Allen Cash's living with Diabetes

Uncertain. 11/4/2016 Greetings all, As I have mentioned before on my last post...D-Rex has changed up my meds from 4 pills of the Metformin to two a day. I have to be honest and say I am not sure if this was a good call. My fasting numbers have go up a great deal and my readings seem during the day at times never go down under 150. Of course my eating habits may be the main reason along with the reduced meds for this rise in numbers. The last couple of days or so, I've been feeling out of sorts and my sleep is very unstable.I am sure this is playing apart in the high readings. I am trying to not freak out over all this. I am trying to take what I do know about Diabetes and look at this logically. I feel if I do not gain some control over this, I will give up and not care about any of it anymore. I understand that is a stupid way to look at this and so I have work hard emotionally to really stay focused. Although I know I am not alone in this situation... somehow I still feel a...

D-Rex Update 10/14/2016 Good AM/Pm all, Well it looks like all my bloodwork was great and even my A1C is still perfect. D-Rex has reduced my Metformin to 2 pills a day and he is also taking me off the Invokana and replacing it with Jardiance due to my insurance won't pay for the invokana anymore. He was not as harsh with me about my weight which may be because I did not try to bullshit him on the reasons why. I find no reason to dance around an issue. Better to face facts and then move forward.  I spoke with him about my right arm and he is sure it's a rotary cuff issue. I will be doing these exercise for the next few months to see if that works and if not he says he will give me a shot of cortisone. The chronic diarrhea issue is due to the Metformin apparently and so he is adding a med called Welchol. He says it will help with both my blood sugar and my diarrhea problem. So things are looking better as far as my Diabetes...

Eye is healing and A1C is rockin. 10/12/2016 Greetings all, Well so far my eye is doing much better. My vision is still not great but the pain is no longer an issue. I'm still pissed I was not given a heads up on how bad it was going to get but I will deal with that soon. I don't want to be a difficult person but....I can  not deal with unprofessional people. Anyway... My A1C was good again. based off my blood work last week. It was 5.97 so I am pretty happy about that. The rest of my blood work looked good as well. At least I think so. I have a appointment with D-Rex in the morning so I will get more information about the aspects of the blood work I don't understand. Oh and get yelled at about the weight gain. :) I want to talk with him about my right arm issues and stomach issues. From the top of my shoulder to my elbow I've been dealing with pain. I don't think it's the muscle but I just don't know. It hurts to reach back or apply any pressure to tha...

OUCH! 10/3/2016 Okay... just a update with my eye issue. Last Friday I went in to have another session of laser therapy on my left eye due to bleeding. As usual they put use a few eye drops and two shots in my eye. Not a fun day I can tell you. After about 20 min. they took me into the room where he does the laser work. One of the shots he gave me numbed my eye as well as all around my eye. I was not able to open or close my eye. The laser time was not painful of course but it just felt so weird. It was kind of cool. However.. once the numbness worn off... the pain came with  VENGEANCE! I spent 2 and a half days in bed. I tried to sleep through most of the pain. I've had this procedure done once before and it was never as painful as this one. Right now my vision is clearing up a little bit and the swelling is going down enough to open my left eye a bit more. The pain has decreased a great deal. Saturday night the pain was so bad I almost ask Dale to take me to the ER but I toug...

Eye update 9/21/2016 Okay so the eye exam went pretty much as I thought it would. I'm still having bleeds in my eyes but my left eye is in the worst shape. No real shock there. Next week I go back in for laser therapy on the left eye....again. I'm starting to think he won't be able to do much more for me but for now all he can do is try.

Strange Days. 9/18/2016 Greetings all, well it has been a long while since I posted any updates on my health issues. Not much to say really. My fasting numbers still doing good and blood pressure is still stable. However I am having more issues with my vision. I go in the morning to see the eye doc. I'll be getting pictures on my eyes and such. My left eye is the one that is giving me the most problem. I know I have a bad stigma in the left eye and more than likely I will end up going blind in my left eye. I'm not sure what will happen or what he may tell me tomorrow. He may want to do eye surgery again but I'm not sure. For now I will just have to wait and see what the deal is. I also have gained some weight. About 20lbs. My own fault I know. Not sure what is going on in my head the last few months. I don't understand why I am doing all the wrong things when I know better. I have not given up. I suppose I just got off track somehow and I am struggling to get back...

I know this has nothing to do with Diabetes but... it's something that is on my mind. 50 young lives cut short because of pure HATE! Not political or religious reasons. Pure outright hatred. As a young Gay man, I endured hate many times but now...it's gone into such a dark place that I am not sure if humanity will survive. I hope so but... Those who hate will hate. I only hope they will see that hate heals nothing. Love may not conquer all but self love and respect does. Stay strong Orlando LGBT.

Still alive and junk. 5/19/2016 Good AM/PM all, It has been a while since my last post or update. Then again I had nothing really new to update. Today I do. My blood-work last week came in really good. My A1C is 5.6 which makes it a whole year of my A1C being in the perfect range. I did gain about a half a pound which for me is pretty normal. I'm okay with my weight but not okay with my misshapen body but thats just an ego thing. As for my eye check up... things seem to be improving. He says the pressure in my eyes is reducing and starting to dry up a bit. I still have some bleeding but it's not as bad as it was. I suppose all in all I'm getting better. So far this year I have not had any health issues sending me to the ER. I hope it stays that way.I'm still alive and junk. Doing what I can to stay healthy. I still enjoy my cold lager and BBQ so... Life is good and Junk. Until next time...hang in there and junk!

Breaking Carb Habits is Hard to do... DAMMIT!! 3/21/2016 Greetings all or just to myself,  The one thing I have noticed about myself is that the less I spend energy the less I crave carbohydrates. However the the more energy I do spend the more I have bad carb cravings. This is what I try to do but unfortunately I don't always accomplish it. If I do eat carbs I try to eat good carbs.  Veggies, nuts and foods high in fiber. Not lately. Which sucks because I know better than to eat  a lot of fried foods, breads and my all time favorite food... PIZZA! Healthy Carbs aren't always on hand for me to eat so I eat whatever. Not a good habit but I've learn to listen to my body. I do question myself if it's my body or my mind telling me I'm hungry. It isn't always easy to know what is what. This carb craving has been pretty bad the last week. Dale and I have been doing a lot of yard work almost everyday. I am sure that is why I have been so hungry lately. It's not...

New Glasses and Sloooow Weight loss! 2/26/2016 Greetings all,  So all went well at the Eye Institute last week, I went to my regular Eye doc to get checked for my new glasses which will be ready by the 4th of March. THAT being said... I still have to see the other doc for a check up from the surgery. Apparently I still have some bleeding in my eyes, From what her says we may have to do the surgery again. I had already been warned that was a possibility so I'm not shocked at all. I really hate dealing with this guy because he is bedside manner needs work. Anyway... it is what it is and it is something I have to deal with and that's okay. As for my weight loss.... it's been slow. Then again I am trying to build muscle and burn fat at the same time so numbers can be deceiving.As we know Muscle weighs more than fat. What I may do is once a month get my body measurements so I can figure what the body fat is. Not sure how I am going to do that but I will give a shot. I'm...

Great week for a change. 2/5/2016 Greetings People of Earth, This is just a quick update on the goings on with my health. So far my blood sugar and Blood pressure has been excellent. This week I started working out again and it was a pretty good week with that. I am taking it slow again to condition my body to the movements and limit the excessive pain of weight lifting. I still need to work on more cardiovascular workouts to start burning fat. I'd like to do more than just walking the treadmill. I like to walk but it gets so damn boring. Core workouts are a must too. I'm not doing those near enough. Then again, it is just the first week so... I'll figure it out. On another topic, I go back to the Eye Institute on the 18 of this month for my surgery follow-up. I am hoping he will release me back to my old eye doc so I can recheck my eyes and get new glasses. I never dreamed this process would take this long but it was necessary I suppose. I'm not sure what he c...

Good News Everyone! 1/8/2016 I just got my lab results in and my A1C is 5.77 which is good and I am so relieved. I was worried about it being too high due to all the confusion with my meds. I am SO happy right now! That's my Good News Everyone... Have a great weekend...!

2016 a New Year and more laser Eye stuff. 1/6/2016 First Off... Happy New Year Bitches! As some of you I have been doing the Laser Eye surgery thing and so far only the right eye has been done. I went Monday for my follow up and it would seem the hole is almost closed. That seems like a good thing but it isn't. They need the hole to stay open to allow it to drain properly. So the plan is they are going to do surgery on my Left eye and reopen the right eye again at the same time. Needless to say I won't be watching porn or Ren & Stimpy afterwards. At least for a day or so. This will take place on the 19th of Jan. This is also the month for my A1C check up. I'm a bit concern it may be up a bit but I hope not. Between the change in meds and my bad eating habit days.... I just don't know. What is strange is the morning numbers are always the highest but they day numbers are on some days won't go below 90. Most of the time it stays below 90 during the day. I thi...