This is the story of us....or at least our journey with diabetes. It really began several years ago when Hubs doctor told him that his blood sugar was elevated. His fasting blood sugar was 115. Well, we are kinda against taking medications if there is another option. So we said that we would give it six months of diet and exercise and try to modify blood sugar on our own. And...in six months, Hubs fasting blood sugar was under 100. Yay for us! We won!
Not so fast...now we know that if we had taken the early signs more seriously, we might not be in the situation that we are in now. The doctor followed his fasting blood sugars for the next 3 years and our diet and exercise program seemed to be working. We were elated, but we were just beginning the #diabeteslearningcurve.
Fast forward to January, 2014. Hubs woke up one Saturday morning with tingling starting at the top of his head, down the left side of his neck and into his left hand. He had a few sips of Coke because he felt funny like he might be "hypoglycemic". The feeling didn't go away so we decided to go to the Emergency Room. At that point he had been experiencing the symptoms for about 45 minutes...then, we had a 20 minute drive to the hospital. Once we got there, because his symptoms were indicative of a stroke, we were taken to a room immediately. Tests began immediately -- EKG, Blood panel, CT scan. The things that stood out: microscopic blood vessel changes in the brain and a blood glucose of 159!
So....our journey begins.
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