Diabetic ka ba?

Parang nagugulat pa sila kapag magtanong kung diabetic na ako.

Nope, hindi naman ako na-offend pero by this time, alam na nila siguro na ang mga overweight na tulad ko ay high risk for diabetes.

"Mahilig ka siguro sa mga chocolates and desserts." Ayan, ang isa sa maling assumptions. 

"Ang taba-taba mo kasi eh." Duh! Si Gary V, payat at super active pero diabetic. Ang dami ko rin na kakilala na diabetic o pre-diabetic pero mga payat talaga. 

Alam ko hindi ako diabetic noon. Pero a year after ko magsimula sa BPO at graveyard shift ako, nagkaroon kami ng APE at doon na-detect na pre-diabetic ako. Pero nung nag-medical exam ako for employment purposes ay clear ako ah. 

Sintomas ng Diabetes

Ano ang mga sintomas na posibleng may diabetes ka o papunta ka na doon (yung tipong isang hakbang na lang, diabetic ka na rin.)? Ito yung mga madaling makita o maramdaman mo sa iyong sarili o sa tao sa paligid mo. 

• Palaging uhaw sa tubig, ah hindi sa pagmamahal niya. Ibang usapan na yun. 
• Ihi ka nang ihi. Expected naman kasi inom ka nang inom dahil uhaw ka palagi kaya ihi ka nang ihi. 
• Palaging gutom. As in kakakain mo pa lang, gutom ka na naman. 
• Hindi mapaliwanag na pagpayat. Hindi ka naman diet, malakas ka naman kumain, pero bakit ka pumapayat. 
• Feeling laging pagod. Nakaupo ka lang naman maghapon pero parang hapong-hapo ka. 
• Iritable. Para kang inis sa lahat kahit walang dahilan. Bukod sa wala kang pera ah. 
• Paglalabo ng paningin
• Mga sugat  (lalo na sa loob ng bibig at mga paa) na hindi gumagaling 
• Impeksyon na nararamdaman sa balat, sa gilagid, sa ari. Usually, sa mga babae pangangati ng labas ng ating pagkababae o ari. Kapag mataas ang ating blood sugar, expected na makati ang ating outer pechay. 

Sa mga senyales na ito, isa lang ang naramdaman ko noon, yung panlalabo ng mata. Akala ko normal lang kasi nagsusuot na ako noon ng prescriptive eyeglasses. Akala ko tumaas lang ang grado ko. Pero iba na pala yun. 

Bukod pa sa nakikita at nararamdaman, may mga sensyales na malalaman lang kapag nagpa-laboratory ng dugo at ng ihi. 

Merry Christmas from the hypertensive and diabetic me!

Merry Christmas to all of you.

Unlike in the past years, I am celebrating my Christmas differently this year. When I got the results of my annual physical examination which was held last September, I was really surprised to see the results. Well, I was expecting that it will show I am obese and some possible diseases that I have due to my weight. 

My results woke me up. I am Class III obese - the highest level or the morbidly obesity type. I am also hypertensive and already diabetic with sugar as high as 9 when the normal ranges 3-5 in the scale. 

It was suggested that I visit an ophthalmologist since there was an error in refraction. I also needed to see an internal medicine doctor or an endocrinologist for further works. I was also suggested to do a not less than 150-minute moderate activity every week. 

I was bit depressed looking back  between September and December when I underwent the APE and the time that I learned the results. I almost killed myself then if I did not change the way I was eating and if I did not take my 15-minute walk during lunchtime. I wonder if I could still be tying here right at this moment. 

But God did not need me yet to join him so I am here. So when I got the results, within that week, I seek an ophthalmologist  and internal medicine doctor specializing in hypertensive in Manila Adventist Hospital. They were both surprised with my APE results. My error in refraction was brought about by my high sugar. And would you believe, my BP then went as high as 160-90 which is too abnormal for the usual-low-BP me. 

So I was given two kinds of medicine - one for my BP and other one for my diabetes. I need to control both and asked to come back after two weeks for another lab results. My next blood works and check up would be a three days after New Year's celebration. Oh my let us see then.