A Shocking Jolt back to Reality

I have to be honest. I ate and drank a lot of rubbish over the weekend. That includes fast food, alcohol, more fast food, and a lot of sweet stuff. I totally let go this weekend.

Yesterday evening I started to develop a headache. It started as a light throbbing and continued to increase in intensity and pain. By the end of the night, I felt sick and my head was pounding.

I thought it was just wind inside my body so I got my husband to massage my head, which helped a bit. I took a Panadol soluble at about 9pm. It didn't make much difference.

I went to bed at about 11.30pm. I felt lousy. I couldn't sleep the whole night because of the pain. At about 2am in the morning, I took 2 Panadol Actifast.

I woke up at 7am this morning. I had a shower and washed my hair. I felt better then. At work, I started to feel lousy again. No headache but I just felt lousy all over and my stomach felt funny.

I decided to go check my glucose level. The pharmacist used 3 different machines to check. One gave a normal reading, and the other two gave a high reading. He checked again, and the other 2 machines (which are the latest in the market) again came back with high readings.

That was a shock to my system. I freaked out. The pharmacists asked me to come back again in the evening. I was worrying the whole time. I had a bun after and for lunch I had chappati with some fish and veges and I just drank water.

I went for another test at 4pm. This time my reading was much lower than the mornings reading. It wasn't good - because it is still higher than it should be, but it is much better than morning.

This is a real wake up call for me not to mess around. I am 29 years old. Both my parents are diabetics and my dad has heart problems. I am not a diabetic - at least not yet. The path I am now on is leading me to self destruction.

I need to get off this track and I need to do it now.

Will someone help me please?!