As most of my regular readers already know (all 3 or 4 of them), I’m not exactly what you might call a big guy. I’m more like that guy that has to run around in the shower to get wet. I’m actually more like the guy who has to run around outside in the sun in order to get a tan but you get the idea. So when I was diagnosed with diabetes 2-1/2 years ago it came as a bit of a surprise. As time went on this diagnosis became outright irritating as my blood sugar levels absolutely refused to stay put and were constantly on the increase.
To make a long story very short, both my wife and I eventually figured out what was wrong. And what was wrong was chronic pain.
During my “diabetes training” one of the things they had mentioned was that chronic pain was a factor in raising one’s blood sugar levels and since I was in quite a lot of pain at the time it made a lot of sense that this might be causing the problem. This theory of ours proved itself out since as this chronic pain became exponentially worse as the months rolled by, my diabetes went right along for the ride.
Oh yeah…I was keeping this short wasn’t I?
Fast forward to today and I’m two months past having surgery that decreased this chronic pain down to a much more manageable level. So much so that I’ve been experiencing low blood sugar attacks sometimes twice daily depending on how much physical activity I’ve managed to put myself through (family trait there). I’m not quite at the point where I can stop taking my diabetes medication altogether but that time is getting close.
But I still have to combat these low blood sugar attacks when I feel one coming on and you know what that means don’t you?
[Insert: Sound of angels singing]