Hello again. I haven’t forgotten about the blog… I just had a week of vacation and any time at the computer was spent in WoW fishing so I could make money for my epic flyer. Mission accomplished.
So, I attended my “diabetic education” courses two weeks ago, two on Tuesday and one on Wednesday. As I’ve mentioned to a few other people… these classes felt like they were made for kindergartners. I did pick up a few tidbits of useful information, but really, the classes were designed for people who had been diagnosed yesterday. Teaching people what a “carb” is, how to read nutrition labels, etc.
Anyway, a couple of interesting things I picked up:
- Omega-3 fatty acids help prevent cravings.
- The reason why drinking alcohol lowers your blood sugar is because the liver is what releases sugar into your blood stream, but is also the organ that processes alcohol. Since alcohol is a toxin, the liver stops releasing sugar and concentrates on addressing the alcohol to remove the toxin from your system, and the liver can’t multitask.
- If you are type 2 and end up taking insulin shots, your dosage will increase as time goes on but will eventually cap out.
- Walking or light exercise will assist in lowering super high blood sugar.
Overall, it wasn’t a terrible series of classes, but there were other things I could’ve been doing during those 10 hours (plus travel time).
I just had my annual eye exam today and the doc says everything looks fine, as far as there not being any degeneration or issues relating to diabetes. Apparently my retina has some odd pigmentation which he says usually occurs in people who are near-sighted, but I am not near-sighted, so he wants me to come back next Friday (the 12th) to see another doc, a retina specialist. Yay, x-rays of my eyeballs! I’m sure my boss will be thrilled that I get to take more time off work. (Consider this make-up for not calling out sick for a year.)