Re: [VFB] Something bad but good, but weird- what else from Dr. D?

[Bob Hendry]

Hi Don, I was diagnosed with Type II diabetes in 1989 - 3 years after retiring from the Army.  And I hear you loud and clear.  And most assuredly, life goes on; it certainly can be dealt with.  Diet, exercise (and I don't mean running marathons) and medication can keep your blood sugars under control.  You should start walking around the block, or in your case, cross-country skiing.  Watch your carbohydrates, and test your blood at least twice a day - or whatever your Doc prescribes. As for vision, I found a place online that sells clear bi-focals with no prescription up top and magnifiers in the bottom,  Can't remember where, but you can Google it. Best of luck to you, and stay healthy! Cheers, Bob Hendry On 10/10/2013 2:09 PM, Don Ordes wrote: I'm not normally one to post every medical situation here, but this one is sorta' tying related. About 5 weeks ago I started feeling pretty down- not sick, but just really dragging, like the energy button was set on 2 out of 10. Went on a 3-week trip and developed the tell-tale symptoms of sugar diabetes. Was not a good trip, as all I did was drink everything in sight and then pee it out. I lost close to 30 pounds of water-weight and I'm told muscle weight also. And Cheryl had to do the bigger share of driving, as my eyes had gotten blurry. Any of you with diabetes know the score, and those who support/know them know it 2nd hand. I was in acidosis big time. So I get back, order a blood test, and set up an appointment with my doc. He moved my appointment to the next day when he got the results, and then threw my butt in the hospital. My blood sugar on the test was over 400, and when they checked me in, it was over 700. I felt 'OK', and was cutting up with everyone in the ER check-in, being such a sweet guy and all. Got a room on the heart floor because of my a-fib (for monitoring), and they re-hydrated me and started me on insulin to bring the sugars down. I responded immediately and the sugars came down into the high 100's in two days and they kicked me out. My sugars now hover around 100, and have been like that for 2 weeks now- very stable. I had adverse reactions to Metforin (sp?), so the doc took me off of that. Had an ultra-sound done of my heart and all A-OK there. Now for the part about fly tying. The doc said it could take months for my eye blurriness to clear up, and then my vision might not equal what I had. Ha.!  I pulled a fast one on them. My vision cleared up while I was still in the hospital, and I noticed I was having trouble seeing with my glasses. After I got home my eyes totally corrected and I mean actually reversed themselves. For the 1st time since I was 12 I don't need and can see fine without glasses. With my glasses it's like opening my eyes underwater. So now, without glasses, I can see a size 22 dry fly float by. Who-hooo! It's not 20-20, but I've never had that- even with glasses. Bought me some cool shades for the 1st time, too. Wait...that's not fly tying. This is fly tying related. I used to amaze everyone that I could tie a #32 Mustad royal coachman with the naked eye. Well, no more. Closer than 16", any fly gets blurry, so I need reading glasses for the 1st time in my life. I don't like the shape-shifting as I look around for stuff, so I may go to a magnifier. With reading glasses, I can still see just enough to tie a #32, but nothing like the macro-vision I had before. For fishing outlook, I put much of the water-weight back on, but have lost 20 pounds now based on diet and exercise. I'm walking on the treadmill every day and have actually started jogging on it, which I haven't been able to do for years due to back problems, perif. neurop., and TGN.  Now with the back and TGN fixed, and fibromyalgia in recession, it's possible, but not comfortable, to jog for a few minutes at a time to really get my heart rate up during a 20 min. work-out.  So I'm looking to wading with more confidence with better lateral stability. So, now that everything's working good, we're having early snow storms that are making national news for damage, and I'm right there with tons of tree damage and consequences. So, no fishing until spring, probably. Dreams of Tight Lines, DonO -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" group.   To post to this group, send email to vfb-mail@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to vfb-mail-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vfb-mail?hl=en   VFB Mail is sponsored by Line's End Inc at http://www.linesend.com --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VFB Mail" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to vfb-mail+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.