I learned my lesson the hard way
@2ndchances24 (7489)
Cloverdale, Indiana
July 21, 2024 4:10am CST
I should have known better, but I had to know if I could do it or not
& let me tell you what, it was a lesson I'll never do EVER again.
I went without my insulin for a full week & O M G ! ! ! I won't do that
cause as time went on I kept getting weaker & sicker day by day &
I took my sugar test & it was OFF the charts "HI" so today I started
back up my insulin with the fast acting 1st to get it back down again.
Today, (Sunday) I'll be using Both the fast & slow acting insulin to
get it back in place again so I can get my strength back like I need
cause there for awhile around noon, I was so lifeless it wasn't funny.
ALL I wanted to do is SLEEP & I didn't feel like eating & just felt so
worn out even after not doing anything but just getting up in the morns
I promise you I have learned my lesson this time 4-REAL.
So all I can say is if you THINK you can do without your meds DON'T
do what I did & try it cause it can SURE make things a lot worse than
you think it can, So yeah this is going to be a life long lesson learned.
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@just4him (317038)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
22 Jul
@2ndchances24 I'm glad He was too.
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@2ndchances24 (7489)
• Cloverdale, Indiana
22 Jul
@just4him Now that I'm back on track with my
insulin, I still get whezzy through out the day
where I feel like a mummy walking around.
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@2ndchances24 (7489)
• Cloverdale, Indiana
22 Jul
I am too, you know there's times we have
to learn things the hard way & trust in God
to see you through it, & thank god he was there.
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@everwonderwhy (7132)
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22 Jul
I'm so sorry to hear about being unwell. I do hope you regain strength and be restored back to good health and healing.
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@everwonderwhy (7132)
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22 Jul
@2ndchances24 I agree. One step at a time to breaking through. ![](/Content/images/emotes/thumbup.gif)
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@2ndchances24 (7489)
• Cloverdale, Indiana
22 Jul
I do too but it looks like it's going to be a long road ahead
for me to get ALL my strength back like I USE to have but
after coming out of the hosp, I ended up with T-2 D & that's
the 1 battle I'm trying to work through 1 day at a time.
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@2ndchances24 (7489)
• Cloverdale, Indiana
22 Jul
@everwonderwhy yeah, it's that 1 day at a time that's
working me to the bone, but I WON'T GIVE UP ! ! !
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@sabtraversa (13822)
• Italy
21 Jul
I don't think of insulin as any other med, it's a hormone the body needs to handle blood sugar so it's definitely dangerous to skip doses unless you constantly check your blood sugar. You were lucky to catch the hyperglycemia on time because that can even lead to diabetic coma.
Hope you'll get better soon. ![](/Content/images/emotes/hugs.gif)
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@sabtraversa (13822)
• Italy
22 Jul
@2ndchances24 There might be ways to decrease your insulin intake but that would probably require special diet and exercise, and it'd help to ask a doctor or a specialist for a plan. But I guess you still need to carry insulin the way a person with allergies carries an epipen.
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@2ndchances24 (7489)
• Cloverdale, Indiana
22 Jul
Like I said I learned my lesson, & won't be doing that anymore
cause the feeling it gave me for NOT using it was AWEFUL ! ! !
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@2ndchances24 (7489)
• Cloverdale, Indiana
22 Jul
@sabtraversa That's what I'm thinking, that's why I need to get
the cabin done so I can get started on it as soon as I can, I have
everything I need on my desktop where till I get where I can get
it set back up I'm pretty well stuck in the trailer till then.![](/Content/images/emotes/sad.gif)
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@wolfgirl569 (102054)
• Marion, Ohio
21 Jul
Don't try that again. It can be very dangerous
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@2ndchances24 (7489)
• Cloverdale, Indiana
22 Jul
BELIEVE ME I "WONT" I learned my lesson from it &
I will NEVER ever do it EVER NEVER again I PROMISE.
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@2ndchances24 (7489)
• Cloverdale, Indiana
22 Jul
Yeah well I was just HOPING I could see me getting off the stuff
I don't want to be stuck with it for life, but I guess I will.
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@RevivedWarrior (1115)
• India
21 Jul
That was a very dangerous thing to do. In fact, it could have been fatal . Medicines are not something we can afford to miss or play with , especially when we have a problem. Again, we should be healthy and work towards same. Rest of things including finance can then be put to place. So, please do take care of your health. Please do have your insulin and medicines. Follow the diet plan and exercise as that is the only way to beat diabetics.
@2ndchances24 (7489)
• Cloverdale, Indiana
22 Jul
Yeah I know, I should have known better, but I wanted to see if I could
do with out it & I found out that I will have to be on this for life it seems. ![](/Content/images/emotes/sad.gif)
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@popciclecold (37904)
• United States
21 Jul
I don't know why you did that, but am glad you won't do it again. You said it lesson learned. I hope you start feeling your old self speedily.
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@2ndchances24 (7489)
• Cloverdale, Indiana
22 Jul
I just got tired of having to be on the insulin & was
HOPING after a yr of it I would be able to get off it
BUT it looks like this is going to be a life long thing.
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@popciclecold (37904)
• United States
22 Jul
@2ndchances24 I am glad you have realized that.
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@2ndchances24 (7489)
• Cloverdale, Indiana
22 Jul
@popciclecold I'm not happy about it that's for sure
but when I get back in the cabin I'm going to do
EVERYTHING in my power to work myself off it.
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@jstory07 (137353)
• Roseburg, Oregon
25 Jul
@2ndchances24 I am glad you feel a lot better.
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@2ndchances24 (7489)
• Cloverdale, Indiana
25 Jul
@jstory07 I am too cause there for a while I sure wasn't
liking the way I was feeling to go back to the hosp.
@2ndchances24 (7489)
• Cloverdale, Indiana
24 Jul
LORD howdie, so am I cause after I got back on my insulin
I started feeling a lot better so THAT tells me what I needed
to know, & it sucks but it is what it is.
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