 Hi, this is Mitch Mitchell and yes, I'm wearing my Cowboys hat because the Cowboys are actually tied for first place and I'm kind of surprised by that because You know, I'm a Cowboys fan. I've been a Cowboys fan since well, I guess 1969 1970 it was my dad's favorite team. It was my favorite team, you know America's team who didn't love the Cowboys At least back then and I'm still a Cowboys fan had some tough times But you know there it is but before I go on to my main topic I also want to kind of explain because sometimes I feel like I'm yelling at the camera the video camera And it's because I'm using this Logitech 310 camera, which is a wonderful webcam But every once in a while when I start these videos this box comes up and says it can't hear me speaking And I'm thinking what you can't hear me speaking. I mean I'm speaking direct I know how to project as a former singer. I was a train singer So I know how to project but it can't hear it. So then when I come out and I go louder Then it goes on and everything is fine. So in case you've ever wondered where if I sound like I'm yelling at the camera That's why I do it. So getting on with the topic, you know last week I put up a video and I called it take care of yourself first and that's supposed to be my mantra for how You know, I really want to take care of myself first. Yeah, see there's me go ahead and itch So I took care of myself first Anyway So I had talked about you know some problems I've been having Adjusting my numbers with diabetes and how I needed to try to take care of myself. So what happens last Friday. I You know went to a meeting My consultants group so first thing I did is I stopped at McDonald's and I got a sandwich a breakfast sandwich in the morning And I checked glucose and you know, it had been fine So I stopped and I to get something to eat and I get the sandwich and I get a soda and I go to my meeting and then After the meeting I spent some time talking with a young guy locally who he's a writer He's a freelance writer and he was you know, what to talk about business He wants to kind of do that for his life. And so we went to this other place where I tried something It's one of those vegan places and I'm not necessarily a vegan kind of guy I'm just not but I thought they would have fruit juice which they kind of did by that I mean the one that I end up deciding to try said it had apple carrots beats Lemon and ginger all this stuff was mixed in and I said how come I can't just have straight-up apple juice And the guy said because we make all of our stuff fresh and it takes 10 apples to make one glass of apple juice I I'd never heard of such a thing, but you know, this is what they tried So I actually bought this thing and it was this thick purple stuff that came out And he prefaced his earlier thing by saying everything we have here He said most of our juices tastes more like the fruit than anything else This one didn't do it And I asked you have equal. He says we have stevia and I said of course you do Because you know all the stuff out there about aspartame and what are you gonna do anyway? I had a little bit of that I put three stevias in this little glass trying to make it palatable that didn't work But still I at least had that little bit So anyway, I come home from meeting him and I actually actually had to go buy some other stuff first And so I come back home and I'm tired Because I tend to go to bed late in this case I went to bed on time But I couldn't get to sleep because it was earlier that I'm used to going to bed and I had to be up at 7 10 in the morning so I was tired and I was really really tired really really tired and You know, I started to notice that when I get really really tired, maybe that's a bad sign And I'll tell you why because I said you know what let me go and lay down here and take a nap So I laid down I took a nap and I ended up sleeping about you're almost close to an hour and a half And when I woke up I'm not necessarily feeling great. I feel rested, but I don't necessarily feel great so I come to the computer, you know sitting right here and In about five minutes. I start feeling really really shaky and I'm like, well, what's the deal with this? So I checked my glucose and it was at 39 39 Let's just say that that is uber dangerous. That is just scary I've never had a 39 before I had a 44 once which is really scary a couple of years ago heck actually maybe even last summer but 39 and I was going down now the best thing about it is that I was home I was not in the hotel room I wasn't anywhere else and I had bought some hard candies just in case this happened So I went I got some of these hard candies and I was able to eat some of these hard candies And then I was able to heat something up Really quick to eat it to try to get me to a place where I could actually make lunch That may sound weird, but in a weird way, that's kind of what a diabetic has to do sometimes You know, I have gained Immeasurable control over my high numbers ever since I started using the my fitness powl app and My Fitbit here that I showed yes, and it's now the red one last time It was the blue one, but I had ordered a red one because red is my color and I've gotten control over those high numbers. I've now brought that down Almost a hundred points by average However, what happens now is that I have these periods where I had these drastic lows and So you have to do whatever you can to build that back up so that you can get back to at least a semblance of Normacy so that you can then do something else and you know You can't sit there and cook a full meal when you need to boost your glucose or your sugar level back up to a place So I had to eat something really quick and luckily at home I had stuff and you don't always have stuff when you're out But you know, I wanted to do this because there are these people who when you're diabetic They tend to think they know more about it than you do People will tell you well, maybe you shouldn't eat that dessert or maybe you shouldn't eat that pasta Maybe you shouldn't eat this thing over here. You know, they're very knowledgeable about that But they have no real clue and truthfully I will tell you the truth until I got to my fitness pal thing I don't think I really had a clue because I would try to limit the number of carbs and I would say you know what I need to load myself up on protein and what This thing has shown me is that it's got to be a mix between some protein and some carbs because last week Well, yeah before I had this crash on Friday. I had a couple of numbers in the 60s And I had eaten but I had only eaten protein. I hadn't eaten any kind of carb whatsoever So it starts to tell you that you know protein by itself isn't enough to take care of this And this is one of the problems with diabetes is always this management between your medication and how you're eating and when you're eating and what you're eating and It's really not an easy thing and It brings on stuff for instance when my numbers were high I had this risk of these aneurysms in my eye Because it was eye problems back in 1997 which led me to go to a doctor. Okay, my wife led me to go to the doctor But still where it was diagnosed, you know, I was diagnosed as diabetics with 17 years ago But you know, I had this thing because the numbers were too high and the thing is what numbers are Relatively high and you know mine were in the mid-200s I didn't really feel anything different, but of course it does take a toll on your body when my numbers were higher sometimes I would feel a little logy and you know, whatever But it was a totally different feeling that when the numbers are low when the numbers are low They're shaky you are shaky your head hurts and it brings on other things It can bring on depression you get really depressed a lot of times when it's really high You you start getting depressed you can get surly and moody and and snap it people That can happen The depression it's a miserable thing and There's not a lot you can do with it and and I really chafe when I get people who aren't diabetic who will say Oh, you know what? You can eliminate diabetes by just doing this and just doing this. No, you can't you cannot Let me let me just say this to all you people who think you can't you cannot eliminate diabetes like that It is possible. It turns out if you qualify for the the gastric bypass surgery Some of those people have actually been able to eliminate diabetes But it's not really eliminating diabetes as much as when you get to gastric bypass surgery You actually have to follow this regimen. You can only eat so much, but you have to do it multiple times And you have to it's a medical thing And and that actually starts to regulate everything. Well, that's different than just coming out and saying it here's diabetes No, it forces you into changing how you eat and how you manage it So it's not quite the same thing as totally eliminating, you know diabetes. You can't take a pill to eliminate it You know what? See this? This is my insulin. I Take two shots a day of that and I get this stuff here. It's called metformin and I take two of these big old pills If you can see that I take two of these every every day and This is actually a medication that's working because the doctor I had previously He had me on this other thing that never seemed to be working and I said, I don't think this stuff's working and Then when I got this other doctors she looked and said well, I think we need to put you on this and this stuff works It helps to control it. I found that out when I was in San Diego I was putting on a lot of steps a day I mean just just walking tons Actually in Orlando also, but I ran out of that medication. I had insulin but I ran out of that medication and the numbers went higher You know, it's proof that I actually do need both but I also then you know, like I said, I started having these lows and Since you know, I started using this other thing I've been able to drop how much medication or how much insulin I take I start to take the pills But you know, I'm doing this and I'm saying this because you know, there's a lot of people out there who are diabetic I mean, it's one of the fastest growing things in the world And there's a lot of people who think that it's all our fault because of What we ate and how we ate and did all this other kind of stuff You know what? I think I was the 17th or 18th person in my family on my dad's side Who ended up with diabetes, you know, it just there was a family history there. We predisposed toward it Are there things I could have done to maybe delay it? Yeah, but it was never gonna stop it. It was coming That's just how it is. You know, there's this thing where people think you can just blame You know people for diabetes or whatever you blame whatever. Yeah there are those times where there's some people who are just overeating like crazy and You know, you will have that problem But you know what? It turns out not all heavy people have diabetes True. I don't have high blood pressure Of all the weird things my blood pressure is perfect. It's always has been so, you know, it's not always about weight it's about a lot of other things and I'm just putting this out there because for the diabetics. So what you know, you know what? You're not alone. You know, you're not alone, but the new people don't and So I'm saying that for the new people saying that for people who are having problems You know what you really can find ways to at least gain some kind of control I did it by using my fitness pal and I followed that thing along because it helps me to count the calories You know putting it all there I'm a numbers kind of guy and I'm not doing it on my own I'm not guessing anymore and now I can pretty much eat anything I want to as long as I stay under my certain number of calories per day and Since my fitness fit bit and calories based on how many steps I get a day and how I get those steps It just opens up a whole new world It's a wonderful thing, but the lows are scary. I'm just saying it right now. The lows are scary and I've got to figure that part out and I have to tell myself You know what when you're that sleepy, maybe you should eat something first before you go take that nap go ahead and take the nap But you know it really is a freaky thing when you wake up crashing and that happened to me When I was in Memphis, I woke up crashing and then I was in a hotel I couldn't get to anything for a long time. It really took me a while here Luckily, I was able to just pretty much lay my hand on something. So, you know what right now I've got these cough drops no real sugar, but each one is 10 calories. It's it would be something to help So I'm just putting it out there because I just thought it was time to really talk more about diabetes I had another video talking about a long time ago. I think and I mentioned it in some other stuff I mentioned it when I first started talking about my fitness now and You know, it's just kind of a follow-up thing. It's the scary It really is a scary thing I wouldn't wish this upon a lot of people and I say that that way because you know There's those people who hear about something they say I wouldn't wish it up that upon my worst enemy Well, I don't have a worst I don't know but if I did I think I wouldn't be depressed I know you're not supposed to think that way, but let's be truthful, you know the people we really hate Do we really care? I don't but I don't really hate anyone. So there you go. I did In my past, but we won't go there. So anyway, this is all I had to say about it I'm Mitch Mitchell and let me know if you're diabetic if you have issues and If you have family members, you know, there's a lot of things I know like I said, I've been diabetic for 17 years I've read a ton and I know how to help bring it down Now I've got to control when I get those lows how to stop getting those lows because that's just miserable So y'all take care. Have a great What's to say? This is still Monday night. Have a great Tuesday. Bye