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Yes wish you all the best Edith. Hope you´ll feel better soon!

Agree! wish you to feel better

I hope you´ll feel better soon!
*hug*

Edith, I hope you get to feeling better soon. Take it easy and don't over do it. (I know you want to do as much over Michael as possible) *hugs*

Ashli

Thank you all for all your concerns. It is time to let you know what was going on with me. I think that I can finally say that I back from the land of Zombies. (Although because of my condition, I can't guarantee that I won't return to it.)

I am an insulin-dependent diabetic. For the past three weeks, my sugar levels shot up from the mid-100s to the high 300s, 400s, and even 500s. One day, it even went higher than my meter, which registers 599, could register. All the meter showed was HI.

For those of you who don’t know a thing about diabetes, let me tell you, it sucks. You have to watch what you eat, how much you eat, and when you eat. Any deviation can cause problems. Also, normal glucose-level readings are between 80 and 90. Mine used to be in the mid-100s. Not normal, but not bad.

My insurance company made me change my endocrinologist. A month after I started going to this new doctor, my readings started elevating to the 200s. He adjusted my meds, and my readings went up to the 300s. I called him about it. He didn’t seem to be concerned. I could not get below 300, and the readings went dangerously high to 500s.

When you are a diabetic, and your readings reach anywhere from 600 and above, you may suffer what’s called a diabetic coma. The condition is just what it sounds like: coma caused by diabetes. I was also told by my newest doctor (more about him later) that continuous glucose levels of 400 and more is a sure guarantee to die of a heart attack or stroke within 5 years.

As my sugar reached the 300s and above, I began to have minicomalike symptoms. I slept continuously for days. I would go to work, sleep 55 minutes, wake up and stay up for 5 minutes and then the cycle would begin all over again. I would sleep throughout my 2 hour commute back and forth. Luckily, my husband works in my office and he drives to the commuter train we take to work. Then, I’d eat dinner and go to sleep. It’s amazing that I did manage to accomplish a few things. I was a master of making the most out of the 5 minutes I was awake.

After a few weeks of this zombie state, my husband and I decided that I needed a new doctor. The doctor who was highly recommended by most of my diabetic friends and my primary doctor and his staff was a doctor who did not participate with my insurance. My insurance refused to reimburse me for any costs, and I have to pay for the visits myself.

Brian (my hubby) and I decided that the $2,000.00–3,000.00 a year that he’ll cost is worth my life. So I now go to the best doctor of endocrinology in the Washington, DC area. This doctor took my history and found out that I have an internal infection that triggered the glucose levels to rise (illness, stress, and other factors also contribute to this ugly disease). He adjusted my meds, put me under antiobiotics, and I am now slowly returning to the world of living.

Now, you may ask, how do I get away by sleeping on the job? I am an editor. I edit monographs, reports, bulletins, and journals in economics. The job requires intensive attention to detail. I analyze words, sentences, contents, and looks. In my profession, I have to worry about the placement of a comma. The wrong placement may change the meaning of the sentence. There was a case wherein a comma was not present and the client lost $2 million dollars in a deal. (It was not in my office, but it did happen.) I have to make sure that the grammar is correct, the verbs are used properly, spelling is perfect, the right words are used, content is logical, etc. It is tedious work. It’s not unusual to find my colleagues catnapping at their desks. In fact, catnapping is encouraged. Our brains work better. So, you see, it is not hard to sleep and not be discovered. I also told my boss about it, because I am at a point wherein I no longer have sick leave and I need to have them advanced. Thus, my boss is very understanding.

Today, my sugar level reached 201. I am now on the road to recovery. I should be back in business soon.

I am so happy you are feeling better!

yeah i agree that healthcare here sucks. my family pays for all our medical stuff ourselves cuz the insurance sucks.