Okay, I’ve been thinking about this a lot lately. My brother passed away last June from Diabetic ketoacidosis. He was aware that he had diabetes, but wasn’t really educated the best about the disease, and thought he was keeping everything well-balanced. He changed his diet…cut out sweets, switched to diet pop, didn’t eat as much pastas and bread. He ate a lot of meat though, which he thought was okay. I mean, his whole diet was basically meat. That’s what made him sick at first, his triglycerides were sky high. Anyway, in about a year or two, he dropped over 100 pounds, so I’d say he probably weighed maybe 225-250 pounds when he passed away. He was pretty tall though, so he wasn’t huge by any means. We all thought he was doing great. Come to find out, the doctor (after my brother passed away) said that he lost that weight because he was dehydrated all the time. He was constantly drinking and going to the bathroom. Well, my question is…. If you lose weight, type 2 diabetes should go away…. so why didn’t his go away? He lost over 100 pounds, and it still took his life. Sorry to make this so long, but the reason I’m concerned is because I have type 2 diabetes, and I’m just starting that stage where I’m constantly thirsty and i’m going to the bathroom all the time, and I’ve lost 14 pounds within the past 2 or 3 weeks! I went to the doctor awhile ago and he put me on metformin. I’m scared though.
Are you sure he had type 2 diabetes, not type 1? It is very unusual for a person with Type 2 to get diabetic ketoacidosis. They usually manufacture enough insulin to keep the ketosis from occurring, which would not be the case with type 1.
Your weight loss sounds like a good first step— keep it up!
Are you regularly checking your glucose levels with finger sticks to see how well you are controlling the diabetes?
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