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Permalink Reply by latvianchick on January 2, 2011 at 11:10pm

Happy New Year to you all and may God bless you mightily throughout 2011.  May He fill your days with encouragement and use you all to encourage others!

 

I think the best thing was being diagnosed!  I had symptoms for 10 years and it was not picked up despite frequent returns to the doctors.  They never even thought that I might have diabetes!  My eyesight has been shot but improved once I started treatment.

 

Another thing was when I went on to insulin they put me on "Human Insulin" which did not agree with me - was hypoing up to 6 times a day - and I was caring for the homeless once in an old church (not my own) when I had a really bad one and took myself off to deal with it and ended up sitting at the foot of a font stuffing sweets.  A stranger came up.  I think he was one of the homeless, but I cannot remember.  He told me (I didn't say anything) that I was diabetic and on human insulin.  So????  He told me about the fact that in some people the human insulins which are not human at all apart from being invented by humans and that animal insulins are far better for those people.  He put me in touch with a small charity that is campaigning for patient choice and improved care in places where there is not such good care (my area included) and reading their welcome literature was like reading about my story - only far better written! 

 

To cut a long story short, I did manage to get put on to Pork Insulin and the improvemeent was dramatic!  Unfortunately my local diabetes centre dropped me and I had no support for 2 1/2 years when I was finally referred to a hospital - one of the best in the area but 25 miles away.  Thankfully my mother lives about half way and I can go to her the night before and keep a surreptitious eye on her.  But this new clinic is far better and they do care enough to telephone me every week to see how I am doing.  And I am doing much better.  Thank you Lord!

 

Another thing, God has given me a sense of humour and that has helped me through!  And He has given me some really good friends - some of whom have experience of diabetes and understand that I have NOT been drinking when I am high.  Before Christmas I had a really bad patch and we were on the way home from somewhere and they took the executive decision to put me out at the local hospital where I was diagnosed with a chest infection - hence the high sugars!

 

Another good thing which I always tell people about when they are first diagnosed is that whether they are millionaires or paupers the fact that we have diabetes is that we get foot care for free, free eye tests, free prescriptions (not just diabetes ones) and free flu jabs!  And priority appointments if you have things like chest pains or other problems!

 

So, it is not all bad!  Thank God!

Permalink Reply by pinkyspurse on February 14, 2011 at 12:53pm

He answered my prayer for my BG to be under control. My most recent A1C is 5.4, and my fasting BG has gone over 120 only twice since I started treatment. May God bless you as much as He has me!

Permalink Reply by mary ann jacob on February 15, 2011 at 5:22pm

God is good!

Permalink Reply by deliashellynn on May 10, 2011 at 7:23pm

It is so good to have found this group. I hope I can find it again when I log on. God has seen me through the death of my 26 year old son, Joshua in Feb.. My A1C has come down from a 9 to a 6 during this time and without God I would never have survived. When my son was born and I thought he would die from 3 heart defects and the Dr.s never gave us a hope for the tomorrows, I would hold my infant and cry, telling myself he would never go alone. If he died, we would be buried together. I cried for 3 yrs.and the day of his surgery to rebuild his heart, with only a chance of a 50 percent chance of surviving, I prayed and gave my son into God's hands, knowing he could take him. Well, God gave me a wonderful son for 26 years before taking him home. I thank God for allowing me have him and ask him daily to help me make it though the day without him. He truly is an Awesone God for he not only has helped me to survive, but to thrive as well in my depression and grief. I start grief counseling tomorrow, but know my best Counselor is God. My son, died of the flu in Feb. and Joshua was happy and constantly telling me he loved me. We did not know he was going to die, and both of us was at peace. That night after he passed, I found myself, trying to remember who was with us in the hospital, when I realized I was never alone, that God was with us helping to make our last days and memberble. I Praise the Lord for giving me my son and allowing me to keep him so long. At the hospital, I met grandparents of newborns, that had just one of the defects, that Joshua had, and waiting to hear about the other defects, than realized how lucky I was that he did survive and thrive for all that time. May God Bless all of you and I look forward to reading your discussions.

Permalink Reply by mary ann jacob on May 16, 2011 at 6:27pm

oh my,,im soo sorry for your loss....thats an amazing way that God has helped you dear lady! God is truly amazing and you will see your son someday on the other side!
you really touched my heart...

Permalink Reply by Blessed Diabetic on June 27, 2011 at 12:19pm

Thanks you Mstangs, you're too sweet :)

Permalink Reply by Rye on May 23, 2011 at 9:10pm

Since being diagnosed I have not always had insurance or income or even the right diagnoses. I went into the DKA , ICU for 3 days with kidneys shutting down. Came out with No complications. Without insurance I had to pay full price for insulin which was well over 400 a month but I have never missed insulin for the lack of payment even though I wasnt working. I have never missed a meal either. After 8 months of not seeing a doctor I finally got some blood work done and my A1c is at its lowest and everything else is in good condition....

Some days I feel low about different outcomes throughout my life but I make sure I let it be known it is not caused by lack of faith. I do my part making sure I eat healthy, etc but I do not worry about my diabetes at all because God handles the rest for me...

Permalink Reply by mary ann jacob on May 24, 2011 at 5:23am

AMEN! GOD IS GOOD!

Permalink Reply by Blessed Diabetic on June 27, 2011 at 12:22pm

Thank you for sharing your part in Jesus' story of amazing grace. I too have been without income or insurance and on state assistance (at this moment I'm disabled because of my Diabetes). I will begin pump therapy this week, we're praying I'll be working again in a year. As a huge leap of faith I've chosen to go back to school and pursue a degree in Culinary Arts. God is so good, I have to stop and cry tears of happiness at times. We truly are Blessed Diabetics.

Permalink Reply by Blessed Diabetic on June 27, 2011 at 12:19pm

Great Questions, thanks for asking. My amazing Father had provided a loving fiance, supportive parents, church group, ladies prayer team and financial assistance to begin pump therapy this week! Through all the crazy test and high and lows he reminds me that I'm completely dependent upon him and I see that he's giving me the gifts of suffering to also experience the gift of preserving in faith. There are days I can't get out of bed (due to swinging blood sugars), those days God's always near me and I just enjoy his company. Before my diabetes I'd have to say I wasn't this close to my Lord. So I truly am a Blessed Diabetic.

Permalink Reply by Walter "Tommy" Little on July 7, 2011 at 6:32am

I am not diabetic - although my wife is - but I do have a testimony of how God has care for me over the years because I was born with Hydrocephalus and, according to the doctors, shouldn't have lived more than two years. Well, in a few months I turn 48 and I know it's because of His providence and care!