By Bob Tremerituus
Diabetes in the early stages is sometime hard to detect, and there are about 1.8 million people who are unaware that they have the disease.
So what?
It's easy to assume that if someone is unaware of something, it's probably not at a level of doing any harm yet.
No.
That's the problem with type 2 diabetes, like cancer (although I must stress the two diseases are not linked or are similar), both can creep up unnoticed. Fortunately, with diabetes the treatments are many and varied.
With no cure, early diagnosis helps minimise type 2 diabetes's intrusion into ones life as the amount and type of medication will be less and easier to manage.
And that's the problem, most people don't realize they have it.
So how can you tell?
There is always a danger in not wanting to disturb the doctor, for whatever reason. It may be because we think we're just a little under the weather, or we simply don't want to be told that we need to rest. Indeed, I've never liked going to visit my doctor, I think I'm concerned that he will find something is seriously wrong. Unfortunately, that's exactly what happened.
In my case, I 47 years old, working in a physical job and just assumed that ever increasing tiredness was just a sign of age. I could sleep anywhere for just 15 minutes, then wake up completely refreshed.
I was also finding myself less tolerant, people had quietly mentioned it at work, and my eyesight was a little blurred (I had just had an appointment card sent through from my optician, so it was no surprise).
Can you see where this is going?
All the above are actually symptoms of type 2 diabetes.
On top of all this, I started to get thirsty. Very thirsty. 5 gallons of water a day thirsty!
I finally made myself go to the doctor when I could no longer drive! I woke one Saturday morning and everything was just a blur of colour. The doctor diagnosed type 2 diabetes and prescribed me some tablets. four months later however, i was prescribed insulin which I take by injection.
The moral of my story is that having left visiting my doctor so late, four months after diagnosis and trying to control my blood sugar through diet and tablets, I had to go on insulin, with the discomfort of injecting myself twice a day, together with some of the restrictions insulin taking places on you.
So what?
It's easy to assume that if someone is unaware of something, it's probably not at a level of doing any harm yet.
No.
That's the problem with type 2 diabetes, like cancer (although I must stress the two diseases are not linked or are similar), both can creep up unnoticed. Fortunately, with diabetes the treatments are many and varied.
With no cure, early diagnosis helps minimise type 2 diabetes's intrusion into ones life as the amount and type of medication will be less and easier to manage.
And that's the problem, most people don't realize they have it.
So how can you tell?
There is always a danger in not wanting to disturb the doctor, for whatever reason. It may be because we think we're just a little under the weather, or we simply don't want to be told that we need to rest. Indeed, I've never liked going to visit my doctor, I think I'm concerned that he will find something is seriously wrong. Unfortunately, that's exactly what happened.
In my case, I 47 years old, working in a physical job and just assumed that ever increasing tiredness was just a sign of age. I could sleep anywhere for just 15 minutes, then wake up completely refreshed.
I was also finding myself less tolerant, people had quietly mentioned it at work, and my eyesight was a little blurred (I had just had an appointment card sent through from my optician, so it was no surprise).
Can you see where this is going?
All the above are actually symptoms of type 2 diabetes.
On top of all this, I started to get thirsty. Very thirsty. 5 gallons of water a day thirsty!
I finally made myself go to the doctor when I could no longer drive! I woke one Saturday morning and everything was just a blur of colour. The doctor diagnosed type 2 diabetes and prescribed me some tablets. four months later however, i was prescribed insulin which I take by injection.
The moral of my story is that having left visiting my doctor so late, four months after diagnosis and trying to control my blood sugar through diet and tablets, I had to go on insulin, with the discomfort of injecting myself twice a day, together with some of the restrictions insulin taking places on you.
About the Author:
Having been at the limit himself, Bob takes a detailed interest in bankruptcy laws and offers advice and information on his website at http://www.declaringyourselfbankrupt.net on declaring yourself bankruptand ways to prevent it.
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