Just last week I had been diagnosed by my doctor to have Type-2 Diabetes. Since my oral glucose tolerance test on the first weekend of April, I had a slight inkling that my doctor was going to say that.  I really was not watching my diet and my weight considering that my mom’s side has a history of Diabetes.  So it’s partly my fault.  I should’ve been like my two sisters, they’re not, and never had been, on the chubby side.  I guess, being the first-born child, I get all the “bad genes” - the fats, the diseases, all of it, I caught with a huge pail in front of me. Ha Ha Ha.

So when my doctor’s nurse left a message on our answering machine telling me to pick up the new prescriptions my doctor wrote for me, I half-knew it was for diabetes. I called her back and ask if I can get an appointmet with Dr. Alegado so that I can discuss this with him.  So last Wednesday, in his office, he finally told me. The results of my Oral Glucose Tolerance Test showed that my sugar level is on the borderline - like really, really, reallyyyyyyyy right there on the border (126 mg/dl).  Its like one foot in and the other foot out. But since one’s in, I might as well be considered inside.  (’Makes sense?)

My doctor hasn’t put up on the home test kit - yet. He’s giving me 3 months on my new meds (Avandamet) and then I’d have to go for another set of blood tests.  And I have to make sure the numbers turn out good.  So for the meantime, I’m staying away from the carbs - just vegetables and fruits and not a lot of bread, no white sugar and no rice. (Gosh, can you imagine an asian woman not eating white rice ever? Pure hell!)

And I’ve started exercising also. I even bought Leslie Sansone’s Walk Slim 4 Fast Miles and George Foreman’s Walk and Box.  It seems to be working, I have to say.  I’ve only been doing this for 5 days (the revised diet plan for 5 days and the exercise for 4) and I’ve lost 2 lbs already!  So I guess, if you set your mind to it, you’d be able to accomplish your goal. And for me, not doing the daily blood testing is my goal.  I want to be healthy to live longer and I know that Diabetes can be a bad disease if you let it.

So wish my luck. It’s going to be a battle but I’m ready. I’ll be posting my developments here. That way I’d be able to monitor my activities. I’m still lazy to jot down everything I eat so I won’t do that until I need to be on the daily blood test. And hopefully I don’t have to do that either.