Yup, not surprised

[TexasTowelie]

7. I've been on insulin since 2002.

My weight before I started using insulin was about 165 pounds (I'm 6' 1&quot . Then I dropped to 117 pounds before I could be spared from work to go visit the doctor. My blood sugar was above 600 and I was admitted to the ER because I was so ill that they thought I was going to die. I've been on both short term and long term insulins and never was able to get things under control. At times I went hypoglycemic and finally they put me on an insulin pump.

Unfortunately I lost health insurance when I became unemployed in 2010 and could afford the pump system that I was using so I'm back to syringes again. I'm up to 183 pounds, but I'm having both low and high blood sugar readings, my HA1C at the last check was over 13 and besides the neuropathy problems I suspect that I'm also coming down with MS. I'm back to the doctor on Monday, but since I'm on indigent care the quality of care is lacking.

I hope that you can get your blood sugar under control soon since it does diminish the quality of life and the ability to hold a job if you don't. I believe that my medical problems eventually cost me my last job due to the effects on my attitude and my inability to work the 70 and 80 hour work weeks on a constant basis.