Diabetic Recipes
So, I got on the scale today and I've lost 8 pounds. Nice. I'm not complaining and I have been making an effort to lose weight.
But. Over the course of the day, I noticed that I've been peeing like mad and kind of thirsty. I ate dinner at 5 p.m. and didn't think to check before I ate, but I had a nice, carb-heavy dinner of pasta and garlic bread. When I checked my blood sugar 2.5 hours later, I was 141.
Looks like I'll be doing a fasting check tomorrow morning.
Other than the peeing and the kind of thirsty thing, what else should I be looking for? I don't have a headache (no more so than usual), I don't have a stomach ache, I don't have blurry vision. But my dad has type 2, which puts me at risk. And I weigh too much - also a risk.
Olivia is going to laugh her butt off at me if I have diabetes. I may have to sell her for science experiments.
The peeing and the thirst are good ones. Also insatiable hunger. That emptiness in the pit of your tummy that seems to be so intense you think you might barf. The emptiness that is never quite fulfilled.
Scary. Definitely do the fasting test tomorrow. Let us know.
Agreed with the above comments. I also had terrible leg cramps that woke me in the middle of the night. I am a Type 1 but didn't get it until I was 33. Maybe you should go get checked just in case.
Hope the outcome is simply peeing and thirst and wanted weight loss and not the Big D.
best,
Dawn