garyhlucas
Stainless
- Joined
- Oct 17, 2013
- Location
- New Jersey
I had a regular visit to my oncologist because I had prostate cancer. This visit I casually mention some different symptoms and he says “You’ve lost 10 lbs since your last visit. You might be diabetic!” Nurse checks my blood sugar 460! He tells me I need to see an endocrinolgist right away. I can’t get an appointment for a month. He says I can’t wait that long and he gets me an appoinment in 2 days.
Little bit of insulin and diet change, lost another 11 pounds and I am now 162 lbs, eI have it under control, staying in the 80 to 130 range.
So this is where my morning visit to the Wawa food store gets interesting. I see this guy every day. He buys a 24 oz coffee and Dumps sugar in from a canister, maybe a quarter of it! Then he adds a huge amount of French Vanilla flavoring which is almost pure sugar. Finally he tastes it and shakes a whole bunch more sugar in!!!
So would I be out of line speaking to him about diabetes and offering to test his blood sugar with the meter I have in my pocket? Because it may just save his life.
Little bit of insulin and diet change, lost another 11 pounds and I am now 162 lbs, eI have it under control, staying in the 80 to 130 range.
So this is where my morning visit to the Wawa food store gets interesting. I see this guy every day. He buys a 24 oz coffee and Dumps sugar in from a canister, maybe a quarter of it! Then he adds a huge amount of French Vanilla flavoring which is almost pure sugar. Finally he tastes it and shakes a whole bunch more sugar in!!!
So would I be out of line speaking to him about diabetes and offering to test his blood sugar with the meter I have in my pocket? Because it may just save his life.