May I Share in my Joy....

This is totally off subject, but such a land-mark in my life that I want to scream it to the mountain-tops, with my best freinds; the members of my cyber family on the MS Forum...

Fourteen years ago on my 40th birthday I sat in a doctor's office, when he broke the news to me that I was now a Type 2 Diabetic that would have to be treated aggressively.  I had very high and dangerous blood sugar readings.  I first started on oral medication and a strict diet.  Throughout the years, my diabetes could not be controlled and I was placed on pills AND daily insulin shots.  Lots of insulin. It was a fight to keep my diabetes under control.

Two and a half years ago, I lost 125 pounds and started to see my blood sugar readings coming down.  I was able to stop insulin.  A true victory for me.  I remained on diabetes pills twice a day until last week.  My blood sugar was low.  The doctor's cut my medication in half.  Another victory.  Today, the doctor's cut ALL my diabetes medicine.  

First the first time in 14 years I am now FREE of any and all diabetes medicine.  Does that mean that I am cured?  No, I will always have to be careful and watch my sugar closely.  But no more pills....WHOPEEEE!

BUT...I DO FEEL FREE...for the first time in 14 years.  Thank you for letting me share this news with you.  Wonder if I can get away with going to Dairy Queen tonight for a milkshake with bits of Oreo cookie in them?  Naw...I better leave that stuff alone.

Have a GREAT DAY everyone...I know I will....

Heather

[Charley123]

That's really great news!!!  Good for you!!!!  Charley

[ohwild]

FANTASTIC NEWS!!!!! i'm really happy for you hunny, and you lost 125lbs glad u chose to celebrate with us,you must be feeling great great GREAT :) WELL DONE
hugs at you CJ

[luverofrogs]

That is FANTASTIC!!!!!!  Congratulations:o).

[latte224]

Good for you!  You must be so proud of yourself!!!!!!!!!!

[AMO]

hurrah for you heather!!
your hard work has paiid off. Keep upi the good work, i know it is not easy. amo

[LATW]

Congratulations!!  I know it was hard work but it paid off.  My grandmother was a brittle diabetic. Now my mom has diabetes.  

It also runs heavy in my husbands family.  What kind of diet do you follow?

LA

[syndismilez]

That is the most wonderful news!!!  Thank you for sharing that with us!  I needed a good news story today, and yes our wonderful Heather fullfilled :)
Thank you and "WayToGo"!!!!!!!
Cyndi

[Fluffysmom]

Hip hip hooray!  

Congratulations, Heather!  What you have done is totally amazing and difficult and you deserve to be lifted up on our shoulders and carried around for the day!  

Kathy

[Heather3418]

Bascially I am on the diet where if it tastes good, I know it's bad for me.....just kidding.  I just follow a sensible "diet" (really a lifestyle change, I don't diet) and watch my intake of carbs.  Carbs are not good for diabetics and certainly not good for someone that wants to watch their weight.  I have also forever given up anything that is fried and eat little to no bread products.

Thanks for all of your good thoughts at my news.  Today is a GOOD day in Heather's life.  Time for some good news, when the world is filled with so much bad news, these days.

Heather

[sllowe]

I'm on the roof top hollaring beside you!!!!!!!!!!

Woo Hoo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! What a day! What an accomplishment, this is such good news, and after all the hard work - you deserve to be free of this!

I'm so very proud of you and very happy for you!

Extra XOXO's and high 5's
-SL

[Amyloo]

Hi Heather,

Praise God for this gift!  I am proud of you for your weight loss, your daily perseverance through a (couple of) tough diseases, and your continued support to our people on the forum.  Love to you, Amy

[Cosmobirdy]

That is awesome!!  I'm so happy for you.... to feel a bit of freedom from at least one thing that has plagued you for so long.... :)  I'm so glad you told us.... sending up a big prayer of thanks that you can breathe a llittle easier in this area...

Rita

[aura3]

That is awsome!!
You have been blessed by God!!

Aura

[MCBCON]

Hugely COOL.    :)

[julia111]

Thanks for sharing the good news!  Congratulations!

Julia

[Wobbly]

that is so good, to get that off your plate and you'll feel much better about that disease...keeping it under control is the next step... Good for you Heather... Good for you.

andie.

[monotreme]

Many congratulations to you Heather. What you were able to accomplish is not easy for anyone, but even more significant for someone with MS.  

I wish for you many more years of freedom from diabetes.

Elaine

[debj52]

that is sooo awesome...keep up the good work...CONGRATS in a big way...hugs ...deb

[yorkieville]

Hi, Heather.

   Congratulations!!!!! I am so happy for you, and I am so proud of you!!!!

   Diabetes is terrible, my Dad had it and died of colon cancer that metastasized to his brain.

  So, I'm esp. relieved that you made the sincere effort to not only get yours under control, but eliminate it!!!!

  Hugs,
  Sheila

  

[michael1028]

Congratulations !!!!! That is wonderful news. I am glad to hear it. That takes some very hard work to get under control much less get over it. You should be very proud. It runs in my family and I have been watching myself very closely. Now you really have a something to celebrate the long weekend with. Great Job!!!!

God Bless you Young Lady,
Mike

[spankyandrex]

OMG, that is such awesome news.  I CAN imagine how you must be feeling. I know if my DH was taken off all his diabetic drugs, he wqould jump for joy.  However, we did get some good news.  His A1C went from 10.6 down to 7.7 in 3 months WOO HOO.  

I am so happy for you, you must feel wonderful!

YOU GO GIRL!
Sandra

[6-paq]

WOO-HOO!!!  That is such AWESOME news Heather!!!  I'm so happy for you!!!

WTG!!! Pat :)

[wonko]

Way to go!  It is great to hear how much good you have done yourself by committing to a better lifestyle.

[cjacks]

Oh Heather , what wonderful news .  Keep up the good work.  

Jo

[Want to feel well!!!]

Good job Heather!!!  That is wonderful for you!!!

Wanna

[hbananas]

We're all so proud of you!
Holly

[floridamom2]

You are a true inspiration to all of us here that anything you put your mind to can be done!!  125 pound weight loss is phenomenal and you deserve to be rejoicing!!

My Uncle, the one whose wife committed suicide a month ago, just lost his baby toe to diabetes yesterday so I am well aware how much your triumph really means!!

Congratulations Heather, You Rock!!!
Love,
Kristin    

[mokibear]

What an achievement, way to go dear friend. I truly agree with Kristin in that you are an inspiration to us all.

Congrats and Mega Hugs
Mok

[Jazzyfizzle]

Wow, that is incredible Heather, I am so very happy for you.


Jazzy

[Super_sally888]

Super Super Congratulations.

What an example.  It is possible to control diabetes with massive effort (taht you've done), weight loss and diet.

I am so impressed.

Wonderful news.

Sally

[doublevision1]

Nice work, Heather!  A fine example that just because something may be hard to do, doesn't mean it's impossible.  Many people get so down when diagnosed with a disease, they don't believe they can do anything to change it, and just give up.  You're an inspiration to anyone who may be inclined to think like that.  The fact that you achieved what you did while dealing with MS at the same time only makes your story that much more impressive.

db

[Quixotic1]

This is HUGE!  BIG!  WONDERFUL!  I am so proud of you and happy for you.  What a strong thing to have done by yourself and for yourself.  I am very impressed, awe-struck even.

Quix

[denise61]

Hi Heather.

what a wonderfill job,

love ,live, life, go enjoy!!!

Denise61

[nette573]

I am so happy for you!  Keep up the great work!  I hope you do splurge once in a while and go to the dairy queen!  Lynette

[speechgeek]

WOW!! Wonderful news! You should be VERY proud of yourself!

Rebeccah

[lunidi2]

thats really good to read congrats to you as i know how hard living with diabetics is (i live with 2 farther in law and my partner) so pleased for you im hollowing wiv u
take care luni.

[Heartshome]

AWESOME!!!!!  My dad was diabetic, and I know how much it effects your life. I'm thrilled for you. Thanks for sharing your great news!

[Heather3418]

I have rejoiced in all your positive comments.  Thank you so much for your support.

If I can overcome diabetes just by losing weight, it gives hope to those that are overweight, whose diabetes CAN be controlled with weight loss. You can do it too.  I am convinced that all those pounds I was carrying were indeed responsible for my years of pill and insulin dependency.

I do know that there are those who are not over-weight and still have uncontrollable diabetes.  Watch your diet, take your medication faithfully, exercise as you can tolerate and keep working on it.  It can be controlled in most cases.  Sticking to the diabetic diet may not be fun, but it's better than losing a leg to out of control diabetes.

Thank you again for helping me to celebrate.  I could think of nothing better than to celebrate with my cyber family.

I'm still reeling in not having to take any medication.  It's hard to get used to after 15 years on that stuff.  I still want to go to Dairy Queen and get a milk-shake with Oreo cookies.  I know that if I do that, I will still have to watch my diet closely for the rest of the day.  But gosh, it sure will taste good.  One of our members relished in a cream doughnut this morning (and you know who you are...) and by gosh, she didn't share.  She ate it all, but said that she would send me the wrapper to lick off.  Isn't that sweet? NOT!  Huzzy girl....LOL

Big Hugs and Many Thanks,
Heather

[Barbie51]

I just found your announcement.  Wow, I'm so very proud of you!  You go girl!  This is tremendous.

Big high 5's.
Barb

[wingnut19]

Heather!

I don't know how I missed this, but it's better late than never, right????


WOW!  How proud of yourself you must be!!  Way to go, girl!!!  

YAHOO!!

Tammy  
PS--You go for those injections tomorrow, right??