how does diabetes affect your daily life?
Honestly, not as much as I feared when I first received the diagnosis. To be fair, my A1C is not very high and I am able to manage it without insulin injections. I imagine if I had higher glucose, I would be experiencing much more severe symptoms.
Obviously one of the biggest changes is how I eat. I still enjoy sweets and carbs, but I have to enjoy them in smaller servings and I try to avoid them at night as best I can (cause fun fact, your glucose goes up when you sleep). I only have a few annoyances. Firstly, dry skin and frequently needing to pee, which go hand in hand. When you blood glucose is high, your body tries to flush some of it out, which means you pee more and constantly feel dehydrated. When I'm managing my diet well, these issues aren't quite so bad.
Perhaps most frustrating as a gainer is that high glucose can make you lose weight - which was the symptom that prompted me to get checked out. Since developing diabetes, my gains have been a slow climb. But we're getting there! I'm officially back up to 246, and while I'm still shy of my heaviest, my belly is definitely at its biggest 💙
