Guest guest Posted February 7, 2006 Report Share Posted February 7, 2006 Hi all! I don't know if any of you will remember me as I post infrequently but I recently got some really fabulous news and I would like to share it with you by way of encouragement. I was diagnosed Type 11 approximately 2 years ago. No big deal. Took a couple of pills each day and forgot about it. Then the mother of all stressful times hit. My diabetes caused everything else to go haywire. Blood pressure up, cholesterol out of site, kidney disease, depression, sleep apnea.... you name it, I had it. Off work 4 months on stress leave and on and on it went. Last year I had a weight loss implant done and though I was then losing weight, sugars were going higher and higher. Finally on Thanksgiving day the straw that broke the camel's back. I had a stroke. Thank God there were no lasting effects but it was a very frightening time and 18 hours of my life lost that I can never regain. I finally decided that it was time I took control of my life again instead of waiting for " things to just get better. " After some painful decisions and difficult times, I was able to stand up for me and make some significant changes in my life. End result? Was at my Dr's yesterday and for the first time in years my A1C is a 6.3 as opposed to the usual 5 or above!! Blood pressure is 101/72 (wasn't sure that I could even be alive *SMILE*) Good cholesterol is 52 and bad cholesterol is oly elevated a small bit!!! Even greater news is that the kidney disease has reversed itself! I am on my way to health again!!! Woo Hoo!!!! I am now 48 lbs down with only 30 more to go and am confident that I will soon be the physical me that God intended me to be in the first place. In a nutshell, that has been a 2 year journey, one in which I easily could have died and was mortally afraid that was going to happen. The moral of the story is to Take Care of Yourself. Not just physically but emotionally and spiritually. Do not let others be responsible for you health and situations. Take responsibility for what is yours alone, take charge of your life and watch it change. By the way, it will help you sleep better at night too! *SMILE* Anyway, sorry for the long post but just had to share my joy. Thank you for reading and good luck to you all! --------------------------------- Brings words and photos together (easily) with PhotoMail - it's free and works with Yahoo! Mail. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 7, 2006 Report Share Posted February 7, 2006 Congrats to you! It sounds as though you are on the right track!!! And if I may ask.. what is a weight loss implant??? is that the band on the stomach??? Angelia in OR Remember me? > > Hi all! I don't know if any of you will remember me as I post infrequently > but I recently got some really fabulous news and I would like to share it > with you by way of encouragement. I was diagnosed Type 11 approximately 2 > years ago. No big deal. Took a couple of pills each day and forgot about > it. Then the mother of all stressful times hit. My diabetes caused > everything else to go haywire. Blood pressure up, cholesterol out of site, > kidney disease, depression, sleep apnea.... you name it, I had it. Off > work 4 months on stress leave and on and on it went. Last year I had a > weight loss implant done and though I was then losing weight, sugars were > going higher and higher. Finally on Thanksgiving day the straw that broke > the camel's back. I had a stroke. Thank God there were no lasting effects > but it was a very frightening time and 18 hours of my life lost that I can > never regain. I finally decided that it was time I took control of my life > again instead of waiting for " things to just > get better. " After some painful decisions and difficult times, I was able > to stand up for me and make some significant changes in my life. End > result? Was at my Dr's yesterday and for the first time in years my A1C is > a 6.3 as opposed to the usual 5 or above!! Blood pressure is 101/72 > (wasn't sure that I could even be alive *SMILE*) Good cholesterol is 52 > and bad cholesterol is oly elevated a small bit!!! Even greater news is > that the kidney disease has reversed itself! I am on my way to health > again!!! Woo Hoo!!!! I am now 48 lbs down with only 30 more to go and am > confident that I will soon be the physical me that God intended me to be > in the first place. > In a nutshell, that has been a 2 year journey, one in which I easily > could have died and was mortally afraid that was going to happen. The > moral of the story is to Take Care of Yourself. Not just physically but > emotionally and spiritually. Do not let others be responsible for you > health and situations. Take responsibility for what is yours alone, take > charge of your life and watch it change. By the way, it will help you > sleep better at night too! *SMILE* > Anyway, sorry for the long post but just had to share my joy. Thank you > for reading and good luck to you all! > > > --------------------------------- > Brings words and photos together (easily) with > PhotoMail - it's free and works with Yahoo! Mail. > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 7, 2006 Report Share Posted February 7, 2006 Congrats to you! It sounds as though you are on the right track!!! And if I may ask.. what is a weight loss implant??? is that the band on the stomach??? Angelia in OR Remember me? > > Hi all! I don't know if any of you will remember me as I post infrequently > but I recently got some really fabulous news and I would like to share it > with you by way of encouragement. I was diagnosed Type 11 approximately 2 > years ago. No big deal. Took a couple of pills each day and forgot about > it. Then the mother of all stressful times hit. My diabetes caused > everything else to go haywire. Blood pressure up, cholesterol out of site, > kidney disease, depression, sleep apnea.... you name it, I had it. Off > work 4 months on stress leave and on and on it went. Last year I had a > weight loss implant done and though I was then losing weight, sugars were > going higher and higher. Finally on Thanksgiving day the straw that broke > the camel's back. I had a stroke. Thank God there were no lasting effects > but it was a very frightening time and 18 hours of my life lost that I can > never regain. I finally decided that it was time I took control of my life > again instead of waiting for " things to just > get better. " After some painful decisions and difficult times, I was able > to stand up for me and make some significant changes in my life. End > result? Was at my Dr's yesterday and for the first time in years my A1C is > a 6.3 as opposed to the usual 5 or above!! Blood pressure is 101/72 > (wasn't sure that I could even be alive *SMILE*) Good cholesterol is 52 > and bad cholesterol is oly elevated a small bit!!! Even greater news is > that the kidney disease has reversed itself! I am on my way to health > again!!! Woo Hoo!!!! I am now 48 lbs down with only 30 more to go and am > confident that I will soon be the physical me that God intended me to be > in the first place. > In a nutshell, that has been a 2 year journey, one in which I easily > could have died and was mortally afraid that was going to happen. The > moral of the story is to Take Care of Yourself. Not just physically but > emotionally and spiritually. Do not let others be responsible for you > health and situations. Take responsibility for what is yours alone, take > charge of your life and watch it change. By the way, it will help you > sleep better at night too! *SMILE* > Anyway, sorry for the long post but just had to share my joy. Thank you > for reading and good luck to you all! > > > --------------------------------- > Brings words and photos together (easily) with > PhotoMail - it's free and works with Yahoo! Mail. > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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