Tuesday, February 19, 2008

holy crap I have been busy

....ok.. so I have a house now.

I think I figured out my sickly problem.
I appear to be allergic to sucralose and aspertame.
Great seeing as I am type 2 diabetic.

but it fits the timeline.
it started before I got diabetic.
I was having crystal lite drinks all the time. (mini mixes for bottles aspertame)
and after a few months of that I started getting occasional diarea.
Then after finding out I was diabetic, I started drinking all diet stuff. getting lots and lots of aspertame and succralose. my diarrea went outta control. dehydrated a few times, once even went to the hospital and put on a drip. sugars finally got down to normal, played with my pills alot. some of the pills were making my diarrea even worse. (my guess is that they had a sugar alternative in the pill or some odd reaction)

So I have avoided artificial sugars like the plague.
my sugars are much better now. still a tiny bit high and if I don't watch what I eat I can get a little high (9 or 10) but for the most part I hover around 5-7 after I eat. which is good.
and I am not taking any pills at all at the moment.. but I will keep an eye on it. I had it go up a bit high a week or so ago. (11) but its good again now.

So whats a guy to do. I have to talk to my doc about this. what really really sucks is the only thing I can drink is water. for the most part. pop and other drinks are crazy sugar, and everything else.. artificial sweetener. so.. this sucks.. but works. I occasionally have a flavoured drink.. most likely a juice. I can't even have any gum.. because it instantly makes my gut jump funny (try to find a gum with sugar in it.. likely just bazooka joe)

another thing that added to my artificial sweetener overdose.

Well we will see what the future holds.

as for the house

ITS AWSOME!!! except for the leaks, but we think we fixed those.