Posted a short blurb a few weeks about some ongoing sciatic pains in my back... sought out the opinion of my primary care physician (Dr. Pico) and was assigned physical therapy for a few weeks.
That's been going ok I guess. The pain has subsided... but I will occasionally have some evenings where it hurts like shit and I just get through the night. Anyhoo, while there I also had some dreaded blood work done and feared that I would get dealt the diabetic card.
Surprise/Surprise = I got the beetees.
My dad has it and if I remember correctly, he had an older sister (Lupe, RIP) who also had a case of the beetees too - so this is a family affair. I also happen to know that I haven't exactly made some of the best dietary decisions in life either - so I wasn't really all that surprised by the diagnosis.
What I was however surprised to find out was that after being diagnosed - you're kinda handed a pamphlet and prescribed Metformin to sort out your blood sugar. My doctor naturally forgot to update me on my x-rays for my back... my visit (3 weeks after blood tests) was to review my lab work.
This is where shit gets sideways for me.
- I don't really go about my day feeling any "diabetic" effects.
- I saw my blood results online the day after I took them and googled some of the numbers I found to be suspicious... It took me all but 5 minutes to know I had the beetees.
- How is it ok for me to be walking around with the beetees for nearly a month and not be called in sooner?
Side Affects: the Shits
So I'm in the process of getting a meeting scheduled with a person (maybe a nurse/maybe a dr.) who is going to give me the 101 on Beetees. I think we're going to talk about diet and confirm that my want for honeybuns is a thing of the past. This isn't all that big of a deal tho', We've made a lot of dietary changes in recent months - so this is no big woop. I just don't really know when I'm supposed to start with the blood sugar tests and stuff. I wasn't prescribed any insulin, so my fear of sticking needles into my leg and belly have gone away for now. I believe I will need however to prick my fingers tho and do the blood strip thing.
2016 is off to an amazing start.