My Diabetes diagnosis is not a life sentence, I would like to try and honor my Brother Chris and his memory. who died way too young due to chronic issues with Diabetes
Tuesday, August 31, 2021
and HOW has my diabetes thing been handled this past month
I have been so busy blogging about grief, loss, pain and fear, peace, hope, joy, sadness, love........... I guess i should take a moment and tell you how my diabetes is doing. the three weeks when old Bill was really sick, I barely ate, my stomach was in constant knots, and if i may be honest, i didn't take by medicine most of the time. I dropped 14 lbs in those few weeks. My blood sugars remained normal but high normal. I didn't realize that stress can change your numbers more than sugar. ( I remember the highest my number were was when my brother died.) A few days after Bill died, and when i was able to find my peace again, my appetite came back, well sorta. I never had the ice cream, or the cakes or the cookies, However I did have a potato more than once or twice in a week instead of once or twice in a month. AND THEN LAST WEEK, thursday to be exact, my X friend Christina brought the "kitchen sink" cookies from Panera .. I decided heck with it, and i ate a 1/2 of a cookie, and then I went and had the other 1/4 of the cookie...... that last bite put me over the edge and i got physically sick. That night i took an honest inventory of my health, and I could almost hear old Bill say, " Sandi don't give up, you can do this, I am so proud of you.....now get a grip" and from that moment on, I remembered my goal, my promise to myself, my promise to my Brother, ......and I haven't looked back. I am strict keto again, absolutely no sugar, no pasta, no ice cream. I fast 12 hours now........but next week I will be back to 16 hours. Again i am finding my way in this maze called life, finding a way to my new normal.. so many changes so quickly, it would be so easy to "forget" my health, but that isn't fair to me. I need to keep on track for me, . I will schedule my doctor check up for 8 weeks, and i will see how i am doing. Blessings to all of you.......please be Kind to one another
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