead just like that. Twice already, I have lost consciousness for a few moments, due primarily to this disease. I was okay, one moment, and then all of a sudden, my vision would blur, my muscles would turn to jelly, and I would blackout. I don't have a problem dropping dead, if that is how I am supposed to go, :) but I have to admit, sometimes, I am not very good at taking care of myself. I guess I got that from my father. It is so easy for him to take care of others, even to the point of sacrificing his own. I wish I could say I'm like that, but mostly, I am just lazy and careless.
But today, I am making a blog to chronicle my battle with diabetes, and I was told one too many times, that I should lose weight. So I created an online journal to keep watch of my eating habits and other things that I am planning to do to become healthy again.
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