Well its been two weeks on Induction now...Wow...Dont know realy where to start...Ok ...First need to thank everyone on these Forums...Was ready to guit several times I felt so bad...but would read the forums and everyone said it would get better..."THANK YOU ALL"

Over the past 3 months I had let myself go realy bad Diabetes was rampant..I kept lying to myself (or realy didnt care) saying a lttle of this and that wont hurt to bad...yea right...was maxed out on oral meds...Liver and Kidneys were failing...Body totaly out of wack...no energy...felt like I was dying..lots of pain in my joints...Doctor wanted to put me on Insulin...another med to help my Kidneys...and one more for nerve damage in my feet...Dang just say no to pills Iam so tired of taking pills!!!!!now needles too...NO WAY

Anyway back to induction....I think what made it so hard for me was my Blood sugar dropping so fast....I tried to regulate my Medication but evidently not fast enough..on day 3... I was ready to pack it in I hurt and felt so bad(Dont ever grunt in pain it doesnt do any good...if it doesnt kill you just might get better)...I felt so bad that day I didnt eat much(Bad...bad...bad)...I checked my blood sugar after eating a little bit..It was at42 so it probably had been in the 30's before I ate...no wonder I felt like I was dying I probably was close to being there or in a coma...almost called 911...Than said nope Dying aint no big deal living like this is....Didnt want this not to work so instead of eating something with sugar....forced myself to eat a big salad to bump carbs and sugar levels up some guit meds for the day....Days 4 thru 10...monitored my BS about 10 times a day kept adjusting them stayed on 20 carbs or less....still felt awfull....on about day 11 I had cut my medications about 75% and my BS had stabalized in a good range for me 90-110....with no big spikes after meals....Than on around day 14 a funny thing happened...a lot of little nagging pains and bad feelings were not there anymore....It is hard to explain....Body pains I have delt with most of my life by using the no grunt rule....But the feeling of general well being is back..the nausea and gut pain...indejestion....heart burn...just feeling crappy is gone too...heck they were ready to yank my Gall Bladder out not to long ago...All that for now is gone....

I still feel weak at times and my stamina is not great but I feel like the improvements I have felt in just two weeks its just a matter of time...The only real problem I have now is sever swelling of my feet and lower legs for some reason it is bad as I ever have had it...Hopefully if I stay the course It will get better too...Plus I have lost 29lbs....WOOOOHOOOO...lol
Cant wait for the day that I can take my Boys to a Braves game again and fit in the damn seat....lol
Thanks again folks....Big John(soon to be Little John)