Life is Sweet
| May 14, 2014
You wouldn’t know it by looking at me because I can still do everything my friends can do but I have diabetes. In other words my body does not produce the insulin it needs in order to use the carbohydrates I eat. That’s why I have to count the carbs I plan to eat at each meal give myself a shot with insulin and then actually eat what I planned to eat. (Not always as simple as it may sound.) A glucose meter is what’s used to measure the glucose blood and glucagon is only used if chas v’shalom a diabetic’s blood sugar goes so low that they faint. If this is starting to sound very complicated it’s not your imagination. It is complicated. I had to learn all of this very quickly as soon as I found out that I had diabetes. Before that though I wasn’t feeling well for a few weeks and I didn’t know why… To read the rest of this story please buy this issue of Mishpacha or sign up for a weekly subscription
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