Diabeetus in Friends With the Benedicts

*Another cheating entry, via FB status:

So I forgot to mention when I went into the doc for my colposcopy test results, that I am also officially diagnosed as diabetic. The test they gave me when they took blood is called the A1C test and it measures your average blood sugar level. This tells it a little better: “For a person without diabetes, a typical A1c level is about 5%. If you have diabetes, it’s recommended, by the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists (AACE), that a level of 6.5% or below should be your target goal. The American Diabetes Association (ADA) suggests a goal of 7% or lower.”
Mine was 9.1. And she said that my average blood sugar was 215. I don’t think I have to say what that means… it’s not good. I’m kinda in denial about it right now. Before it was all lighthearted and jokes and all that, and I just can’t find it in me to be that way when it is rock solid confirmed now. I feel like poop all the time. I get infections, I have a raging bladder problem right now that sent me running to the store earlier for some AZO and Cranberry pills. I get a yeast infection monthly and have had to take Diflucan twice now to get it to go away. This is a symptom of the diabetes. Also thirst. I knew that tho, I am not stupid. I knew when I started drinking whole quarts of juice in one sitting that it wasn’t good. But I was trying to be optimistic. All that is out the window now, and I am kinda glad I do not believe in a god or else I would be really pissed off at him/her right now for piling so much shit on me that I can’t find my way out from under it all. I knew this could happen, one day. It runs deep in the blood of my family. I just didn’t know it was gonna happen NOW, with everything else. I cannot do this!

Here are a few comments I got and my response:

omg dont take other peoples insulin, get on metformin! girl that is fucked up and dangerous

Me - I didn’t know any better! I was like, is that gonna help? lol. She was like yea it will make it go down. Whatevs… Imma get on that as soon as I get to the doc. This is why I don’t need this. I am not smart. lol. It’s just a fact of life now and this is like the worst thing that I need… grrr.... I’m so hungry.

Then my aunt wrote this one:

Absolutely never take somewhere elses insulin. you are asking for trouble. She should have known better. Insulin shots should be based on your levels. Did your Dr. not give you anything for Diabetes. You need to read about it and go with the diabetic diet and meds accordingly. We want you to hang around girl.

Me - it was the gynecologist who did the test and gave me the results. I have signed the release to have the labs sent to my GP and will be calling her first thing on Monday to make an appointment to see her sooner. I had my next appt. with her on Oct. 15th but now I wanna go in sooner. The doc I see at the Gyno is actually Dr. Antonetti’s daughter!

*Dr. Antonetti is a gynecologist that actually did my aunt’s hysterectomy and he somehow messed it up to where she had to come back and have a second surgery. His daughter is really nice tho. Hopefully she is better than him! Ha! Oh, my life. How very very fucked up it is right now. I don’t think there are enough essential oils in all the world to help me at this point. :(

Steph