Talk about timing!
Hello all! I was diagnosed with Type 2 in
December. I was on 2000mg of Glucophage and 8mg of Avandia
daily. I even lost 40 pounds, but it didn’t bring my
blood sugar down low enough. I now am on Glucovance
(1500mg Glucophage and 15mg of Glyburide)daily, and it
works OK. Sounds like it won’t be long before I start
to take shots. I’m just now starting to get past the
“denial” stage into acceptance. It has been difficult for
me, since I’ve always been in control of my life.
I’ve had a very successful career, great kids, and a
great marriage, so it is hard for me to accept that I
have this disease that I can’t make go away. My
hardest thing is the fact that I am so busy, I tend to
ignore the fact that I’m diabetic. Last week, my Doc had
me take Monday off of work, and just spend three
days doing nothing but read, and think about, diabetes
and how it will impact me. I can’t say that I’m
depressed, just numb to the whole thing. I’m also a little
angry, since I’m not too overweight, and even after
losing weight (which a lot of people say can reduce the
dependancy on oral meds) my numbers were high (it also
doesn’t help that my doctor tells all the nurses that
come in how surprised he is since I only had one risk
factor). Anyway, sorry for getting a bit long-winded here,
I just thought that it was funny that one week
after my doctor tells me I need to deal with my
emotions, there is a community put together to do
that!<br