Amber's Illnesses Megathread - For someone who "never gets sick", she sure gets sick a lot.

[Guardsman42]

Amber used to wear glasses. She didn't wear them all the time like you should. When you neglect wearing your glasses, your eyesight will get much more worst. It's likely her prescription was way out of date and could not see out of them anymore. It's much better to go sans glasses than to wear an incorrect prescription, though.

Amber is a master at managing her finance, as you know. Spending hundreds a month on restaurants is much more important than getting glasses.

Well, then god knows what she has wrong with her eyes. Most Diabetics will get checked between 9-12 months as some of the problems can be caught earlier..but ultimately, most of them are a matter of time thing even when you do control your levels etc.

 

[Erica]

Well, then god knows what she has wrong with her eyes. Most Diabetics will get checked between 9-12 months as some of the problems can be caught earlier..but ultimately, most of them are a matter of time thing even when you do control your levels etc.

Actually most diabetics are perfectly fine. The cases you see on the news are people who never went to the doctor and thus their levels were out of control for a long time (usually decades), or people who are terrible patients and will never administer their medication properly.

Advanced diabetic retinopathy (the point where your vision is significantly affected) you will typically only see in older patients, as it takes a very long time to actually occur. At Amber’s age she probably just had myopia, and the stye is probably what it is or some minor infection from never washing her makeup.

Still, she should probably get checked for diabeties. You can still treat patients her size, though the heavier you are the more insulin you will require (typically, there’s some edge cases). But it’s better than being sick all the time.

 

[Guardsman42]

Actually most diabetics are perfectly fine. The cases you see on the news are people who never went to the doctor and thus their levels were out of control for a long time (usually decades), or people who are terrible patients and will never administer their medication properly.

Advanced diabetic retinopathy (the point where your vision is significantly affected) you will typically only see in older patients, as it takes a very long time to actually occur. At Amber’s age she probably just had myopia, and the stye is probably what it is or some minor infection from never washing her makeup.

Still, she should probably get checked for diabeties. You can still treat patients her size, though the heavier you are the more insulin you will require (typically, there’s some edge cases). But it’s better than being sick all the time.

I can almost assure that at her size and length of ignoring a very real problem, she'll need more then insulin. She's likely looking at needing multiple medications and a pump. Pure insulin won't cut it.

 

[Erica]

I can almost assure that at her size and length of ignoring a very real problem, she'll need more then insulin. She's likely looking at needing multiple medications and a pump. Pure insulin won't cut it.

See the thing is, diabeties 2 is something that damages over long periods of time. People can go for years undiagnosed. But, the longer you ignore it and the more weight you gain, the worse it gets.

Amber technically hasn’t been diabetic (if she actually is, her skin and such could still be something else, as we are just spergs) for that long in the grand scheme of things. This is why she should get treatment now, before she does irreversible damage.

 

[sperginity]

See the thing is, diabeties 2 is something that damages over long periods of time. People can go for years undiagnosed. But, the longer you ignore it and the more weight you gain, the worse it gets.

Amber technically hasn’t been diabetic (if she actually is, her skin and such could still be something else, as we are just spergs) for that long in the grand scheme of things. This is why she should get treatment now, before she does irreversible damage.

People get a little dramatic on kf when it comes to obesity related diseases. It's nice to see a more realistic discussion.

 

[Twinkie]

The body doesn't flip a switch from healthy to diabetic. Insulin resistance comes first (hence dark knuckles etc.), and there's even a range where you're considered pre-diabetic.

You can be in those stages for years (with symptoms similar to diabetes!) until you "officially" test in the diabetic range.

Amberlynn is going to hit the wall HARD, but it could be like 10 years until that happens. I do think there's a sense of urgency for her to get healthy while she's still young but I really doubt she's on death's doorstep. The body can take a tremendous amount of abuse.

 

[Guardsman42]

See the thing is, diabeties 2 is something that damages over long periods of time. People can go for years undiagnosed. But, the longer you ignore it and the more weight you gain, the worse it gets.

Amber technically hasn’t been diabetic (if she actually is, her skin and such could still be something else, as we are just spergs) for that long in the grand scheme of things. This is why she should get treatment now, before she does irreversible damage.

This is candidly untrue; it doesn't necessarily take long to do damage. If she was say at a 7 for a1c for years, that isn't bad. But we've seen how she eats, and what she eats. She's likely be running well over 12-14 on her A1C for a long time. Even a year at that level is where you start developing long lasting issues..and I suspect she's entering the stage where things will crash down in short order. Especially if she's prone to drinking <Which don't alot of deathfats get into it?>

 

[Erica]

This is candidly untrue; it doesn't necessarily take long to do damage. If she was say at a 7 for a1c for years, that isn't bad. But we've seen how she eats, and what she eats. She's likely be running well over 12-14 on her A1C for a long time. Even a year at that level is where you start developing long lasting issues..and I suspect she's entering the stage where things will crash down in short order. Especially if she's prone to drinking <Which don't alot of deathfats get into it?>

@SAVE TWINKIE! is correct.

You may be thinking of diabetes 1, which will kill you in 15 months if left untreated. But diabetes 2 has many, many different severities, as Twinkie has stated. Diabetes 2 is a slow, gradual disease. Much of the damage can not be reversed once it’s hit you, however treatment has improved significantly and those with diabetes 2 have the same average lifespan as anyone else pretty much. Again, the people you see who are in comas or have amputations with diabetes 2 have been untreated for decades typically. None of the diabetics on my 600 pound life have had a pump even.

But because the disease is gradual, it often goes undiagnosed for years because the symptoms look like other things such as eating expired food.

If her A1C was consistently that high, she would have been in a coma and diagnosed already. I’m not saying her readings are definitely great, just saying she has a fair bit of time before it gets horrendous.

Also amber if you’re reading this, please don’t use this as an excuse to not go get your glucose tests. Please do that before it gets bad. It’s not like you’re doing anything else all day.

 

[dominatrixman]

Fetal Alcohol Syndrome.

People with FAS usually can't gain a ton of weight.

 

[Whatthefuck]

And she boils the absolute shit out of anything she cooks in a pot in the stove.

And, don't forget that she generally cuts her chicken into tiny chunks, boils the hell out of it because oil = bad and then used to use a meat thermometer on the chunks to make sure they were done. She's only recently moved up to cooking chicken tenders whole.

 

[Donovan the Man]

And, don't forget that she generally cuts her chicken into tiny chunks, boils the hell out of it because oil = bad and then used to use a meat thermometer on the chunks to make sure they were done. She's only recently moved up to cooking chicken tenders whole.

This drives me nuts. Using a thermometer is good cooking practices, but diced chicken cooks in 4 minutes and it's for sure safe to eat. When people point out her cooking is terrible she makes some shit up about liking dry chicken. How does she not choke her dry ass chicken when she barely chews her food? How has she not choke eating at all with those giant bites she shallows whole? Forget the beetes killing her, she's going to choke one day.