T.M. Shannon

Hi everyone,

Well, it’s been an upheaval since my blood sugar levels hit 9.9 in my blood test last week – no glucose tolerance test to be sure, straight up Type 2 Diabetes diagnosis, and a lot of things have to come together.

Vitamin D levels were low as well (yeah, I’m a bit of an indoor creature).

Liver results weren’t all that crash hot either. That one’s on my meds.

And I don’t know how I’m feeling.

The diabeetus med is leaving me queasy, tired (I dropped out Monday and missed Church/Meeting), and depressed – which for me means getting crabby and irritable, and my traffic rage has been up the last few days.

Then there’s everything else I need to do, get another eye test (just got new glasses and didn’t know my sugars were so high), get my feet checked, see a dietician, report to RMS that I’m now diabetic.

And ask the optometrist exactly what I’m looking for if my vision is affected.

I guess you can say, I feel S-H-I-T?

I know the vapes have something to do with it. The lack of exercise, being overweight affecting the blood sugars, and probably the blood sugars behind me being overweight. Diet hasn’t been the best. And yeah, this is why I have Type 2 – self-inflicted.

Yeah, it’s doldrummy. Yeah, I pre-empted my results with addict behaviour. Yeah, I wish it wasn’t the case. But, as usual, no choice but to pick myself up and keep going.

Just hope the side-effects are temporary and I settle into the meds. Hopefully…