many months later, not so much fun anymore

Hi type 2's! It's been a long time since my last blog. Silence usually belies bad news, like not getting responses from an old high school friend after you've bragged about your great success. Well, after our cruise in March of this year, and screwing up the dosage of the Avandia replacement, I gained 20 lbs or so to top out at 300 lbs. Ugly. A lot of ugly. Had a great time on the cruise though.

I gradually lost the weight, getting to 267, a loss of about 32 lbs or so, but in highsight, the weight loss was likely due to my very high blood sugar levels - all my drugs stopped working, right about at the 10 year mark. I guess I missed something in the materials, but I didn't see that coming, at all. So, now I'm on 4 injections of insulin, one before each meal and one late night to go for the whole night and into the next day. I can maintain "control" now, but the insulin shots are a pain in the ass - convenience-wise and literally, they are a pain, sometimes a pretty deep pain and I have lots of bruises on my gut. I have to remember to take the insulin just before eating, and of course I forget a few times each week. I've gained back about 15-20 lbs, too, a known side-effect of insulin. This is really pissing me off.

I'm looking at getting a gastric bypass operation - the non-invasive laproscopy technique to help cure my food addiction and slow down progression of the diabetic effects. Stay tuned for more about this. Cheers!