Newly diagnosed type 2 here... [View all]
This all seems a bit overwhelming.
I was admitted to the hospital this week when I went in for some chest pain. The pain actually turned out to be radiating from some back muscles (no cardiac issues, whew), but my blood glucose was 447 and my A1C was 13.7. So I've been emphatically diabetic for some time, it appears. Over the past couple of days, my blood glucose has dropped to between 250-270 (the readings I got yesterday evening and today). I understand it may take me a little while to get it into normal range. I've lost a lot of weight over the past couple of years, so I'm used to reading labels, and all the sticking and injecting isn't bothering me much at this point, either.
I am, however, exhausted. I slept about 14 hours last night after getting in from the hospital, and I could still sleep more. It feels like better quality sleep than I've had and my body just can't get enough. I've slept much more deeply, too, to the point to where I've been stiff from not moving much. Is this normal?
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