Requiem For A Sugar
Yesterday I switched from insulin injections to pills. How did my blood sugar react? Well, the next time I measured it was 2.8. Two point frigging eight. That is by far the lowest it’s ever been. In fact it is too low. It’s not supposed to be under 4. So I had to grab something to eat right away.
Maybe it was so low because I had been out for a walk. Quite possibly the first walk I have ever done just for the exercise. Not to go shopping. Not stopping at the library. Not going out because there was snow and I wanted to enjoy the prettiness. Just walking for the sake of it. I feel so very healthy and morally upright. Walking for exercise, whodathunk it was possible.
Speaking of snow, the weather forecast says we might be getting some. It is almost winter now.
My blood sugar after taking the pills today have been in the low 4s.. So that’s good. Looks to me like pills will be okay. That I won’t need the insulin injections. The doc will be calling tomorrow at 10 to hear how it’s going. They were thinking that one pill might not be enough and that we might have to up the dosage. But looks like that won’t be necessary. I must say that I’m happy with how it’s going. I thought it was going to be so very hard. But I’m still eating well, starting to feel good enough to go out and get a little exercise. And my blood sugar levels have been 1 digit since I came home. I don’t think it’s been higher than 7 in quite a while. I am coping. I honestly had my doubts whether I would. But hey, I guess I was selling myself short.
Tomorrow is the playground christmas party. I must admit that I don’t feel much like going. It will be stresfull and there will be people. I feel like I have had enough stress and people lately. But I better go. I know it will be nice after all. I’ll make an effort. And skip desert. Hopefully Bodil will be there. I haven’t seen her in absolutely ages. Not since Mads died actually. So that’s a long time. It would be good to see her again. They’re all nice people at the playground, but she’s the one I feel most comfortable with. I hope I can get to sit next to her like I have the last two years. And that the night will go as well as those in general.
All for now.
November 21st, 2008 at 10:10
It’s good to hear life is on the up a little. What a shock you’ve had… I hope you enjoy the Christmas party!
November 22nd, 2008 at 4:34
Have a good time at the party. It will be nice for you to see Bodil again. You haven’t mentioned her in awhile, so thought you probably hadn’t seen her lately.
On our way home tonight, we hit a deer. She ran out in front of us and there wasn’t anything to do but hit her. We were in our big truck (we had to deliver some doors tonight to a client) and about 1 1/2 miles from home.
Thankfully, she died instantly and my husband pulled her off the road so other cars wouldn’t hit her and cause an accident. So we called the sheriff’s office and our insurance company.
We were fine and were able to drive the truck home. Mainly the front heavy plastic bumper under the chrome bumper was broken and our license plate is hanging wonky. But we can still drive the truck and don’t think anything major is broken.
The sheriff’s deputy said she usually has 5 deer/car calls a shift for the last several weeks. The crops are being harvested, the male deer are in rut, and there are deer running around everywhere.
I’ve hit one about 8 years ago and it’s really scary. They come up out of the ditch and they’re right in front of you. And you are supposed to hit them rather than try to veer off the road or swerve to miss them.
It’s sad to hit them, but the statistics show when drivers swerve and lose control of the vehicle, then there’s a chance of rolling the car or hitting a car in the oncoming lane and then you have personal injury on top of totaling the vehicle.
Hope your night is NOT as exciting as ours’ was! Watch out for deer!
November 22nd, 2008 at 16:54
Om my god, Debster! I’m so glad you’re all okay. We hit a pony when I was expecting Raven. It was so scary! I was looking up at the stars on a very cold night on 2nd of January praying that I’d feel her move so I was sure she was alright, because the seatbelt was very tight and the impact was fierce. But we were alright in the end (I didn’t really need to say that, did I?)
November 22nd, 2008 at 23:52
Stu – Staying positive, that’s the key. Thanks m8!
Debster – Aww, poor deer. And poor you. That must have been such a shock. I’m glad you’re okay. It sounds really scary. I don’t know what I’d do if that ever happened to me. Freak out completely I guess. Good thing I don’t drive!
You better take good care of the goats now.. and let them take good care of you.
desiree – That sounds really scary too. I’m more and more glad I don’t have a driver’s license! I’m gonna get a horse to ride around on instead I think. Good thing you’re all okay.
November 23rd, 2008 at 1:55
Oh, Desiree! A pony. How awful. And being pregnant, too. That could have been a terrible accident.
This is the third one my husband has hit in his years of driving. I hit one about 7 or 8 years ago. Now that one was terrible. Poor deer wasn’t killed on impact and several other cars ran over her.
It was in the evening in December about the time everyone was traveling home from work and in a hurry. Thank goodness one driver stopped after the deer was dead and pulled it off the road.
We took the gravel road home tonight, drove slowly, and did see one deer cross the road way up ahead of our truck. It crossed safely.