Dreamer Easy

Goal: 4000 words
Currently: 3500
Have been working for: about three and a half hours total
Hurdle: Thanks to the hypo, must now sleep like the dead for a bit.

My hba1c blood test came back with a 6.3 average. To translate this into English, I'm managing my diabetes very well, and considerably better than on the last test earlier in the year. Huzzah!

(Ryss, you asked about my thyroid - turns out I had it checked at the start of the year and all was normal. I'd forgotten all about that amongst all the needles that get stuck in me, so thanks for reminding me to ask!)

Still on the subject of food, I made pancakes for brunch with half white flour (bad for diabetes), and half a mixture of almond meal, wheat germ, and soy drink powder (plus an egg, soy milk, salt and a topping of maple syrup). Two hours later, I got an 8.9. It worked!

The blood test showed that my three-month average for blood sugar has gone up from 5.9 to 7 - not a catastrophe, but I'll be monitoring closely over the next week, and then the doc and I will decide if I need a trip to the endocrinologist. (I suspect the problem is a combination of having put on weight while OS, and the injury which stopped me getting much in the way of exercise for part of those three months - if so, I should be able to bring down that average again with a combination of better eating, yoga, and walking.)

Tonight, after dinner: 12.7. (After walk with Jon: 10.2.)

Two hours after breakfast. (Yesterday on waking: 6.8. Bedtime before that:12.3; bedtime before that, 11.3)

Thought you-all might like to see one of these entries - normally they're private, just for my reference. LJ as a medical tool! The desirable range is 4 - 8; up to 10 is acceptable. I think we may need to reinstate the post-dinner brisk walk, or in my case, brisk limp.