dbMe: Better Choices, Better Health for Diabetes

Monday, October 20, 2014

Better Choices, Better Health for Diabetes

For the next six weeks I will be participating in a workshop from Stanford University on managing chronic health conditions. The free Better Choices, Better Health Diabetes workshop is designed to help diabetics take control of their diabetes. Check out how to sign up here!

From time to time, I will add updates here on my experiences with this program

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A quick intro from a 'born again' type 2 diabetic.

I was diagnosed as a type 2 about 10 years ago. At first I did very well managing my diabetes, losing weight and eventually progressing to the point where I no longer needed medication and could control my glucose levels strictly with diet alone. I was doing so well that my waistline dropped to dimensions I had not seen since high school.
About 5-1/2 years ago, I had a major lifestyle/location change, and slowly began to lose ground on the progress I had made.
Fast forward to June of this year. I had not seen a doctor about my diabetes in over 5 years, and when I finally went in for a checkup my blood glucose was 250, my A1c was 10.5, my cholesterol was just one point shy of 700, and my waistline was almost as large as it had been when I was first diagnosed.
During the checkup it was determined that I appeared to have had a heart attack some time in the recent past. Visiting a cardiologist resulted in two trips to the hospital, the installation of 5 stents to address severely blocked arteries, and a series of stern admonishments by all of the health care professionals I came into contact with to get my act together.
So now I am on an insulin only therapy for my diabetes, along with a plethora of cardiac/cholesterol meds. I'm slowly getting the hang of calculating insulin bolus doses for carbs consumed, as well as adjustment and basal dosing, which require me to constantly calculate my carbohydrate intake. In one months time my A1c has dropped from 10.6 to 7.9, and I am slowly but surely working myself back to being in control of my diabetes.