Northerner
Admin (Retired)
- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 1
Growing up, Timothy Gee was always on the heavier side. By the time he reached junior high, he was diagnosed with Type-2 diabetes, a condition that even with treatment still affected his eyesight. By college, he tipped the scales at his peak weight of 310 pounds. While he didn?t necessarily embrace the lifestyle, it was the only one he knew and he lived it to its fullest.
Unfortunately, that meant at one point his daily medication regimen included ?36 units of insulin, four additional diabetes medications, a pill for [his] kidneys, two blood pressure medications, and cholesterol pills.? Then, one day he noticed something completely different that would inevitably add to his laundry list of ailments and medications. Gee says his left leg began bothering him ?off and on and was always swelled up below the knee? adding that when he applied pressure to any spot on the leg it would leave a long-lasting imprint as if ?it was like a memory-foam cushion.? Sensing this was something significant, he went to the doctor who told him it was stasis, a circulatory condition that, with a little research, he soon discovered could have very serious consequences. Gee?s research uncovered a sobering fact: He was on a path to potentially losing his leg.
http://www.mensfitness.com/training/success-stories/success-story-diabetes-and-medication-free-at-43
Unfortunately, that meant at one point his daily medication regimen included ?36 units of insulin, four additional diabetes medications, a pill for [his] kidneys, two blood pressure medications, and cholesterol pills.? Then, one day he noticed something completely different that would inevitably add to his laundry list of ailments and medications. Gee says his left leg began bothering him ?off and on and was always swelled up below the knee? adding that when he applied pressure to any spot on the leg it would leave a long-lasting imprint as if ?it was like a memory-foam cushion.? Sensing this was something significant, he went to the doctor who told him it was stasis, a circulatory condition that, with a little research, he soon discovered could have very serious consequences. Gee?s research uncovered a sobering fact: He was on a path to potentially losing his leg.
http://www.mensfitness.com/training/success-stories/success-story-diabetes-and-medication-free-at-43