Renewed Health Today

A little over year ago, 2006,  at the age of 57 I weighed 252 pounds at 6’ 1”, I was overweight. Even though I am large framed by most standards I have found, I should have weighed less than 190 pounds. Therefore, by all tables I could find, I could have been classified “Obese” by at least 62 pounds.

In early October 2006 I was buying Dr. Pepper by the 24 pack and consuming up to 4 cans a day. I was over eating as a way to deal with job stress. Most of the time I was eating convenient food. I was tired at the end of most days. I hadn’t exercised for a least a couple of years.

Near the end of October I was eating more, but beginning to lose weight as well beginning to drink larger quantities of fluids. In this case it was Dr. Pepper. I had lost interest in sex and the ability to perform sex was waning. I has noticed a more callus build up on my feet. I was eating more and yet I was hungry before the next meal. I was also making more frequent trips to the bathroom. Worst of all I was unaware of the obvious early symptoms of diabetes.

From early November to mid November I was becoming aware that I might be diabetic. My diabetic symptoms obvious even to me and were getting worse. I was drinking 16 ounces of water a time with little relief of thirst. I was having trouble controlling urination. Even though I was eating full meals, I was loosing a pound to a pound and half a day. My big clue of awareness was sticky urine. My father has been diabetic at nearly the same age. I remember the sticky toilet bowl at home.

Then I made a dangerous decision to allow the weight loss to continue until I weighed 210 pounds. My eye sight has gotten worse. I needed glasses only to read at first. Now I needed stronger glasses to read and to drive as well. My acid reflux has gotten worse. I walked with a shuffle, I couldn’t sleep through the night, and I didn’t realize I wasn’t standing up straight any more.

Near the end of November I finally saw a doctor and was diagnosed a Type I diabetic. My HbA1c was 12.1 and when I got a glucose meter my twice daily glucose levels were off scale, over 600. I was placed on insulin. I started with 10 units of insulin which was slowly increased to 30 units until mid December.

My daily glucose readings were falling dramatically so my doctor instructed me to reduce my insulin doses. By the first week in January 2007 I was back down to 10 units of insulin. By mid January I was diagnosed a Type II diabetic and taking 500 Mg of Metformin. My next HbA1c test was 6.1.

It is now January 2008, my HbA1c is 5.5 and my daily glucose reading are around 115 in the morning and mid 80 in the evening.  After a year coping with a diabetic life style I believe why I developed diabetes.

I was 57 and my body was slowing down due to my age. My body was converting most glucose to fat since my intake was more than I needed for daily use. Remember I was obese. Since I had stopped my exercise program my need for daily energy was much lower. Daily stress was not helping either. I believe my body reached a form of critical mass and began a shut down. I believe the production of insulin slowed down dramatically.

Very fortunately for me with the aide of proper in time treatment my body began a rebound. A rebound in some form does happen as a course of nature, but I was able to enhance this rebound with diet supplements that I feel have done wonders. I was extremely lucky that the rebound was strong enough for me to have Renewed Health Today at the age of 58.