Sheriff Cad
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Glad you are good bro, eye shit is scary. When do you get to open the eye and see if you can see?
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Noodleface
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Yesterday my blood sugar dropped to 70 mg/dL. Not unheard of, I just deal with it. Then I Woke up at 230am feeling like shit. Blood sugar was 61mg/dL. Had to message the doc today and he took me off glimepiride.
The upped dose of ozempic hit me like a ton of bricks.
The upped dose of ozempic hit me like a ton of bricks.
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Noodleface
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That was my plan for starting it, yeah. It came on very suddenly though
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Sheriff Cad
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Since you have diabetes do you react abnormally to low blood sugar? My fasted blood sugar is about 70 most of the time I think. 61 seems low for anybody.
Gurgeh
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Hunter gatherers have a fasted blood sugar of 70 to 85 mg/dl so that's probably the optimal range. 50 to 70 is normal for someone fasting or in a real keto diet.
Some people even go through their daily life at 30 mg/dl.
The issue is that ketoacidosis can be fatal, you're not supposed to feel bad at low blood sugar, it's even rather the opposite, you experience increased energy and mental clarity. If you feel like shit it can be ketoacidosis which is immediately life threatening. So contacting a doctor was probably the smart move
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So today I am declaring a victory for my kidneys... 3 months post the most recent tumor ablation, and 6 months post the first ablation... Got an MRI last week :
Dude, thats just fantastic news! I’m really happy for you!
Noodleface
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Yeah I mean being diabetic my fasting glucose is higher than that. When it swings that low I definitely feel it - usually I get light headed, little cold sweats and my mind immediately switches to 'must engorge on food to survive.'
When it happens during the day I just eat a banana or something but having it to that low while I'm asleep is really dangerous.
Also don't want your sugar to yo-yo too much as that's not good for you.
Typical fasting for me is around 110 or so.
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Awesome bro , congrats!So today I am declaring a victory for my kidneys... 3 months post the most recent tumor ablation, and 6 months post the first ablation... Got an MRI last week :
Noodleface
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Feeling slightly depressed
My glucose has never been better. I'm routinely around 110-130 fasting and 2 hours post meal im anywhere from 130-150 unless I eat something horrid like pizza. Down 21 pounds as of today and broke the 210 barrier and hit 209 pounds. Haven't been this low since highschool for sure. Bad food cravings are way down and I feel like I am eating like a normal person for once.
Also I got to stop taking glimepiride, one pill down.
But ..
Had my 4th eye injection and they checked my other eye again and saw a few minor spots they wanted to take care of, so now I need to get 5 injections in the other eye. It's just kind of depressing that despite my efforts, shit is still not going well for me
The good news is my eye receiving treatments already is taking the treatment really well and I'm back to 20/20 in that eye (with corrective lenses).
Edit: got more good news, a1c is down to 6.6%
My glucose has never been better. I'm routinely around 110-130 fasting and 2 hours post meal im anywhere from 130-150 unless I eat something horrid like pizza. Down 21 pounds as of today and broke the 210 barrier and hit 209 pounds. Haven't been this low since highschool for sure. Bad food cravings are way down and I feel like I am eating like a normal person for once.
Also I got to stop taking glimepiride, one pill down.
But ..
Had my 4th eye injection and they checked my other eye again and saw a few minor spots they wanted to take care of, so now I need to get 5 injections in the other eye. It's just kind of depressing that despite my efforts, shit is still not going well for me
The good news is my eye receiving treatments already is taking the treatment really well and I'm back to 20/20 in that eye (with corrective lenses).
Edit: got more good news, a1c is down to 6.6%
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Haus
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As I have learned, we get given enough L's by life to enjoy your wins wherever you can get them sir. Congrats on the progress!
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Noodleface
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Thanks brother. I got the a1c late last night so really my eyes are just something I have to deal with I guess.
Eye doctor was giving me a lot of shit that my diabetes must be massively uncontrolled, my a1c is probably super high now, and I need to go to the doctor more often. I understand he probably sees the most non compliant diabetics everyday, but he didn't believe me that my sugar was actually pretty good. At least I have some vindication.
I guess lowering a1c can sometimes worsen retinopathy, but not super likely. Guess it's just the cards I was dealt.
Haus
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I'm dealing with a "cards dealt" scenario as well right now.
My mother is in the hospital because of idiot doctors. In her mid 70's she's suffering from weakened kidneys (I think technically stage 2 kidney disease) and now type B congestive heart failure. Her kidney Dr decided that since her kidneys aren't doing great (she's low on iron, not processing caffeine out correctly, etc) that she needed to come off the Lasix that she's been on for decades (and which I also take). Within a week she had fluid edema accumulation in her lower extremities, and within 2 weeks it spread to around her lungs essentially giving her pneumonia style breathing issues and landed her in the hospital. Then I look at myself and realize the water retention issues are genetic (I have them, she has them, my grandfather has them, and it just keeps going back on that side of the bloodline). Like her I have mild hypertension (also going back as far as I can find in our bloodline...). She didn't take good care of herself and I'm trying to do better, but also I get to add into the mix having had 2x renal carcinoma tumors so my kidneys also aren't exactly in "mint" condition...
So I was warning
Mrs. Haus
a couple nights ago to just brace herself because in 20-25 years I bet I'm fighting the same fight my mom is right now. With that said, I am trying to do a better job of maintenance on my body, but as my grandfather used to remind me "hope for the best, prepare for the worst"- 1
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moonarchia
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Keep your a1c down and your eyes will stop getting worse. That's how it works. Retinopathy is like neuropathy. The dead parts never come back, but once you remove what was causing them to die the damage stops spreading.
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Interesting. I wonder, what does taking care of yourself mean, to you, and what effect do you expect or think you avoid, you reckon?I'm dealing with a "cards dealt" scenario as well right now.
My mother is in the hospital because of idiot doctors. In her mid 70's she's suffering from weakened kidneys (I think technically stage 2 kidney disease) and now type B congestive heart failure. Her kidney Dr decided that since her kidneys aren't doing great (she's low on iron, not processing caffeine out correctly, etc) that she needed to come off the Lasix that she's been on for decades (and which I also take). Within a week she had fluid edema accumulation in her lower extremities, and within 2 weeks it spread to around her lungs essentially giving her pneumonia style breathing issues and landed her in the hospital. Then I look at myself and realize the water retention issues are genetic (I have them, she has them, my grandfather has them, and it just keeps going back on that side of the bloodline). Like her I have mild hypertension (also going back as far as I can find in our bloodline...). She didn't take good care of herself and I'm trying to do better, but also I get to add into the mix having had 2x renal carcinoma tumors so my kidneys also aren't exactly in "mint" condition...
So I was warning
Haus
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I'm trying to maintain more activity than her. I'm no 5k runner, but making sure to get the "steps in". I'm trying to eat fewer carbs, watch my A1C more than she did. Some of this will be easier as she had some work related injuries and such in her 30s and 40s which resulted in her having limited mobility (back and hip issues). I know her becoming completely sedentary over time (she literally lays in bed most days just watching TV) has contributed to her problems.
Trying to get back to putting some more muscle mass on, which is harder in your 50s. Debating trying to game that system with "better living through pharmaceuticals" but waiting to see what some of the newer peptides being tested out right now pan out as.
Making sure I keep up on the medications I do know I need to take (doing Furosemide right now for fluid retention, which I am already seeing some of in my ankles). Until my sister moved in with her to help with managing things she was notorious for "forgetting" her medicine, for like a week straight...
I just know I've seen a couple things happen to every generation of my family going back to my great grand father. Those being the water retention, hypertension, knee problems, and Alzheimer's so I anticipate I will have to deal with some or all of those as I advance. And only so much I can do about some of those... Summary, getting old does, in fact, suck.
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