All I can say is 
Bullet would be quicker
After i installed a Boiler today I was asked by my brother to go help a guy Re-wire a Boiler because he could not read the schematic. I guess i should add that i really have never liked the guy because (and I am probably about to get yelled at) he uses his diabetes as an "I cant excuse"... You know the ones:
I cant Work today because my sugar is high
I cant Work today because my sugar is low
I cant work tonight because I need to eat and I forgot my money
So I get there and he said "I am so glad you are here because you are fast and my blood Sugars are high" hmmmm He said this as He was eating a whopper and drinking a MT Dew! Over the next hour he explained how my brother does not understand how difficult this desease is to control... I then said I need to take a break (My back was killing me!!!!!) grabbed a chair to sit on and tested my BG in front of him...He could not believe i was Diabetic. He then said "I guess since you are testing you must be having a hard time also and that is when I had enough and said NO, I BELIVE THAT IF I AN GOING TO KILL MYSELF A BULLET WILL BE A LOT QUICKER AND LESS PAINFUL THEN THE WHOPPER, FRIES AND MT DEW YOU ARE DRINKING!" I then showed him a Bg of 92 and offered to test his. He turned me down. He said I do not understand how hard it is to be Diagnosed later in life like he was. He is 26... I am 38! Yeah Ok! When we left we both pulled into 7-11. I grabbed a Powerade Zero... Him a Gatorade... I told him that is he put it back I would buy him a Powerade Zero... He said there is no difference... So I showed 0 carbs and he said fine.
Sorry just needed to vent because 6 hours later I still can not believe that a person Diagnosed a year ago does not take care of himself.
I cant Work today because my sugar is high
I cant Work today because my sugar is low
I cant work tonight because I need to eat and I forgot my money
So I get there and he said "I am so glad you are here because you are fast and my blood Sugars are high" hmmmm He said this as He was eating a whopper and drinking a MT Dew! Over the next hour he explained how my brother does not understand how difficult this desease is to control... I then said I need to take a break (My back was killing me!!!!!) grabbed a chair to sit on and tested my BG in front of him...
He could not believe i was Diabetic. He then said "I guess since you are testing you must be having a hard time also and that is when I had enough and said NO, I BELIVE THAT IF I AN GOING TO KILL MYSELF A BULLET WILL BE A LOT QUICKER AND LESS PAINFUL THEN THE WHOPPER, FRIES AND MT DEW YOU ARE DRINKING!" I then showed him a Bg of 92 and offered to test his. He turned me down. He said I do not understand how hard it is to be Diagnosed later in life like he was. He is 26... I am 38! Yeah Ok! When we left we both pulled into 7-11. I grabbed a Powerade Zero... Him a Gatorade... I told him that is he put it back I would buy him a Powerade Zero... He said there is no difference... So I showed 0 carbs and he said fine.Sorry just needed to vent because 6 hours later I still can not believe that a person Diagnosed a year ago does not take care of himself.
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Amazing that he can be in such denial about eating the proper foods, and yet use his diabetes as an excuse to get out of work! Kinda makes one wonder if it isn't deliberate . . . if he controlled his diabetes, then he'd have to do a little WORK!
If we try hard enough, many of us people with Diabetes can think of someone just like the fellow you've described. I have been out to lunch several times with a younger lady who was diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes earlier this year. She told me that her doctor put her on Humalog and Lantus but that the insulin is only temporary. When I asked her why was it temporary, she told me that the doctor said she would be cured if she could lose weight.
Ok??? When we went to lunch with other people, I watched what she ate and boy was I shocked. White potatoes, 2 dinner rolls, a huge steak and a slice of pie with ice cream for dessert. Meanwhile she did not inject any insulin either before or after the meal. I seriously doubt whether she will lose weight eating like that.
Keep up the good work Will and Best Wishes to you for trying so hard.
Ok??? When we went to lunch with other people, I watched what she ate and boy was I shocked. White potatoes, 2 dinner rolls, a huge steak and a slice of pie with ice cream for dessert. Meanwhile she did not inject any insulin either before or after the meal. I seriously doubt whether she will lose weight eating like that.
Keep up the good work Will and Best Wishes to you for trying so hard.
I can't understand some people ...
Good post, Doc.
Hmmm ... I never thought you can use diabetes as an excuse to get out of work. Actually I discovered I can control my BG better on work days than on weekends! I tend to eat healthier on weekdays, and if I happen to cheat it's usually on the weekend ... in a restaurant!!!
In any case, I do NOT want to start getting complications resulting from uncontrolled diabetes - sorry - but I value my sight, my foot, and not having neuropathy, a stroke, or a heart attack too much to be in denial.
Good post, Doc.
Hmmm ... I never thought you can use diabetes as an excuse to get out of work. Actually I discovered I can control my BG better on work days than on weekends! I tend to eat healthier on weekdays, and if I happen to cheat it's usually on the weekend ... in a restaurant!!!
In any case, I do NOT want to start getting complications resulting from uncontrolled diabetes - sorry - but I value my sight, my foot, and not having neuropathy, a stroke, or a heart attack too much to be in denial.
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