markschum opened this issue on Jul 09, 2011 · 47 posts
Sarissi posted Thu, 14 July 2011 at 5:04 PM
Quote - I'm not sure even that much would encourage me to recreate another for us.
I was diagnosed with diabetes severely last year, and almost died in the hosptital. (Some of you might recall me mentioning it.)
In a VERY odd stroke of luck, a combination of severe diet and timing rebooted my system apparantly, and I no longer need to take any medication, and all symptoms are virtially gone! VERY bizarre, and the entire thing has made no sense to any of my Drs at all. By all counts, I shoulda had massive organ failure last year. (They finally clocked me at 1628 glucose, 3 times what normally puts people in comas.)
The only exception, is my vsion has been screwed up. It changes over the course of the day, so one pair of glasses can't really hack that, so I ended up using 2 sets of magnification glasses for 1 foot or less, and another pair for 3 foot away or so.
I wasn't even sure if I could do work like this anymore, so its kind of a personal achievement for me.
Thanks for the kind praise though, guys! Makes me proud.
Sounds like you were flirting with Diabetic Ketoacidosis. When I was diagnosed, my blood glucose was over 700, and I was in for a major myocardial infarction, which resulted in 6 way bypass. Oddly I never lost consciousness in either case. What very nearly ended this life, was aggressive anal cancer
For glasses, may I suggest those multifocal blended lenses? I will be getting those at the end of August. Without Transitions, they run around $200/pair for the lenses.