The first few months was not all that great. I was mildly overweight, sluggish, and sleeping a lot more than I should have been. Also, I would make numerous trips to the bathroom, and getting weaker each day. Then, on the night of May 14, I so fucking weak, that I need help to getting up off of the couch. i told my live-in partner to call for the ambulance. Off to the emergency room, and the nurse started immediately working on me. I have no idea how many IVs went through, as my glucose reading was sky high. I was in ICU for 2 1/2 days, still feeding me the IVs, and that was when I was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes.
The second half of the year, I have made great strides, as the A1C is normal, blood pressure is very good, and my lungs are clear, even after 40 plus years of smoking. I actually quit smoking, the same day I was admitted in the hospital. plus my weight is where it should be.
Now, I watch what I eat and drink, and it’s working out, for the better.
A Pondering Mind 
19 responses to “2018 Looking Back”
I hope that 2019 is a happy and healthy year for you.
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Thank you, and hope yours is too….
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Thank you.
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You’re welcome.
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Yes it is a curse. I still get tempted by sweet things sometimes, though much less than I used to. But I did rush over to the next door neighbours’ the other night with a box of chocolates and urge them to eat them before i did. The chocolates were given to me by new tenants in our block of flats, who had no idea I was diabetic.
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When someone gives you something you can’t have. That’s the part that sucks.
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It certainly does.
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I’ve got to the point, of what I can eat and how much, and not what to eat…
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That’s an amazing turnaround. Congratulations! 👍
Oh, and Happy New Year and May there be many more.
Vincent
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Thank you, Vincent. Happy New Year!
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Wonderful! I hope that 2019 will continue to be very healthy for you.
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Thank you, Becky
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You’re welcome!
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Bravo. Congrats upon your return to a more healthy you.
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Thank you. Happy New Year!
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Yay!!!! This will be a clean and healthy year for you from start to finish. Congratulations.
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Thank you, Georgiann
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Here’s to the many healthy and happy years yet to come.
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Thank you
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