Get Checked Out

So for like the last month I haven’t been feeling good.  Nothing major I was just tired, extra thirsty, frequent urination,  just not myself.  A couple of days ago I started getting blurred vision.  It wasn’t enough to keep me from seeing but it was like I was slightly squinting my eyes all the time, even when I wasn’t. This had me nervous a bit as you might imagine.  Diabetes and heart disease run in my family on my mother’s side and all my symptoms pointed towards me having it as well.  How could this be? I mean I watch what I eat, exercise on a regular basis, why me?  Well, it doesn’t matter why, it just matters that it did.  Anyway, I go to my doctor and he checks my sugar levels and cholesterol after I tell him what’s going on with me.  Comes back and my blood sugar and cholesterol levels are through the roof!!! I mean I was a heart attack waiting to happen.  My blood sugar was over 500 and my cholesterol was 413 ( the average Blood sugar level is about 86 and the average cholesterol level is 50-60)!!  He gives me 2 medications for the diabetes and one for the cholesterol, tells me to set an appointment with an endocrinologist as well as a nutritionist.  I have to test my blood sugar levels before and 2 hrs after ever meal and come back to see him in a week to make further plans.  I’m telling you, this was some scary shit.  Imagine going to the doctor thinking you’re healthy and you get hit with those numbers.  What’s even scarier was that the day before I went to the doctor I felt really bad for a while after I first woke up. Just tired, couldn’t catch my breath, chest heavy.  Could that have been the beginning of something major?  I’m too young to die, I can’t James Dean (die young, leaving a good looking corpse) my family, they need me.

So today is the day after my diagnosis and I decided to go to work at first.  Got there and my boss is looking at me like I”m crazy.  I show her my meds because she’s also diabetic and she really looks at me like I’m crazy.  Tells me that I should go home for today because my body has to get used to this medication and it’ll make me wonky at first.  I didn’t’ believe her.  Took the meds and 10 minutes later I’m feeling crazy. So I go home and commence the pity party. You see today is the only day I will have it because I will beat this thing, it will not beat me.

I encourage anyone reading this to get checked out.  Especially if it runs in your family.  This is not something that I expected to happen to me, but it did and now I must deal with it.  don’t be afraid to ask questions and get checked out.  If I had done that years ago maybe I wouldn’t be in this situation now. Your health is more important than you think.  Being healthy is not just for you, it’s for your family and friends as well.

Another thing, I’m not sure if you noticed or not but medication is expensive as hell!!  I have to get Liptitor for my Cholesterol and that is $133.42!!! Yes $133.42!!! both my diabetes meds came up to like $10 but that Lipitor was crazy! Now I understand why people on a fixed income or elderly skip months because they can’t afford it! My punk ass insurance company only paid $21 towards it. $21!!! What the hell!!!

That is all, gotta go check my levels again

Sincere