Holy mackerel.  Pay attention to the food advice here.  My brother turned up diabetic after what he thought was being raised on healthy food.  Do not put anything in your mouth that isn't good for you.  Read the labels.  The only sugars you should have should be from your vegetables and fruits with maybe a touch of agave for your oatmeal.  This sounds extreme until you hold it upside of what you are going through.  If you retired now and took up healty foods as a hobby, you would still be doing a huge service to your community.

All the best, friendo. 

I work with a guy facing very serious—potentially blinding—eye health issues.  "Just part of dealing with diabetes," he said the other day.  It wasn't what he said that left me in the same sort of awe you're expressing here; it was the complete, utter matter-of-factness of it.  Kudos, is right.

Miami was dead on about the diet and watch the carbs,they turn to starch.It's a weird crapshoot,but be especially careful you don't let yourself get low in the middle of the night,the carbs help with that.Keep some candy or glucose tabs handy in case you get to weak to get to the OJ/kitchen/pie/whatever.But if you can get to OJ and you're strapped, well,just do him.Wait,wrong OJ.Ahem.
 
Get a Glucagon emergency kit  (you'll need a prescription and it's pretty complex to use(to an idiot like me anyway) when you're panicking and don't have any options to make a mistake,so make sure a doc or real nurse explains it to her,it's some scary shit) for your old lady to stick you with(if you get too low you'll be so disoriented you won't be able to do it yourself,John Wayne) and if you croak,you'll crap yourself and she'll have enough to deal with without that.
 Another thing that might really affect a donut eater( not that I'm stereotyping) but something that made me crazier than usual was trying to figure out that cinnamon lowers the crap out of my Dads blood sugar.Do your own Googling on that,it's a weird true fact I found out my butt because I had to(doctors don't get paid to explain this kind of stuff, thank God for Al Gore and his invention) that affects people differently.

  Let your blood sugar get below ~ 50 and you'll cause serious problems.

 I know finger sticks are a pain and expensive,but you gotta do it.You gotta.That's why I'm up all these weird hours,I gotta keep Pops on an even keel.

 Sorry I didn't try to help sooner,I needed a few days away and didn't see this until today,or you know I would have tried to help sooner.

 I don't have diabetes myself,but all the stuff with Pops has given me a pretty good amateur idea of how to deal with it.If you have any questions and want the idiots guide just dig my # up and give me a call.

OK-I spent over a couple innings on this while the Nats were playing instead of watching them-if you die I demand cinnamon flavored bacon(vodka)!

keep on keeping on bro !

You're at a crossroads in life now.  It's all good.  Just don't put too many expectations on yourself.

Here's a link to one of my chemosabe journals about hitting mine from just one year ago.  Maybe you can find something in there that relates to where you are at now. 

I'm still trying to figure out what the new me is.  Its still just one day at a time.

Not sure if I should make a BHD joke or a Manbird Joke here. I don't know how you deal with these choices every day, simply amazing. 

Get well soon.  

Thanks again everybody but really, I know I'll be alright.  I just am learning about the things that other people have to deal with for lifetimes, not just maybe a couple of months.  I guess people get used to anything when there's no other choice in the matter but still...

In my case it's just an unlucky perfect storm of circumstances that will get straightened out over time and I'll be fine.  I think I'm done being a Deputy Sheriff though and have put in the paperwork to retire, but that's ok with me.  I'm really not worried about me.  I'm just amazed at what people live with on a daily basis.  Mind boggling.

I look forward to the day when all these issues are in the past for you.   I admire your strength and endurance.

Hope you're feeling better soon. Just follow the doctors' orders closely (and follow the nurses even closer).

Raspy, fwiw, bcs I am not a medical professional and don't know your exact situation anyway....still, I'd give real thought to Miamizsun's post on the bullet-proof diet. I'd probably try it, but whatever you do, I hope it's effective and you are healthy soon.

Sounds like a lot to deal with, but hang in there. You can get through this.
By the way, you might try eating a teaspoon of cinnamon daily. It helps stabilize blood sugars. Avoid anything with high fructose corn syrup. Start reading labels because they put it in all kinds of things. Luckily manufacturers are starting to respond and offer products without it. Hunt's ketchup is one example.
Hope things get better soon!

rasptor, make a shopping list from the green side of this chart and eat all you want-don't count calories

if you don't have sugary food porn in the house you can't eat it

Get better!

Thanks everybody.  I'm sure it will be fine.  Miami, that's my point.  Who thinks about this stuff.  Healthy  carbs? Bad carbs?  Yadda yadda yadda.  When  I'm hungry I eat something.  I don't plan anything....or didn't until now.  This is exhausting just keeping up with the meal planning, testing, logging for the doctors.  People that do this for a lifetime should get some kind of tax break or a reward every year or something.  Geesh.  

Can you get a body transplant?  I'd be interested in that. Think they'd take a used Mini and a couple of dogs on trade? 

if i were you

i'd get on the body transplant list asap

just kidding

do whatever you gotta do and get better will ya

regarding blood sugar issues

you can help control a lot of that with diet and nutrition

hopefully to minimze the med dosage

personally i'd eat lots of fresh veggies, berries, rice sparingly, healthy fats

and your favorite animal(s)

i'd tell processed carbs to hit the bricks
good luck 

i loves ya. hang in there.

BHD I think I'm part  cockroach, or somehow related to Cher.  Ya just can't kill me off.  Buzz....I'd stand at Broad and High naked at noon with arrows pointing at my junk if I could do that.