For weeks, I've not felt right in myself.
Apart from the 'shituation', now resolved.. I have been experiencing overwhelming tiredness, I've been getting the shakes and feeling light headed.
I really was a bit worried, wondering what the hell was going on.
When I was walking in town on Friday, for some reason the damn PENNY DROPPED!
I don't know why it hadn't occurred to me much sooner.
LOW BLOOD SUGARS.
DERRRRRRR.
I am not eating enough. Certainly not enough carbohydrates to keep my blood sugars up.
I mean, how stupid can I be not to work that one out sooner?
Taking Trulicity not only acts as an appetite suppressant, but it's also a true Diabetes medication, just like Metformin and all the others you can be on. It has been working to lower my blood sugar levels. Meanwhile, I'm starving my body of fuel, carbs in particular.
So yeah, I feel like a right twat/idiot.
So now I am working on adding in a bit more carbs to me daily meal, and having a couple of snacks of fruit morning and evening as well. That should work.
Stew reckons I should have a piece of toast at breakfast time, so maybe I'll do that, and have a slightly smaller midday meal. It's certainly a balancing act, even for a Type 2 Diabetic.
Today it is the FBG's End Of Year Celebration over in Cambridge. While I've not been an active member this year (way too much going on), I am going. I love catching up with everyone. That will be mid morning till mid afternoon... so I'll catch ya later.
My son takes Monjuaro for his diabetes (which is similar to Trulicity) and, unbeknownst to us, one of the "possible" side effects (meaning they may be avoiding publishing the data to save lawsuits) is diabetic retinopathy. He was just diagnosed with this and now has to take injections in his eye that's most affected for several months. The other eye is showing signs as well. Just wanted to pass this along in case you haven't had your eyes checked and you get vision changes as well.
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