Well then...

[plonq]

I got the results back from some of the tests I'd been taking in order to qualify for the engineer training I am being bullied into at work. Since this is the first time I have undergone a full physical since I was the age when a the doctor gave me a lollipop and told me I'd been a brave boy, I was expecting to find quite a number of things wrong.

Surprisingly, I am actually in pretty good shape for my age and, well, my shape. I am undeniably obese.

I knew that I would have high blood pressure.

I wasn't prepared for the part where I am diabetic.

I have to take two of these every day for three weeks and go back for further testing to see if I have got it under control.


atara thinks that all of the stress I have been under for the past few weeks may have contributed, since stress can screw up your insulin levels.

My bit of amusement was when I passed this news along to the Occupational Health Services nurse at work. She had been expecting to get some updates on my EKG readings, and the other things they'd been mildly concerned about.

"You're what now? This was just diagnosed?"

"Yes. Sorry. I learned of it about two hours before you are learning of it now."

Apparently that is another thing that they can't let through on a safety-sensitive position, so she's said that she is going to refuse to pass me medically until I get more testing done to see if we can get it under control.

On the plus side, that means I don't have to fly out to Calgary for two intensive weeks of training on Monday.

On the down side, I have diabetes.

Comments

[dalesql.livejournal.com]

I got that surprise from my doctor in october when I went in for my flu shot and annual evaluation for my high blood pressure. They had gotten a fingerstick tester that could do A1C, which when it is high is a definitive sign of diabeties. Put me on Metoformin and I got a lot more serious about my dieting. IN three months I knocked 30 pounds and two inches off my waistline, and got the A1c down into the tolerable range. Only 150 pounds more to get to my target weight, which is what I weighed on the last day of boot camp, 33 years ago.

[furahi.livejournal.com]

Crud! So sorry to hear :(

[neowolf2.livejournal.com]

This is an opportunity for me to harp on the Low Carb diet again. It's being touted as the first line treatment for adult onset diabetes.

http://www.nutritionjrnl.com/article/S0899-9007%2814%2900332-3/abstract

[ducktapeddonkey.livejournal.com]

Although this might sound a little corny, try to keep an open mind about positive changes. :)