Being diagnosed with diabetes can (and probably should) have a drastic effect on your skiing.
No more loading up on a giant breakfast and skiing bell to bell without stopping to eat...
No more stocking up on Mars bars...
No more eating whatever you want off the see food diet....
No more pigging out on a big steak dinner complete with smashed potatoes, etc. and caesar dressing on your salad after skiing, and definitely no more double chocolate brownies with chocolate sauce and ice cream for desert...
No more wings and a couple of pints of beer, not even an après-ski beer.
Diabetes is a silent killer; many people have type 2 diabetes and don't even know it, especially if their many negative experiences with crappy incompetent doctors who graduated in the bottom half of their class have led them to eschew regular doctor visits. It is a terrible disease with very severe consequences(like feet and leg amputations to say nothing of heart, kidney and liver problems) if left untreated.
A simple blood test is all it takes to find out if you are a diabetic, and if so allow you to start taking control over your situation.
Some clues that you might be a diabetic.
The last time you froze your feet the bottoms remained sort of numb, even long after the painful thawing out process.
Your resting heart rate is 125 beets per minute.
You are wondering if you have gout because your swollen purple feet wake you up in the night.
You need to get up and pee and drink water three times a night.
Sweet pea takes on a new meaning - sweet pee.
You really, really, really need to have a nap after eating a big meal with desert.
And finally, you go out for chicken wings and a few pints of beer and pass out BEFORE you get drunk.
Do yourself a favour and take the test.
No more loading up on a giant breakfast and skiing bell to bell without stopping to eat...
No more stocking up on Mars bars...
No more eating whatever you want off the see food diet....
No more pigging out on a big steak dinner complete with smashed potatoes, etc. and caesar dressing on your salad after skiing, and definitely no more double chocolate brownies with chocolate sauce and ice cream for desert...
No more wings and a couple of pints of beer, not even an après-ski beer.
Diabetes is a silent killer; many people have type 2 diabetes and don't even know it, especially if their many negative experiences with crappy incompetent doctors who graduated in the bottom half of their class have led them to eschew regular doctor visits. It is a terrible disease with very severe consequences(like feet and leg amputations to say nothing of heart, kidney and liver problems) if left untreated.
A simple blood test is all it takes to find out if you are a diabetic, and if so allow you to start taking control over your situation.
Some clues that you might be a diabetic.
The last time you froze your feet the bottoms remained sort of numb, even long after the painful thawing out process.
Your resting heart rate is 125 beets per minute.
You are wondering if you have gout because your swollen purple feet wake you up in the night.
You need to get up and pee and drink water three times a night.
Sweet pea takes on a new meaning - sweet pee.
You really, really, really need to have a nap after eating a big meal with desert.
And finally, you go out for chicken wings and a few pints of beer and pass out BEFORE you get drunk.
Do yourself a favour and take the test.
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