Cold, Water and Sugar
For the last few days, I've felt like I've been freezing. The weather's been cool, but not enough to explain my symptoms. Delia says she's heard there's a flu going around with the symptoms of chills. I had my flu shot, but this one might have slipped past it. Anyway, I've been turning the heat on and wearing extra clothing ... and I still felt cold.
I've also been retaining water. My weight is up slightly as a result. My blood sugar has been up, too, but for a much longer period. I've had to increase my dosage of Lantus (insulin) and the amount of exercise I do, and I was still getting high readings in the mornings when I measured my fasting blood sugar levels.
We decided to spend Thursday at the Zoo. Well, after Delia's appointment with radiology for her mammogram. Then Cathy had to pick up her car from the shop in El Cajon, never a rapid process and the results weren't completely satisfactory, which slowed our departure even more. It was early afternoon when we got to the Zoo.
Delia and I get into the Zoo free with our membership. We had four certificates, one to get Cathy in free and one for each of us to ride the bus. The bus is an all day event: first you take the tour, then you can hop the express bus at any time the rest of the day to get places fast. Between the bus, the motorized speed ramps and the skyway, you can cover a good part of the zoo in a day. We still did a good bit of walking, uncomfortable for me after the opening of the abscess under the nail of my left big toe.
Then we went out for dinner. I washed down a decent sirloin with a pair of 22 ounce beers. For a while I felt warm again. Then my body started dumping water. The cold settled in after a few hours, though.
Yesterday I was still cold and my sugar was still high but I continued dumping water all day. This morning I didn't feel quite so cold and my blood sugar was 86, very low. I felt a bit tired but nothing worse.
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I'm almost 50 now...and my doctor recommended to me a few years back that he was reconsidering the use of flu jabs for younger people. I was always wary of them, because my sister - back in the UK - once told me that she took one, and it made her feel ill for years afterwards. What is your considered opinion for a 48-year-old man, who health is not that great - do you think that it might make a positive difference to my resistance against illness?
Diabetes sucks.
So, did you ever figure out what was causing the chills and water retention?
The day at the zoo sounds like lots of fun.
I am happy that your blood sugar is down and the chills are better. We have chills too - but our weather explains that!
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