If you don`t know about diabetes, there are two types Type 1 and Type 2. Type 1 needs to be controlled by insulin injections. Type 2 can be controlled with pills and diet. However you can elect, or a doctor can prescribe insulin for a Type 2 diabetic to regulate blood sugar. You can also regulate your sugar by injecting other medicine in combination with pills. Depends on the individual.
Years ago in the 80`s I had to renew my medical card, and I went in for the requisite physical. The night before, I had been eating alot of sweets before going to bed. My sugar read high at the physical the next morning, and the doctor labeled me a Type 2 risk, and wrote an opinion into my physical that I could easily control my sugar with diet, as I was taking no pills at the time. The next physical I had two years later, i didn`t eat anything before seeing the doctor, and my physical didn`t need a rider, or a label, as my sugar was normal. The doctor just asked me if I was taking anything for sugar, and I said no, and that was that. Now it`s more than 20 years later, and my sugar levels tend to be higher, and I am now a bonified Type 2. I can control it easily and have for years, by diet, and or a combination of pills and diet. Recently, I went in for a physical,(not DOT) and was told, that it would be more efficient and more convenient to control my sugar levels with an injection, either a low dose of insulin, or another medicine, whose name I forgot, once a day, because of the lifestyle I live. I chose to do nothing, and stay with the pills, because I don`t want to have a problem to continue driving. Insulin can be used as a regulator WITHOUT the diabetic being insulin dependent. Or you can inject the other medicine, with a positive result, but no penalty for a driver. It seems ludicrous, but all the information I have been able to dig up suggests, that is the case. I think many people on the road today would be surprised to find out that, at any given time, they could be labeled a Type 2, depending what you had to eat or drink the night before your DOT physical, and the weight you are at the time of the examination. For me, so far, the limited diet choices you have when running the road ,can be compensated for with meds. Does anyone know anymore on this subject, and if so please reply.
Years ago in the 80`s I had to renew my medical card, and I went in for the requisite physical. The night before, I had been eating alot of sweets before going to bed. My sugar read high at the physical the next morning, and the doctor labeled me a Type 2 risk, and wrote an opinion into my physical that I could easily control my sugar with diet, as I was taking no pills at the time. The next physical I had two years later, i didn`t eat anything before seeing the doctor, and my physical didn`t need a rider, or a label, as my sugar was normal. The doctor just asked me if I was taking anything for sugar, and I said no, and that was that. Now it`s more than 20 years later, and my sugar levels tend to be higher, and I am now a bonified Type 2. I can control it easily and have for years, by diet, and or a combination of pills and diet. Recently, I went in for a physical,(not DOT) and was told, that it would be more efficient and more convenient to control my sugar levels with an injection, either a low dose of insulin, or another medicine, whose name I forgot, once a day, because of the lifestyle I live. I chose to do nothing, and stay with the pills, because I don`t want to have a problem to continue driving. Insulin can be used as a regulator WITHOUT the diabetic being insulin dependent. Or you can inject the other medicine, with a positive result, but no penalty for a driver. It seems ludicrous, but all the information I have been able to dig up suggests, that is the case. I think many people on the road today would be surprised to find out that, at any given time, they could be labeled a Type 2, depending what you had to eat or drink the night before your DOT physical, and the weight you are at the time of the examination. For me, so far, the limited diet choices you have when running the road ,can be compensated for with meds. Does anyone know anymore on this subject, and if so please reply.
But I really try not to, by keeping the larder & fridge stocked with stuff I can eat. I have popped a frozen Lean Cuisine in the microwave while fueling, and eaten it as I rolled on, because there wasn't time to stop again. If you rely on whatever you find enroute, you're going to have a tough time of it, for sure.