On Monday I had my first appointment with an endocrinologist since becoming a born again diabetic last year. I would have gone sooner, but for some reason they only want to be in the second largest county in the state…
Confessions of a Born Again Diabetic
The secret life of a once-again diabetic adjusting to a failed pancreas transplant
Monthly Archives: August 2013
Blame It On A Perfect Day
I forgot my shot that I’m supposed to take with lunch. Even after 15 months of being back at this routine, sometimes it still slips my mind. It isn’t often, but ithappens. I had a very good 90-minute workout at…
I was a Type I from the age of 12 until I had a pancreas transplant when I was 33. It came with a new kidney. Diabetes took a toll on me. Being diagnosed at that age, I wasn’t always a model patient. It caused me to have kidney failure, lose part of my vision and parts of my feet are numb.
I loved being a “former diabetic” after the transplant. Or is the proper term “ex-diabetic”? It doesn’t matter. I felt the way a parolee from prison must feel. No more shots. No more blood tests. No more diet. No more strict sschedules. Well, I had to start taking anti-rejection meds—lots of ‘em—twice a day. Compared to the life I lived before, that was nothing.
After 14 years the pancreas stopped working, which means I'm back to being a Type 1 diabetic. This blog is about what it's like to go back to that world.
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