Ben had a dr's appt yesterday, he came home while i was on the phone with a friend from Texas and he handed me 3 prescriptions.. the first one was for glocslophase (i know i butchered the spelling but i don't have it in front of me).. i instantelly knew and i said on the phone to my friend "Ben has diabetes!!" she was shocked! i was shocked! and yes Ben confirmed it he was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes yesterday. the other prescriptions were for this fun new little toy he now has to have on him at all times and test his blood sugar at least twice a day, and another drug to somehow help with his kidney function (that wasn't so good either according to the same lab tests)... we have known for a while that a change needed to happen in our family's eating habits and with Ben's VERY strong family perpensity to diabetes this has just nailed the last nail into that coffin... We are going to de sugar the house, the Dr didn't want to start him on inselin right away (which he is very thankful for) and so now Ben has a few months to make his diet and the new oral meds do the trick (he is VERY motivated!).. so i am getting on the band wagon as well.. I"m sure he'll start loosing way quicker than me (he lost 100 lbs in less than 6 months when i only lost about 20 in the same amt of time) but i'm going to TRY very hard to not compare us! we are getting healthy, the weight is just going to be a secondary benefit!!!
This a pic of his monitor (he's got the actual one on him, as he should, so i couldn't get a pic of the actual one)... but he has gotten online and get a ton of info and ideas and so we are off and running.. we will probably start the lo carb diet this weekend as Ben always needs a day or so to "come down" from sugar and he feels lousey for the first couple of days, and doesn't want to harm anyone at work haha! anyway thats whats going on at our house!
ta ta for now!
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