Well, yesterday was 4/20, and the only thing 420 about me was my blood sugar. OK, it wasn't 420, but it was between 200 and 280. I've never been good at blogging regularly, as the spotty nature of this blog will show, but this year I've had issues with focus, and extreme fatigue, and now I know why.
When I was diagnosed diabetic, my doctor basically said "Well, you're diabetic. Avoid carbs." That was it. No diabetes education, no instructions on how to take my glucose, no instructions TO take my glucose. Nothing. So I did what I was told, watched my carbs, took my Metformin, and took my Ozympic. Eventually, we got my A1c down from the initial 13 (!!!) to 7.2, almost where we wanted it. But by this point I was really frustrated. For my A1c to be 13, I would have had to have been diabetic for a while. I had mentioned things to my doc that in hindsight, now that I know my condition, should have been big red flags. My office mate and co-author Bobby even called it because of all the tea and water I drank while we were in office. So, I changed doctors, and got a CGM (constant glucose monitor) and learned about my condition.
The CGM was wildly inaccurate for me. But we got my A1c down to 5.5 and later 6.5, and it seemed my diabetes was well-controlled. Due to my frustration with my inaccurate CGM, I did something stupid and stopped taking my glucose. I figured with my A1c between 5.5 and 6.5, I was in the zone. Well, I didn't account for the effect of getting off my weekly Ozympic shot. Then I got so involved with taking care of all those things in life we take care of, I missed a 3-month checkup. I started to feel really tired, all the time. I lost my ability to focus, I could barely complete my work, barely work on my game design, barely get all those parent and adult things done that were necessary to keep the household running. It got so bad I couldn't make it through a day without taking a nap, or at the very least nodding off here at my desk.
My A1c had jumped back to the double-digits. It's no wonder I had no focus, no energy. So my new doc, wonderful as she is, prescribed me a new CGM, one that we have verified against finger sticks and put me back on Ozympic. I got a CT scan to make sure my high triglycerides and blood sugar haven't messed with my heart. I'm back on a strict diet, not that I was eating tons of carbs before, and drinking water and decaf tea. The thing that has been frustrating, is that my first time around I wasn't taking my glucose, so I had no idea it would take weeks to get my blood sugar back under control. I kinda thought a couple of days of water and salads and my glucose would be back in the pocket. Naïve, I know, but...
Anyway, that's where I've been. But I'm really missing being involved in games and gaming. I'm going see if I can't crank out an article or two to get back into the groove.
