Take 2

I had an update earlier and then, it gave me some stupid error and gone it went.

Let me not lose my patience and try and remember what I wrote.

Ok, here is my update on my diabetes since, afterall, this is what this blog is supposed to be about.

I have lost 27 lbs. since April 25, 2008, the date of my diabetes diagnosis. I am 3 lbs. shy of my goal. Ok, let me explain. My goal of 30 lbs. is only for my hair. I have been ready to cut this shit off. I hate long hair. Add curly hair in Houston where there is always buckets of water in the air and geez...so ready to die. It's beyond the 10 inches that Locks of Love requires for hair donation. Locks of Love and my goal took on a whole new meaning when my breast cancer scare happened and then when my little B was diagnosed with leukemia this past February (which later became chronic leukemia). So, I stuck to my goal and am just 3 measly lbs. away from it. Yea me! I don't have a final goal though concerning my weight. It's more of me just wanting to get off the meds and not have to inject my side with medicine twice a day. It's tiresome and it breaks me in a little inside when I draw blood and it gets on my shirt. Yea, that hurts not physically too much but emotionally. That's what bothers me more than anything. I'm MFing 32 and here I am doing this shit. If I live to be 80 then I will live with this for more than half my life. I have to be extra careful because I don't want to feel my feet tingle at 40.

What else?

I'm taking my Lipitor. I tried to lower my cholesterol on my own but, after a talk with my doctor, he said that I should take it even if my cholesterol lowers. It would protect my heart. Geez, thank God for insurance, good insurance that is.

Everything though is going good according to my endo and my OB/GYN is happy and I love her. She was the one who prompted me to check for diabetes because of my PCOS. That predisposed me and I never knew that it did. That alone made me visit the endocrinologist every year. I finally hit JACKPOT last year though. (I keed.)

Sigh.

I'm outta here.

I know, I know...

I hate you blogger....my post....gone.
An update. Fuck you!

Sighdy, Sigh, Sigh

Sigh.
I've been posting entries over at livejournal. I forget about this one and quite frankly, no one reads them. I've been searching for food blogs and while I found several, I was really in search of some that were more diabetic friendly.

FYI
Not coming into work on Tuesday because of Edouard really threw me off and making my work days seem longer.

Eh.

Eh.

11 pounds and counting.

I've been extra tired lately and it's not because my sugar has been high (it hasn't). I'm a little under the weather and just want to sleep and sleep.

This is all.

Test Time

I had my EMG yesterday. It was scary but it's over. The needle pricking was disturbing.

I was upset yesterday. As I am sitting in the doctor's office, I notice a lot of Mexicans there as well as older people.

That gets me down.

@(*&*$^*!^!(!*&*^^%^(&!!!!!!!

I am having a bad day. I am seriously close to fucking up some people at BCBSTX. They are giving me the run around concerning my claim for my test strips. WTF? Walgreens isn't part of my network? Are you kidding me? They couldn't explain that shit to me? Neither one of them? I could have found a place that would file the claim on my behalf rather than me? And wtf the difference is going towards my deductible? Fuck. Diabetics have it hard. Shit, fuck, fuck, fuckity fuck, fuck, fuck.

Fuck me.


ps...sorry for the cursing.

Tests and More Tests

I had a doctor appointment yesterday to learn the results of my blood work and 24-hour urine test.

Bad News

High cholesterol - I have to take Lipitor now. It is not incredibly high but it would be best to bring it down as it may lead to heart disease.

High testosterone - I've had this before. I get to take Metformin now to help manage that as well as my PCOS which causes high testosterone.

High blood sugar - This is a given. I'm taking my Byetta to help with it

Good News

I lost 6 lbs. since April 25, the date of my diabetic diagnosis.

My blood sugar was 114 when I walked in. That is freaking awesome.

My doctor is really proud of me. I can't tell you how good that makes me feel.

I have to have a cardio pulmonary test at the end of the month. The first week of August brings more tests including a continuous glucose monitoring test where a strip will be inserted under my skin and record my blood sugar every 5 minutes for 72 hours. The other test is an EMG, electromyography, which will check out my muscles and how they are working. Something will be inserted in me to determine that.

I'm not really looking forward to them but know that I am going to do my best to "study" for them.