Fatcheerleader's Journal, 24 August 2011

So I've been checking blood glucose levels twice a day with the monitor they sent home. So far, I've had slightly impaired fasting and low blood sugar. My slightly impaired fasting numbers are 105-109 and my low numbers an hour after eating (and feeling headache/nausea) are 114-123. No high blood sugar yet, so at least the Metformin is doing the job it was hired to do, right? Anyway, I'm such a scaredy-monkey. My nurse said, "Just take this little thing, count to three and prick yourself." She said that would be easier than loading it in the auto loader that has a trigger which shoots in and out of your skin QUICKLY and less painfully.

"Derrr..Okay." Yeah. Not happening. Now I know why she said look while you do it or you will miss. I actually have to load it up in the little shooter thing cause me trying to do it to myself takes FORever. I did convince a friend to use one of the cartridge type stickers/lancets. My friends love me. She did it and now I'm not going to have to load those into the machine each time. I'm just not a rip the Band-aid off kind of girl. (Well, unless it's an actual Band-aid, and even then it depends on the circumstance.) I mean have you ever tried to sneak up and stab your own self? It's comical to say the least. Just one more motivator to keep my blood sugar under control, otherwise I will have to hire an actual monkey to follow me around for insulin shots. NO WAY will I be able to do it to myself. Scaredy-monkey.

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646 kcal

Fat: 35.75g | Prot: 28.04g | Carb: 50.23g.   Breakfast: onion, Large Grade A Eggs. Lunch: jimmy dean turkey sausage, Ranch Dressing. Dinner: feta, olive oil, tomato, mushroom, brocolli, baby carrots, juanita's, Mild Salsa. more...

3719 kcal

Activities & Exercise: Shopping - 2 hours, Standing - 2 hours, Housework - 1 hour, Yard Work (gardening) - 2 hours, Resting - 9 hours, Sleeping - 8 hours. more...