Type 2 Diabetes new insight

I found this article on the ADA (American Diabetes Association) website and I found it interesting and there is a story to go with it. I am quoting here,

“Scientists have studied the effects of stress on glucose levels in animals and people. Diabetic mice under physical or mental stress have elevated glucose levels. The effects in people with type 1 diabetes are more mixed. While most people’s glucose levels go up with mental stress, others’ glucose levels can go down. In people with type 2 diabetes, mental stress often raises blood glucose levels. Physical stress, such as illness or injury, causes higher blood glucose levels in people with either type of diabetes.”

Type 2 Diabetes and My stress story

As I pointed out in an earlier post, I have been fighting with just the thought of having type 2 diabetes for many years now and how serious I am about controlling my diabetes after I actually developed it and how I am listening to my doctor and taking my medications as prescribed and watching what I eat. Last month I dutifully began monitoring my glucose levels three times a day and logging everything that might be a factor when I would record an unusually high glucose reading (i.e. glucose level 384 mg/dl — three Krispy Kremes for lunch). Well, I’ve really gotten more serious than that.

Refill my supplies please

I was reassured that when the time came to get a refill of my glucose testing supplies (lancet and test strips) all I had to do was make a phone call and my refill would be shipped to me the next day. So at the end of December I called and the order was confirmed and would be shipped the first business day of the New Year. This is good since I’m leaving for Bangladesh second week of January. Time passes. It is not showing up. So I call back and inquire per the reorder instructions I received. I am informed my prescription has expired and the doctor had been sent a request for a new prescription. Call the doctor’s office; they don’t know why the prescription expired. My doctor is busy and cannot come the phone so they will relay the message and he will return my call. I’m not hearing from anyone; not nobody not no how. So there I sat, in limbo. I’m leaving in a few days!!! Stress levels very high and no way to determine what it might be doing to my sugar since I can’t test it! Maybe it’s time for an Anger Management session.

Here’s another article from the ADA on Stress and Diabetes

Grampa