2. This was me... 327 Lbs
I was a happy go lucky network architect, and I was often saying I’m tired or have a headache.
I was going to the bathroom a ton, and I would drink sodas nonstop.
6. I ... a grown man ... cried
until my poor dog was soaked.
7. Lost...
✤ So much conflicting
information
✤ WebMD Diabetes Forums
✤ DLife
✤ MTMC Diabetes Classes
✤ Nutritionist
✤ The First Year: Type 2 Diabetes:
An Essential Guide for the
After I was first diagnosed, I went scouring the web for information. I found a ton of
misinformation; however, I quickly found good sources of information online and off.
8. Nov - 263 Lbs
Dec - A1C 7.4
I started watching my blood sugar, switched to only drinking teas and diet sodas, reduced my
carb consumption a ton.
9. I’m not where I want to be...
I was still struggling to get it under control but I was making progress, and I had a suspicion
but not proof that I was having a reaction to the medicine.
10. Jan 2012 - Tight Control
No more Meds, Serious Exercise and Diet Restrictions 248 Lbs
Then I decided I had to take a different approach
14. Step out walk!
Good support is key
The guy on the far left is my trainer, and instrumental in the weight loss success. The rest of
this photo is my fiancé and her family. Having people to be there on those miserable days.
15. We need better
tools...
Built GLu at HackNashville
Diabetes has a ceiling to the care, and part of that is money/insurance related. I want to
break that trend. Others should stand triumphant over this disease with me.