I'm actually feeling well today. Aside from a bit of lingering depression, that is. Physically I'm not sore anywhere, I have decent energy, and the last faint traces of the allergic rash are fading ( Read more... )

I just tested my two-hour blood sugar, after a meal heavy on the pasta and the tomato sauce.

I expected a high reading.

I got an 11.4.

I am fucking ecstatic.

This morning I've started taking a higher dose of Metformin -- double my usual amount, and with the two dosing sets only four hours apart instead of twelve hours apart. Since Metformin has been known to *cough* have some explosive lower intestinal effects, it might be a very interesting day ( Read more... )

Finally back from my GP... *sigh* Just a little bit of running around and I'm exhausted all over again ( Read more... )

May the Gods bless the Internet, from which all information flows. Apparently many women with diabetes find that their blood sugar levels are harder to regulate in the days just before their period ( Read more... )

Another day of wildly careening blood glucose levels. And as usual, no symptoms except for a nagging background fatigue. I'm beginning to suspect that the rye bread we've been buying is responsible for some of it, in which case I'll have to find a different kind of bread to eat, or no bread at all, which would suck and suck mightily ( Read more... )

I just finished chowing down on a pizza from Diana's Gourmet Pizzaria, which won the Best Pizza in Canada award in 2005, 2006, and 2006. Pepperoni, mushroom, and green pepper on a thin whole wheat crust. Little slices of heaven ( Read more... )

My blood sugars have been all over the place since I started monitoring again on March 28th, mostly high. Yesterday after breakfast I clocked in at 22.4, and today after breakfast it was 19.7 ( Read more... )

Coffee's on, and that's all I can really say about the day so far.

Through another blog I've found a link to the NaNoWriYe nessage board, which I'll have to investigate later. Hurray! Something to possibly light a fire under my butt about my novel! Trouble is, the site is as slow as molasses in January...

...which actually isn't THAT slow, as ( Read more... )