Pre-Diabetes

The word pre-diabetes is a scary word to hear as you sit in a doctor’s office. This was something that I came face to face with just a couple of months ago. Let me start for the beginning, I had for almost a year been experiencing feelings of being nauseas if I did not eat any food right when my stomach was hungry. Then in the last few months, I would become dizzy, I felt out of it, and I would become very tired. As I came to later realize was that my body was telling me that my sugars were low. At this time these symptoms were going on, I had gone to my regular doctor and she could not figure out what was going on. So I then got referred to another doctor and this is where I began to get some answers. I remember that first appointment and hearing the word type 2 pre-diabetes. I was in shock! I never thought that this would be happening to me but this was the card that I was dealt. I was then instructed to test my blood sugars for a week and go for a follow up appointment. After that appointment was when she told me that my blood sugar levels were not in their normal range and if I kept living the way I was then I would get type 2 diabetes. I just remember crying and a feeling of hopelessness came over me. What was I going to do? It was at this same time that my move to Houston happened. I really think that this was a God send. Since moving here, I now go to a place called Diabetes America. I love it there. Your doctor, nutritionist, and blood work all gets done in one place. Anyone will pre-diabetes or diabetes knows how great that is. After that appointment here, I realized that I needed to change my life. It has been hard and let me repeat hard. When anyone goes on a diet…. those first couple months are a challenge. I never realize how much I liked eating food and that I never really exercised. Now… about four months, I am exercising five times a week and really watching what I am eating. I have to eat about every two hours in order for my symptoms to not start. Even if they do, I know what to do to get my sugars up fast. My snacking has gone down a lot and I am learning health foods to eat that will fill me up. It is a huge change for the way I use to live. Next month is my check up appointment and I am hoping for the best. As when I tell people that I have type 2 pre-diabetes, they can not believe their ears. That is why I want to get my story out there so people are aware. It can happen to anyone and it is as simple as that. I am working through it and learning that I can overcome it. I have become a stronger person throughout this whole process. (: