Do You Have the Bad Kind of Diabetes and Arthritis?
I hate the question. It comes to me in different forms these days, and I bristle each time I hear it. The question refers to what kind of arthritis or diabetes I have. Do I have the bad kind? Well, do you know a good kind of diabetes or arthritis to have?
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I think people think of bad arthritis and diabetes as Rheumatoid and Insulin Dependent. So, Rick, you’ve won the jackpot twice! I have early good (osteo) arthritis but I hope to dodge (good!) type two diabetes.
Katharine, you know in the world of diabetes sometimes T1 are considered the more difficult disease to manage. I disagree completely. I manage diabetes with insulin.. I go high I use insulin, I go low I have carbohydrate it is a fairly straight forward proposition. People with non insulin dependent type 2 do not have this luxury. I admire those who do it swell. So after living with diabetes for 46 years, I think the bad kind has been wrongly defined.
Rick, I only have to balance and manage one – RA. That’s quite enough, so I give you credit for managing all you have – I didn’t’ realize you have RA AND AS. Ugh.
Dealing with my husband’s chronic heart failure sounds more like your situation where he will wake up and have NO idea why he feels so lousy and is so bloated. It doesn’t seem to make sense. Yes, we have to have grace. Thank you for that tidbit. I will keep that word in front of my mind as we persevere.
Be well
Thank you for the kind words. It is difficult to balance all three of these, but I tell my doctors I want five before I pass form this earth (hey a man needs a goal). Since having diabetes and thyroid issues go hand in hand it is easy for a doctor to give me that one. So in reality I am looking for number 4. It is a good joke that my doctors always laugh at and say I have enough. I know I do have enough and no I do not really want 5, but it helps me have laugh. Sheryl says i need new material.:)
Thank you so much commenting and reading my blog.
I have Type 2 diabetes but just recently since I have been seeing a real diabetes dr., endocrinologist, I went from an A1c of 17 to 5.3. I took myself off Metformin and Lantus to see what would happen. Well I found out. I thought my primary care dr. was going to have a cow. She decided then and there I needed to start seeing an endocrinologist. New dr. set me straight. I had to have cataract surgery on both eyes. Also Lantus went up to 70 units. But now only 25 units. But now so much better.
With WW, I’ve lost 30# in 7 months. Exercise everyday with Leslie Sansone and Jenny McClendon on YouTube. Up to walking 3 miles everyday.
Yawl have a wonderful week.
I have always thought that having T2 diabetes is far more difficult than T1. When my blood sugar goes high, short acting insulin. When a person with T2 has high blood sugar they must must use less proactive tools. I believe on the whole however there is no good diabetes. I think that point is often missed by those who do not have diabetes.
Thank you so much for the visit to my little web site and if you are interested here are two web sites you might find interesting. The first is a type 2 only site: Type2Diabetes.com and Beyond Type 2
I wish you good fortunate in your journey and congratulations on how far you have come.
rick phillips