HS 2720 – UNIT 2 DISCUSSION ASSIGNMENT I was never aware of the multitude of connections between the rest of the body and the oral cavity (Tatomir, 2017). I am surprised by how this connection influences the organs, systems, and diseases. What surprised me and why: For the past ten years, I have been inconsistently plagued by gingivitis, sprains, and sometimes small sores next to my tongue and in my oral cavity. I connected it to our daily meat diet and not so often greens. Later, we reduced the meat and ate more fish and poultry, depending on the price. I would rinse my mouth with salt water to see if it would not get better. With it came the terrible bloatedness, an unquenchable thirst, and burning feet, and my tongue was feeling thick and …show more content…
My sister told me to go for a two-hour glucose intolerance test, which I asked my doctor for. He was shocked, as every year, all my regular tests were OK, but he also asked for a few extra tests with the glucose intolerance test. The result was I have Type 2 Diabetes, and I was immediately put on Metformin 500mg twice a day. This diagnosis was made on 8 September 2023. I was also overweight, and my sugar intake was high due to the diet that my partner and I followed at that stage, eating just what we wanted and enjoying it. I never thought I would be diagnosed with diabetes because I was always healthy. My brother lost his leg above the knee due to a diabetic foot four months before I was diagnosed, and my mother had diabetes and lymphoma. I was devastated. I immediately made a lifestyle change as I refused to become a victim of diabetes. Moreover, I started walking briskly for four days a week for 30 minutes before I continued with my studies, controlling my diet, eating a half plate of salad once a day with my food, cutting out on bread, whole cream milk, and sugar, I have lost 7 kilograms in 6 months, as well as losing a few percentages of dangerous fats around my organs per the measurements done by my