Don't forget to take care of yourself!

The last few days have been a rollarcoaster ride. I have been feeling crappy for a while. Like a lot of people, I brushed it off. I bave a kid in preschool, I was on my own while my husband was on a business trip, I downplayed how awful I felt.Tuesday afternoon my husband convinced me it was time to go to the walk in. I thought I had a UTI. I didn't. I had a lot of glucose in my urine. They did a finger stick and my blood sugar was 381, which is very high. I had a bunch of blood drawn and was told to see my primary the next day. I did and he explained that the medication I was on when my shoulder froze put top mucn stress on my Pancras. We are hoping it will go away in a few months, but I am currently diabetic. I am fat and it runs in my family. I had been fine recently so I let it go. The doctor didn't like my levels and sent me to the ER to be rechecked to make sure I wasn't in diabetic kioacidiois. He said if I waited another week I would had either been in the ICU or dead.It was a real wake up call. I let things go because I have chronic pain and am used to feeling off. In the back of my mind I knew this was worse, but I kept putting everything else first. I was busy as school ends in a few weeks, and family obligations, etc. It could have cost me life.I was lucky. I am home and my blood sugar is on the way down. I can handle it. Please, don't put yourself in that position! via /r/Parenting http://ift.tt/2qTBkhl