anyone on this site have diabetes ?

[Aldrich]

Going to the doc to get checked out once i get back into town from my camping trip.. It is not hereditary in my family. Iam seeing a lot of the symptoms.


Increased thirst
Increased hunger
Dry mouth - This could be from having a dip in ???
Unexplained weight loss (even though you are eating and feel hungry)
Fatigue (weak, tired feeling)
Blurred vision
Headaches
Loss of consciousness

Im 6'2 195pnds so im not overweight and I live a active lifestyle and I do eat good ( prolly could eat better tho).


what is the difference between type 1 and 2 ? Also how do you deal with meal planning ?

Also, Im only 24 and have high blood pressure, but webMD says it could be triggerd by diabetes ??

 

[opus]

Type 1 is insulin required. Type 2 isnt. Mom has had it for 45 yrs so I know a bit about it. Sounds like symptoms for type 2. Have your sugar checked....easy enough. For now, try eating less sugar foods. Easy on the breads too. See if you feel any better.

Look and see what a type 2 diet would be, and try it out for now....see what you come up with.

 

[EricW]

With all due respect Opus both forms of diabetes can and do require insulin in one form or another. Type I is usually called juvenile diabetes meaning that you have had it since a very young age. Type II diabetes is usually called adult onset diabetes meaning that it appears at some point after maturity.

Diabetes can be the result of one or both of the following:

The pancreas no longer produces insulin, or,
Your tissues and organs become resistant to insulin.

Thing of insulin like a bullet point that attaches to sugar molecules shaped like balls in your blood stream. The ball shape of sugar causes it to bounce off its target which in this case is your tissues and organs. By insulin attaching its bullet point to the sugar, the suger is able to pierce your tissues and organs where it is then burned up in your normal metabolization.

If this does not happen, the sugar simply remains in your blood stream where it thickens up and causes issues for your extremities furthest from your heart with reduced blood flow (cause for toe/foot/leg amputations). It can also plug capilaries and small vessels in your eyes (cause for reduced vision and blindness). It causes your kidneys to work double time to filter and pass the sugar in your urine (cause for kidney failure and your extreme thirst). The list of side effects go on and on including man stuff that we all hold sacred.

If you are drinking a ton and still peeing dark color rather than clear you are most likely spilling sugars most likely from diabetes. The test you should ask your doc for is call an "A1C". This test reveals your blood sugar levels for the prior 90 days. I would get on it tomorrow. Diabetes like many diseases can be controlled when caught early and treated.

One thing you can do today to help yourself in the meantime is excercise a lot especially after eating high sugar / high carb foods. It has been proven that organs and tissues that are otherwise insulin resistant will become more insulin friendly during excercise due to the increased need for the sugars to burn when you are working hard.

Remember, a Hershey bar is simple calories which will cause your blood sugar to spike up but then fall equally as fast. A complex carb like a potatoe, corn, pasta, bread, etc. will result in a slower rise, but the plateau at the high levels will last for hours causing much more body damage than the candy bar.

Better get in pronto and find out whats going on. Good luck. EW

 

[opus]

With all due respect Opus both forms of diabetes can and do require insulin in one form or another. Type I is usually called juvenile diabetes meaning that you have had it since a very young age. Type II diabetes is usually called adult onset diabetes meaning that it appears at some point after maturity.

Yeah, you are right. I was trying to be brief. Type 1 people dont produce insulin, type 2 produce insulin but generally not enough or their body cant use it effectively and it has to be supplemented by a pill or injection.

You covered it better than I, so I am out...........