Hey Guys/Gals. I'm back in Sorts.

[Panzer_M]

Just finished another 'round of bloodwork Friday to tell me what I already know. anyways just to explain how I tried to kill myself with stupidity again.

On Aug 28th/29th, there was a BMW meet in ATL(Short drive I figured I've done longer non-stops before) well..it was 2am and my friend was going up for the event and asked if I want to go. I should have rode, but I decided I'd drive up. Bad Mistake on my part, and I didn't prepare for it as I should have.

So from 3am on the 28th to 1am on the 29th I was driving the Ti from the coast to Orlando to ATL to Orlando back to the coast.

The previous day I juiced up on my 24hr dose of 70/30(Insulin 20units), which normally at the most could hold me for 72hrs between doses(I was lucky with my blood sugar control since my last hopitial stay with a BS of close to 900).

So I made it ATL by 12pm...left at 2pm, seperated from the 740i I was following...to make my own way/speed back to florida. Figured I could stop if I wanted to get a nap/food or whatever if I needed to.

Made it back home at 1am..with no sleep since the Fri Eve. So I was dog-tired and spent and not feeling at all good, had a bit of a pain on my left side which I thought was some bruised ribs from a accident earilier. Also when i got home I was too tired to do an injection..but wasn't feeling high or low. So I just took it be ill from lack of sleep.

Sunday and Monday I had no endurance to do anything, and I still had the nasty dull pain going on. Had to do several doses both days to level out. Still didn't think much. I figured it would go away by itself if I got some rest.

Tue/Weds I crashed completely..bottomed out with a bloodsugar of 20(normal non-diabetics are 80-120 with 80-85 being w/o food)..which gave me light-headedness and the shakes..which would come and go...then I went high...crested at 600 on my freestyle. I had to send my dad for a new vial of 70/30 and R of insulin(Figured at this point my original vials had lost their potency).

So at this point weds day..I was feeling like I was having a heart attack. I was panting like I had run a 5k, even though I hadn't moved from the bed. My dad was going to call 911 and get me to a hospital but I wouldn't have it. I figured I would be able to do the same thing I would go through with a hospital visit.(plus I still haven't forgotten the "fun" of the week in ICU from the last stay, no food or drink for 7 days...not even ice and when your a diabetic you are thirty alot, I'll drink a gallon of water in less than 30mins)

So weds, when I felt like I was dying..I was dosing 20u, then 5 units of insulin until I stablized. went my doc on Thursday..and we are trying a new regiment of dosing, plus running new test to see what the pancreas is doing. Right now I am classed as a Type I Diabetic(Pancreas shuts down insulin production, caused by white blood cells destroying the Islet cells that produce insulin)(Whereas a Type II Diabetic make insulin, but the body has a resistance to it and the break down of sugars and use by the cells)

Since then I gone back and forth for testing, with my doctor and my endocronologist and getting blood work done. One thing they did find quickly was the pain was the start of kidney damage, thankfully while caught early can be prevented from becoming serious. Also I got my diet regulated again, limits on carbs and protein intake for now, and my daily intake is limited to 3000 calories. Although I also need to regain about 40lbs...as of now I'm at 154lbs..and should be at 200lbs-195 for a "healthy" weight. So for the time being I'm been in bed resting/recouping. One serious attack/laspe can knock you out for awhile. Took about 5 days of the new diet/dosing and excercise to balance me out again to the tables that have been set. I'm still pulling 200+ readings after eating and I need to be in the 140 range..but it's going down alittle each time. I'm still getting the shakes from lows, and I got my dad over watching me, incase of..a worst situation arises. I'm been advised to rest for the last week, and also not to drive, since I can blackout from a quick low(although those can be prevented/stop with a glucose tablet(big sugar pill or just a bit of a reg coke or juice). So I've been on the couch or bed, and eating salads mostly, although I do get stuff smuggled in from friends..mostly my beloved Coke Zero for my Caffeine fix.

Next week is another hurdle. They are going to run something to do with the pains I have in my feet for the last couple weeks to see for poor-circulation or nerve damage...So I have that looming ahead.

The one thing I missed the most is the Ti and the BMWs, I've managed to sneak out to Orlando last Saturday to a CFBMW meet..but I went home early when I felt tired out, but it was good to get about. I missed that the most.

[SDKmann]

Wow, that sucks. Glad to hear your doing better. Rest up and get better soon!

[Panzer_M]

Originally Posted by SDKmann

Wow, that sucks. Glad to hear your doing better. Rest up and get better soon!

I'm feeling better. Went out to dinner with some friends tonight(Drank a crap load of Diet Coke cause I'm banned from having it in the house for the time being )..I'm supposed to do more interacting since a big part of the recoup is the morale...if you stress out or go into a depression it can actually affect your bloodsugar levels. I'm also supposed to walk around the block atleast once a day for exercise, and the first couple times I made it, but it had me on the couch for the rest of the night.
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[marleymon]

yikes-sounds like you are lucky to be alive.....some scary siht...
I need to exercise more......

josh

[Panzer_M]

http://www.alternativehealthsecrets....&vcad=diabetes

this came up on the google bar...eh.

I read this week in some doc mag they have a drug that can prevent Type I in newly diagnosed cases, cause it prevents the body from destroying the islet cells. It's going into FDA testing which could take up to ten years before it's allowed for the general public..I really hate the FDA.

Also in Italy(where the treatment was pioneered) and here in the US in Limited cases, they are using pig islet cells transplanted into patients with hard to control levels. The Donor cells seem to work as the natural cells. That could in effect cure the illness for Type Is.

2 people in Brevard have had it done, and both have been non-insulin dependent for some time.

[jflip2002]

Glad to see youre ok. I used to live with a diabetic, and its an on going epidemic. It basically seems that food and eating controls your life. At least you have to gain wait, and arent a heavy set diabetic who has to lose weight! (If thats any bonus lol)

[Panzer_M]

uptil 1st week of Sept. I could eat a few cups of Ice Cream and 1/2 dozen doughnuts in a day and be fine as hard as it was to believe. but I did do one thing I knocked High Fructose Corn Syrup out of my diet 100%,since 10/25/2004, not an easy thing to do if you read food labels. I think the HF Corn Syrup was the hardest thing to cut out, but had the biggest effect in my fitness diet-wise...note, also had choose to cut out all liqour(Kept bier in limited though) since most mixed drinks have alot of sugar in the mixers and the alcohol gets processed into sugar too...So going out means water, a bier maybe 2 pushing it, and some diet soda or something...explaining why you can't do a shot sucks cause no is never enough normally, then you get the "it's ok if I still drink speeches"..just a p.i.t.a.

[CirrusSR22]

Jeez, scary stuff man Glad you're alright!

[Mad-Machine]

Glad to see you back. I have a few friends with diabeties, terrible disease. Just hang in there and use your will power to stay away from what you are not supposed to eat. (I know it is hard, I have crohnes disease, and I cannot eat a lot of what I like)

We are all rooting for you!

[Panzer_M]

Well I'm thankful I have friends, even those I've meet in person yet. The Kind words do help. I went out today to watch the race, with some buds. Had a couple gallons of sugar-free koolaid to myself.

Tomorrow I have my last planned visit to my doc, other than the normal/routine stuff...I'm going to have a circulation test/nerve-damage work done...haven't gone through that before in the last 2 years so I am nervous about it. Anyways I'll post word tomorrow about what comes around.