Health…
One of the primary reasons I chose to lose weight, was that I had two uncles and an aunt who have died as a result of side effects of Diabetes. I had taken a look at where I was headed, and didn’t like the direction.
Some would say I waited too long. Actually I may have increased the speed with which my Diabetes kicked in, but Insulin Resistance appears to start as much as 20 years before people are recognized as being type two diabetic.
When I stopped in to see my doc, I had a fasting blood sugar level of 368. The threshold for considering a person to be diabetic is 125 (on two separate fasting blood tests.) In other words I was nearly three times the threshold.
A lot has changed, and I have a few other health issues that are of concern to me, but that was pretty much the start of things.
I would hesitate to say that my blood sugar is ‘under control’ at this time. It has only been two months since I was diagnosed, and my A1C at the time was 14.2%. I would be surprised if I was under 10% at the moment, and while I hope to be under 8% in a month, I don’t expect to be yet.
Obviously more to follow.
-Rusty
