Wednesday, April 06, 2011

Just when I though it could get any worse...

Picking up where I left off ...

So towards the end of last year my blood sugar #s were improving by coming down. Great... I figure I'll stay on that path and I can have the Pre Diabetes label/diagnosis removed and I can get on with my modified life to make sure I keep it away... 


Then comes 2011. I go into my Dr in February and she does blood work... I then go in for a check up and she says... So, What has changed? I respond I've started a weight loss challenge at work and I am loosing weight... Oh, she says... Because your HbA1c #s have doubled! WTH? You have got to be kidding... FMH! How is that possible? I ask my Dr. To which she responds that hopefully the lab made some mistake and I needed to do more blood work... Nope... No mistake. Now she says I believe you might be Type 2 diabetic Well isn't that just great... so what does that mean? A pamphlet or two and I am on my merry way with an order to get an abdominal CT scan.

What my Dr told me was to get the scan what she didn't tell me was I would need to drink a Barium (Radiocontrast agent). Let me be the first to tell you that shit sucks... It tastes like room temperature liquid chalk. I also had an IV of a different contrast that wasn't too bad considering the Barium. CT done... Time to wait. I had a few co-workers ask me the next day how was last night? I'm confused, what are you talking about? The Barium. Was it as bad coming out as it was going in? Nah, no problems... until a few days later. lets just say it kept me awake in the bathroom for the better part of a night to the point that I didn't go into work the next day.


The results visit... I head back to my Dr. for the results of the CT scan, she wanted the CT scan to check on my pancreas. Where insulin in the body is made, Dr says it looks fine... But...We found a mass in your chest. WTF? Really your just joking with me right... No, you have a 2.5 cm mass on the right side of your chest near the right lung... Yep, FMH!

Tuesday, April 05, 2011

Do to recent events...

I have decided to come out of blogtirement...


My last post was almost 4 years ago... Wow Times Flies... A lot has happened since my last post.

My 2nd son was born and my wife and I are expecting our 3rd in November.

I need(ed) an outlet and in my mind this will allow me to do this.


Enough with the niceties and on to the real reason I have decided to pour my heart out to the keyboard and the internets. The past year or so has been fucked up for me health wise...


Damn near every time I went to the Dr in the past 18 months I have left with another ailment... and prescription for that matter...

High Blood Pressure (HBP)(Hypertension), Low Good Cholesterol (LGC), Swelling from the Meds and then finally Pre-Diabetes. Yeah, and I hadn't even had my 30th birthday yet... 

HPB This is just in my genes being that I am Black... you need to just deal with it. The LGC on the other hand... who knows, still working on that one. The Pre-Diabetes... face it I'm "overweight" (read #fatkid)So you've got to change your eating habits and get more exercise... This is going to be tough but I'll see what I can do... So from about August of 2010 I changed my eating habits and cut out a lot of the sugar, starting with my morning cup of coffee... changed cold turkey to Splenda (which I still really don't like) and my blood sugar #s started to come down... and I think I am winning this battle with Diabetes... slowly but surely! There may still be hope for me yet.