Northerner
Admin (Retired)
- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 1
Mike Wood was a 32-year-old career Army man when he was diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes 14 years ago.
He was at the top of his game physically, but something wasn't right.
"My eyesight got really bad, really fast," Wood said. "In a matter of a day or so, my prescription glasses couldn't do the job."
Wood also had begun to urinate frequently, and his thirst was unquenchable.
"It was textbook," he said. "I did some Internet research and basically diagnosed myself."
When he went to the doctor, his blood sugar was 250 ? 150 points above average.
That diagnoses changed Wood's life for better and worse.
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He was at the top of his game physically, but something wasn't right.
"My eyesight got really bad, really fast," Wood said. "In a matter of a day or so, my prescription glasses couldn't do the job."
Wood also had begun to urinate frequently, and his thirst was unquenchable.
"It was textbook," he said. "I did some Internet research and basically diagnosed myself."
When he went to the doctor, his blood sugar was 250 ? 150 points above average.
That diagnoses changed Wood's life for better and worse.
http://www.fosters.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20130506/GJLIFESTYLES/130509797/-1/SANNEWS