Take care of yourselves...well ourselves!!!
Casey Johnson did not have to die. She did need some support and some professional help which it sounds like she was on her way to try to get. She died of Diabetic Ketoacidosis.
DKA is basically when your body does not have enough insulin to function properly. For example, not taking your insulin injections if you are Type 1, like in Casey's case. Without insulin your body can not break down food and store it for energy. So once your body runs out of it's energy stores it looks for the next thing to break down to keep it going, fat. Once all of the fat is gone it moves on to the next thing it can find, muscle. By now you are in pain and should now that something is not right. Even at this state there are things that can be done to help reverse the affects and get you as close to "normal" as you can get. However, if left untreated, the body starts breaking down all muscles like your heart and other organs your body needs to stay alive. Once you've reached this point there is very little that can be down to stop a diabetic from dying. It can be done but your quality of life will never be the same once you reach this point.
So, lessons learned here??? Take care of yourself, take your insulin and check your dang blood sugars.
2 comments:
I agree that Casey's problems were way beyond biabetes, but great info none the less.
Very sad and a warning to all of us that a woman whose family owns Animas and Lifescan and all the other J & J brands was killed by diabetes.
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