Last night and today were not my finest hours. I miscalculated how much insulin for my dinner, and before I got out of the living room I was falling on the floor and losing control of my limbs (I know, nothing new there, but this was an extreme case). I checked my sugar and it was 45 or something. I grabbed a bag of Reeses Minis and attacked the ( Read more... )

Smart Exercise: Burning Fat, Getting Fit, by Covert Bailey. Houghton Mifflin Co. 1994

My doctor recommended this book to me, because I’m having problems with too much visceral fat. Written 30 years ago, I suspect it was cutting edge back then, but today much is fairly common knowledge. Still, for someone who has not paid attention to health ( Read more... )

It has been A Day. Bowels were bothering me last night, and were no better come morning. Took imipramine; it didn’t quiet it down. Took another one and it’s helped tremendously, hours later- It doesn’t normally take that long to take effect. Then late morning I had a bad low blood sugar reaction and of course over did it on the eating, so my sugar ( Read more... )

Forced myself on to the exercise bike today. Didn't last very long, and had to crank back the tension a LOT to handle it. My legs are already stiffening up; I hate to think what they'll feel like tomorrow ( Read more... )

I started digging patterns and fabric out, all ready to start sewing before the seed starting gets going and takes over the dining table. Then I measured myself, just to see if anything had changed and.... I realized that what I'd suspected was true. I've gotten bigger, sometime since early December I think it was, and not proportionally. My chest ( Read more... )

Life has been up and down, mostly down. I am still futzing with my antidepressant; I went from 100 down to 75, and, when my memory got a little better, went on down to 50 (I was at 75 for a couple of years, maybe a little more than that). Memory is still iffy, but better. My dreams... after I went up to 100, my dreams changed. I wasn't trapped in ( Read more... )

So, Tim had his colonoscopy this afternoon. He got lucky- his prep was very easy, no cramping, no vomiting. Just a few poops and done ( Read more... )

So, my new shoulder problem keeps getting worse. It's not the problem I've had since '91 when we got hit by the train- this is in the joint itself and radiates out from it like hellfire. The pain goes several inches down my arm, and is even sore to the touch. It's bad enough I can't concentrate on anything, so am reduced to faffing about on the ( Read more... )

Had a low sugar last night and of course that rewarded me with a(nother) migraine. And my jaw is trying to pull nasty tricks, slipping out of place while I'm laying down. Doesn't matter which side I lay on, it tries to push out. Please, please don't let it lead to a TMJ attack. Do not need that. Don't have any meds on hand to deal with it. Well, ( Read more... )

Sunny and nice, so snow has been melting. Turkeys still walking around the house. They have taken to stealing the bowls I put cat food outside in and I have no idea where they are taking them. They are just old cottage cheese containers, so no loss, but it's kind of weird that there is no sign of them ( Read more... )