Feeling better!
In the light of the library, I can see that my computer is dusty as hell. It's definitely A Look(tm). But it's not the computer that I"m worried about right now.
No, right now I'm trying to get my blood sugar meter to talk to the computer, so that I can get last month's data printed out and accounted for.
I technically do not have a diabetes diagnosis, not of any type. The numbers don't read up to it. But my glucose levels have been confirmed to be weird. Not weird enough for medication, but weird enough that I need to be monitoring them myself every day.
Which, technically speaking, is fine by me. I really enjoy looking at my numbers and knowing if I'm getting somewhere or not. I mean, hell, I own one of those body analyzer scales, and I wear a Fitbit daily-and have since...actually, let me get my notes...
Oh wow, my app has the literal first day noted. November 15, 2012. So, pretty quick after I started getting my health in shape from that guy. No doubt he would have thought this entire thing, the whole idea of fitness wearables, was stupid. Good thing that I don't have to justify myself to him anymore.
ANYWAY
There are a lot of bits and bobs of information to keep track of here. There's the actual blood glucose numbers, and there's other stuff like activity levels (I could be better) and weight (I DEFINITELY could be doing better there) to keep track of. That will be easier to improve now that I'm on a new med that actually works.
Yeah, after a bit, the dose of gabapentin that I was on just wasn't doing anything, and when I went to my new doctor, he immediately put me on something else, pregabalin (brand name: Lyrica). When I tell you that the improvement was damn near instant-like, hugely instant. I feel close to what I think normal is as far as pain levels go now. I haven't yet tried to push this new normal to its limits, but it's tempting to see just how much I can do now. I think I'll try to take it easy, though, get used to it before I jump into the deep end. Maybe I'll check my app for low-impact workouts and try one a week to start.
This is a trip. Seriously.
No, right now I'm trying to get my blood sugar meter to talk to the computer, so that I can get last month's data printed out and accounted for.
I technically do not have a diabetes diagnosis, not of any type. The numbers don't read up to it. But my glucose levels have been confirmed to be weird. Not weird enough for medication, but weird enough that I need to be monitoring them myself every day.
Which, technically speaking, is fine by me. I really enjoy looking at my numbers and knowing if I'm getting somewhere or not. I mean, hell, I own one of those body analyzer scales, and I wear a Fitbit daily-and have since...actually, let me get my notes...
Oh wow, my app has the literal first day noted. November 15, 2012. So, pretty quick after I started getting my health in shape from that guy. No doubt he would have thought this entire thing, the whole idea of fitness wearables, was stupid. Good thing that I don't have to justify myself to him anymore.
ANYWAY
There are a lot of bits and bobs of information to keep track of here. There's the actual blood glucose numbers, and there's other stuff like activity levels (I could be better) and weight (I DEFINITELY could be doing better there) to keep track of. That will be easier to improve now that I'm on a new med that actually works.
Yeah, after a bit, the dose of gabapentin that I was on just wasn't doing anything, and when I went to my new doctor, he immediately put me on something else, pregabalin (brand name: Lyrica). When I tell you that the improvement was damn near instant-like, hugely instant. I feel close to what I think normal is as far as pain levels go now. I haven't yet tried to push this new normal to its limits, but it's tempting to see just how much I can do now. I think I'll try to take it easy, though, get used to it before I jump into the deep end. Maybe I'll check my app for low-impact workouts and try one a week to start.
This is a trip. Seriously.