I received news this week that I am pre-diabetic. What the?!! I had a mirage of questions running through my mind when the doctor gave me this news. I never thought in a million years I could be a candidate for this. Here are my reasons:
* I am not overweight
*I eat quite healthy
*I exercise regularly
The only thing I don't know is if it could be genetic. It makes it pretty hard when your mom is adopted with virtually no knowledge of medical history, and I have no information from the person who donated his sperm that helped create me. Where does this leave me? Discovering everything for myself, which is kind of scary.
FYI's sake - Pre-diabetes is the stepping stone to diabetes, if you don't control it, you will develop Type 2. My glucose and insulin levels are high, but not quite high enough to be diagnosed as Type 2. So, I must bring those down as not to wear out my poor pancreas.
I hate pills, with a passion. If I can get away with not taking something I will do whatever it takes not to. Now I take pills every day and I have to count my carbs. I hate counting carbs! I'm on a forced diet, I don't believe in diets! But..............I must say that I don't think this will be too difficult of a lifestyle change to make. I already workout, I am not overweight, I just need to be more careful with what I eat and remember to take my pills.
The one thing that perplexes me: What could have caused this? Everything I've been reading has pointed to genetics mixed with a sedentary lifestyle and poor diet. This is not me! There must have been something else that could have triggered this, but what? There aren't really any other explanations.
Since this is my "inspired day" I must write something positive. I really do see something positive in all of this. This could be the explanation for a number of things that have been not quite right with me. I won't go into it, I've been kind of a mess really. I've discovered that this can cause fatigue, emotional issues, headaches, miscarriages, and even worse, loss of sight, limbs, and can cause a heart attack and stroke. Finding this now should mean a longer, more healthy future for me.
On with life I go, taking better care of myself and praying that they can one day find a cure for this disease. I used to think that people brought this on themselves (for the most part). Now I've been properly put in my place. Thank you.
