Tuesday, 31 January 2012

'bye, Sugar!

Well, hardly a surprise, but after tests I was this morning officially diagnosed as a diabetic, joining the ranks of many millions all over the globe.
Obviously it's something one doesn't like to see happen but put in the context of people living with the Big 'C' or the Big 'A', my health problems are really quite puny. Indeed, with this latest addition to my little 'list' of high blood pressure and a few varicose veins in one calf, I know that there are very many people with much more serious conditions who would gladly swap what they have with what I've got, so moaning about it would be totally selfish - indeed, it's further reason to count my own blessings. I'm also pretty sure that there must be, among those with whom I have regular blog-contact, several having the same condition. Anyway, I'm now a fully-qualified member of the 'club'.
C'est la vie!

Right, enough of that. Tomorrow, I hope, will be my first film blog, and I'm looking forward to posting it.
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13 comments:

  1. Vương Tử Trực31 January 2012 at 04:09

    Sorry to hear that, Ray :(
    Which diabetic type are you in?

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  2. Raybeard31 January 2012 at 07:17

    Thanks for that thought, Tai - but I didn't know there were 'types'. I know that I'm now glucose intolerant. (Is that what you mean?) And that I need to cut down my sugar intake - though I never took much anyway. I never ate sweets - only very rarely chocolate or cakes, and I've not taken sugar in tea or coffee since 30 years. BUT I did, until recently, drink a lot of Lucozade nearly every day. I love(d) the stuff, so that is what might have triggered it off. (My doctor agrees.)
    I'm not worried too much about the situation. My mum developed diabetes at around the age I am now, and so has my sister and one of my late brothers did too. I can't do anything about it, except to be sensible.

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    1. Vương Tử Trực31 January 2012 at 07:26

      You can find some infos here Ray
      http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diabetes_mellitus

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    2. Raybeard31 January 2012 at 09:15

      Thanks again, Tai. I'll keep that link - even though I'm trying not to think about it in the hope that it will just go away - which, of course, it won't.

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  3. Tiger Chanter31 January 2012 at 07:50

    Thankfully, in this day and age it is pretty controllable (sp?), so you can certainly still live a normal life. Sending good thoughts your way, Hon! ((HUGS))

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  4. Raybeard31 January 2012 at 09:17

    That's a very kind thought, T/C. I accept it gladly - and now I feel better already! BIG HUGS to you too!

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  5. Jason31 January 2012 at 11:27

    Oh dear, that is a shame, but as you've found out, it's pretty controlable and not all doom and gloom it once was. Plus, you're quite lucky, in that you didn't have sugar in drinks and not a big sweet eater. If you had of been, this would have been soo much worse. Every silver lining has a cloud....

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    1. Raybeard1 February 2012 at 02:28

      Your words mean a lot to me, Jase. Thank you for that.
      I've only just posted my latest blog superceding this one - and telling of a kind of 'hiccup' which turned out to be no more than that. Scary, but now back to this new kind of 'normality'. Yes, things COULD have been even worse - so it's all the more reason to thankful for the health one has. (Thankful to whom? - well, that something else altogether.)

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  6. Ur-spo31 January 2012 at 20:23

    Keep in mind there is a lot you can do; and doing even a little is 'a lot'
    time for good diet, exercise and weight management, and you will do fine.

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  7. Raybeard1 February 2012 at 02:33

    Your unique wisdom and insight provides me with so much sustenance, Dr Spo, mentally and (following your advice) physically too. Thank you indeed for what you say. I know that when I read your words and follow them up I'm in safer hands than I might have been otherwise.

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  8. Cubby1 February 2012 at 06:20

    I'm sorry to read this bad news, Ray. It's really thrown me. You are so trim and eat so sensibly. I guess that just proves diet is merely one of the factors that causes diabetes, not the sole factor. Thankfully there is plenty of info available to help you manage it.

    Here's my loose connection with diabetes: A few years ago Greg was diagnosed with AIDS-induced diabetes. The HIV drugs he was on caused it. We had a bit of a crisis but his doctor changed his HIV meds and after a couple of years the doctor said Greg no longer had diabetes. I think his case is a rarity as I've never heard of anyone else with AIDS getting diabetes.

    Take good care, Ray. We're here to support you.

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  9. Raybeard1 February 2012 at 08:45

    Thanks so much yet again, Cubby. (I'm writing this after having replied to your comment on my next - i.e. this morning's - blog, which I do hope you've read or will read. It comes from the heart).
    What you say about Greg intrigues me. I always assumed that diabetes must be a lifelong 'sentence'. I didn't know it was possible to UN-get it. Makes me wonder if his doctor who had originally diagnosed it was now back-tracking on what was an error he'd made. But next time I see my doctor I'll ask him to confirm that it really is for all time.
    Thanks, my friend.

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  10. Kyle Leach9 February 2012 at 13:25

    Well it is never good news to find this out, but luckily it is easily dealt with. we're behind you Ray.

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