[ SECRET POST #2747 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2747 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

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[The Hobbit/Thorin Oakenshield]


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[The Vincent Black Shadow]


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[El Goonish Shive]


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[Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries]


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[Penny Dreadful]


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[Supernatural]


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[Blake's 7]


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[Edge of Tomorrow/Tom Cruise]


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[Quirk]


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[Homestuck]




















18. [WARNING for rape]



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Comments

Re: Hey, Diabetic anon...

[(Anonymous)]

Glad the visit went well! But I'm... not sure you entirely understand how type 2 diabetes works. Two high A1C tests doesn't mean it's now impossible to "turn the train around". Your A1C simply measures average blood glucose levels over longer periods of time (I think 3 months is usually the norm). How high or low it is depends on how you've spent those three months. So yes, crack down on diet and get started with an exercise regime and your A1C can drop below 6.5. It can do this at any time.

"And I really feel like this was more information I should have had after my first high A1C, not after the second, which is the test after which they say "Yep, you're diabetic now." And if I think about that too much -- how there might have been an opportunity to turn the train around (barring genetic predispositions catching up with me) -- I can't seem to not cry."

See the above? That's not a Thing. I repeat: There isn't some magical window to reverse your condition after your first test that only exists until your next test. You're not doomed forever by two tests or three tests or four tests, because A1C is something that changes with time and it's also something you can exercise some control over with diet and exercise, and possibly with medication as well if your doctor feels it might help.

I think you need this doctor's visit, and you need to ask a lot of questions and really clarify for yourself what diabetes means and what your realistic chances are for changing this. No more not-inquiring or not-investigating and then subtly blaming your doctor for not telling you what you need to know. You're an adult, yes? You need to take responsibility for your own health and chase down the answers to your questions. If something is unclear, you need to ask and keep asking until you get it.

At least, I hope you do this because it seems like you're really sad when there's no reason to be. Failing that, please get Googling or check out your local library for more resources. Each time you report back, it still kind of sounds like you still don't know very much about this condition, and being uninformed is a real disadvantage.

Re: Hey, Diabetic anon...

[(Anonymous)]

I know the A1C is a measure of blood sugar over three months, and there's certainly a point where it's just lifestyle based, but what I also know from the literature I've been given, what I've been told by health professionals, and experienced with my dad is that there comes a point after blood sugar has been so high for so long that your body stops using insulin properly, either in the way the pancreas releases it, or the way it helps convert glucose to energy.