Diabetis

Recovery
#1

Year and a half sober. Was an alcoholic for about 5-6 years? (Time flies when you’re… you know) Got very sick couldnt keep food down vomiting, all of the lameness. Thought i was going thru alcohol withdrawals (wasnt the first time)

After 2 weeks, went to the Drs, they sent me to the hospital. My blood sugar was 1,062.
That is not a typo. Roughly 900 over what it should be, they said I’m lucky I wasn’t in a coma. 6 days in the hospital, was scared to come home. My body was so weak I could barely walk, it hurt to sit up, it hurt to turn on my side. Everything hurt, and i was exhausted and in a child like mind state.

I begged them not to send me home without help, they obliged made sure I talked to people and put me on Zoloft for my depression (it actually works if you take it every day).

Ah, long story shorter:
I got my act together. I have been sober since I went to the hospital. I dropped 100 pounds (I was 330lbs) and I am no longer on any medication for Adult Type 2 Diabetis (diabetes). My pancreas is back in action baby!

Life/God/Source (respectfully whatever/Whomever your higher power is) always gives you a chance where you fully realize its time to get it right. Its been a hard year and a half as far as mental health. But I make sure I stay in therapy and take my medications.

Tip: don’t try to diagnose yourself, and listen to your doctors/therapists/prescribers. They want you to live a longer life (if nothing else, they make more money that way). If you get prescribed any sort of antidepressant and you don’t like how it makes you feel but there are no adverse side affects like vomiting or stomach pains, stick it out the two weeks that they tell you. The first two weeks of Zoloft were tough. But the grass was so much greener on the other side.

“Stay down, success is on the other side of struggling.” - Russ

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#3

Thank you for sharing! 
Impacting in my life

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#4

Of course! Glad to know that this helped someone!

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#5

You cut out one thing in your diet, alcohol, and made a massive gain. Imagine the gains by cutting out more büllshit like refined sugars, less protein(we don't need body builder amounts of protein unless we are actually body builders) and throw some cardio in the mix.

Yes listen to your doctor's etc but give them something to work with. This is all chemistry. If you go in super unhealthy, then as you start to do better by changing diet/exercise then you're moving the goalpost and fücking with your body chemistry so all the meds are hard to change with that constant fluctuation.

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#6

Taylor, thank you so much. That’s incredibly helpful and logical and is really helping me calm down a lot. I have to reinstate my diabetic lifestyle

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#7

I don't want to come off as a "doctors are idiots I know better blah blah blah". But it is a fact that most docs see LOTS of people and often it's easier to give meds. (I'll avoid pharma kickbacks etc haha)

But, if a diabetic "diet was doing good for you, keep doing it! All of those food chemicals (the dirty ones) can't possibly be good for you. Keep your meats lean, more vegetables and legumes in your diet and eat complex carbs for energy. Keep it simple and get a really good baseline then see how your brain feels and how you are emotionally then you have a solid foundation for extra medication if needed. You owe it to yourself to take a real interest in yourself.

You're sober. That's amazing. Don't stop at just a new coat of paint. Get some new furniture in there too homie.

Live long and prosper.

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#8

You’re the best! Admittedly its going to be hard to get back on track for me, but I did it once, I can do it again. I’ll ask the homie Kevin what he does for meal prep he’s super into working out regularly eating a particular diet but he doesn’t overdo it

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#9

It's important to set goals you can actually reach. If you set really
High goals and you keep not making them, it gets you down and makes it easy to give up. Start small but not too small. Eventually your diet will just be what you eat, not just a "diet" the way the word is usually used as a bad 4 letter word haha.

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#10

Oh and meal prep is a HUGE part of it. If you have a special diet that you're not used to, not making stuff ahead of time will absolutely lead you right to fast food. Fast food is evil. It's a killer of poor people, black, white, Chinese whatever, avoid that shït at all costs. Prep your food ahead of time as often as possible.

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#11

Hey Trevor: I was diagnosed as "pre-diabetic" a few months ago. I gained 60lbs during the da6m quarantine! I got work to do!

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#12

Oh snap! Hey man try not to take advantage of that pancreas lol Cashews (unsalted or lightly salted) are a good snack, and they help produce insulin naturally in the body! Try to phase out sugar, wheat bread, multigrain bread, and honey wheat breads don’t turn into a ridiculous amount of sugar.

I’m not sure if you have one already but definitely get a glucometer, check your blood sugar regularly. In the beginning before and an hour or so after meals is good so you can see what makes your blood sugar spike. Its important to record these numbers and times that you’re checking them. Find out where your blood sugar hangs out around, and if its higher than 125 on a regular basis you have to consider some other food and drink options. Sometimes its easier to stop drinking things that have sugar in them. You can definitely see a nutritionist and they can help you out

#13

Love hearing you take a leap of faith and trusting your doctor's plan. They made the plan you stayed strong and put in the work every day. Congratulations on all the progress you've made. Keep your head up and keep achieving those goals. You got this bro.

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#14

Thank you! Everyone there knows me by name some of the staff has known me since I was a toddler (the nurse Fran) So they kind of go above and beyond for me when they have to. My Dr has known me since I was a young teen 13-14, he always runs behind on appointments but he always always always gives you the exact same time (made me wait for an hour one time and when he got to me he gave me an hour trying to get to the bottom of a skin condition that i was super self conscious about

#15

Point being, yes, the hospitals absolutely throw meds at any issue. These people actually have time for me (Im from East Providence, RI very small town very small state) even my prescriber spends an hour with me its like having a second therapist