Patches and Diabetes, Day 1
Last night, I spoke with Dr. G, who's been awesome about keeping me updated about Patches. She said that Patches's glucose curve was looking perfect and they wanted to keep her overnight to make sure her numbers didn't dip too low. They had to figure out how much to adjust the insulin dosage, depending on how Patches's system reacts to it all.
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I think it's amazing that you recognized that anxiety and then sort of worked WITH it as opposed to fighting it, which makes it worse. And that you told Joe and just went and dealt with it.
The other night, things were building and building ad building and finally I started losing it because there wasn't any grated cheese left (yeah, I know, but it's not the *one* thing, it's that the cheese was sort of the final straw). So I told Tom "I'm about to have a temper tantrum!" and for some reason, just saying that to him sort of calmed it down.
I think its so amazing that you used the glucose testing stuff on yourself. I don't know many people who would do that for their cats- or who would even think of doing something like that to save their cats unnecessary pain.
Oh, and mucus poop= BLARGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH. I am so happy potty training is almost over.
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And yeah, I am not the type to start throwing thing. If I get really furious, I tend to just sit down and cry as my default reaction.
Thank you! Yeah I had been trying to push it away all day, but recognizing it, acknowledging it and dealing with it did help.
I understand about those straws that can break the camel's back! You always feel so dopey, too, because you're like, "It's not about my missing pencil, goddamnit, I'm JUST UPSET!" But yeah, I find that telling people when I'm nervous or upset does help. It's like, just knowing that you're not trying to HIDE it anymore is helpful.
Thanks. :)
And congrats on almost being through potty training! That sounds like a gross and un-fun process! Must be nice to see the light at the end of the tunnel!
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