How to Handle Diabetes Symptoms of the Hilarious "Catch-22" Type Without Hurting Yourself
How well do you know diabetes symptoms? Well, if you know what it feels like to be hungry while at the same time having to be very concerned about what your glucose meter will say to you 2, 3, and even 4 hours after you have eaten, then you most likely have diabetes.
Life is not fair. Why do people who overeat have to wait for months before their bathroom scales become their personal tattletale, while diabetics get virtually no time to glory about their carbohydrate consumption?
My diabetes symptoms included hyperglycemic attacks, for example after I ate an orange. Don't you know what I'm talking about? Well, how about this?
Another catch-22 symptom of diabetes; just like it happened to me some time ago. Imagine that it's 2:00 A.M. and you really want to sleep, but you have to go to the bathroom to flush more urea down the drain. This is the 3rd trip you are making since you tried to get the elusive "good night's sleep" you've been chasing since your head first hit the pillow less than 3 hours ago.
It's frustrating, because you know it's not your mate's snoring that is keeping you awake. But at least you do have some nerve fibers that are still working - they got you up just in time to make the 5-yard dash to the receptacle. And hurry you must. You don't want to leave a slippery trail of incontinence along the way to the toilet.
Now, usually when this after-midnight trauma happens it stems from my "reaction" to the ordeal experienced the night before. You see, diabetes symptoms seem to come in pairs - there is lack of metabolic balance. If you are not awakened by the strong urge to urinate, then it will be by the experience of seemingly unquenchable thirst. I know. It happened to me before I got my glucose under control. One night I was plagued by such thirst, the next night I tried to prevent it's re-occurrence by drinking enough water before going to bed, only to be haunted by frequent urination. It's catch-22 drama.
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Interesting symptoms and interesting nights
For quite a few months, I happened to learn firsthand that diabetics can have some really interesting nights. Apart from the insomnia that haunts us for various reasons such as frequent urination and severe thirst, the forced wakefulness can play other dirty games as well. Oh, don't even think about making intimacy during the nocturnal time-outs forced upon you. All the books I have read say those diabetic moments of intimacy are very, very fleeting at best. And I suppose if you are left diabetically frustrated and your spouse non-diabetically unfulfilled even your days could become as dark as nights after a while. Such are the symptoms of diabetes, catch-22 style.
Noticed Your Diabetes Symptoms...
They seem to come in "pairs" or opposites; as there is a lack of metabolic balance. For example, it's somewhat funny to experience severe thirst and frequent urination simultaneously?
I am reminiscing now. My mind was thrown back a couple years this afternoon as I prepared an orange for digestion. A few years ago that was me, until I found something called Milagro de la Selva - a diabetic herbal supplement that started my "come back" journey. Back then, I could not eat a large juicy orange without "paying" twice for it, even while I was taking diabetic medication.
Handling the signs of diabetes safely
Today, there still is no single health supplement or diabetes supplement, used by itself, that will allow one to control the catch-22 diabetes symptoms or lower blood sugar levels. Neither is there any synthetic drug that cures the disease. However, regardless of how you take back control of your life, the important thing is to have normal blood glucose levels. When you can eat an orange and not have a spike in bgl while not on medication or insulin, then that is control without side effects.
Most diabetics will usually forget the hilarious symptoms of diabetes very soon after their first visit to the doctor. They will still have these hidden "signs" masked or covered up by Metformin, Actos, Amaryl, and insulin in various forms. Catch-22 again. You still have it but you can't see it. That is control at great cost - control with potentially serious side effects.
The alternative may be "bad" for the economy, but much better for your health. It's not as easy either, but it's sweet and very rewarding! Like having my A1c holding at 5.3% for over a year without medication. The anti-diabetes diet and lifestyle principles help us avoid those "hilarious" diabetes symptoms for just the price of a "cup of milagro tea" per day and a few new habits.
NOTICE: The information on this site is presented for educational purposes only. These statements are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease AND should not be substituted for the advice of your physician. The views and statements expressed here are the opinions and experiences of the author and should not be considered scientific conclusions.
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