Dealing with my diabetes

Today, took last dose of Metformin, didn’t plan well nor realize that it took 3 days to fulfill prescription refills through IHS, hope to get Dr. Buxton to get my refills done tomorrow. Late pop again so hopefully I will finally go to bed at a normal time.

Testing

• After Dinner: 157 mg/dL 9:31 PM
• Half hour after Popcorn: 226 186 mg/dL 11:43 PM

Meals

Breakfast -

• Woke up late again

Lunch -

• Turkey Melt

Dinner -

• An experiment
• Potatos
• Mushrooms
• Diced Dino Nuggets
• Wilted Spinach in a tomato based sauce.

Today I took my last dose of my Lisinopril and Aspirin. I did get a late start on exercise and cleaning though and feel good, except for staying up late for laundry.

Testing

• After Lunch: 186 mg/dL 3:58 PM
• After Exercise and walk: 141 186 mg/dL 5:39 PM

Meals

Breakfast -

• Woke up late no breakfast, just some fruit

Lunch -

• Open Faced Turkey sandwich
• Popcorn for side and snacking throught the day

Dinner -

• Potato Soup

Happy Birthday Rebecca! Hoep you have a great year again sis! Feeling much better, but my kick didn’t come til after 4 and I got my kitchen back finally as well as trying to catch up on some laundry, sadly this has kept me up til 3:34 AM.

Testing

• Wake Up: 162 mg/dL 11:39 AM
• Before Dinner: 109 mg/dL 8:10 PM
• After Dinner: 187 mg/dL 11:50 PM

Meals

Breakfast -

• Honey Nut Cheerios

Lunch -

• Open faced Turkey Sandwich

Dinner -

• Stir Fry, tried to go light on the rice

Feeling better today, not back to 100% though. It also didn’t hit til later in the day.

Testing

• Before Lunch: 142 mg/dL 1:12 PM
• Before Dinner: 144 mg/dL 7:31 PM
• Bedtime: 181 mg/dL 11:27 PM

Meals

Breakfast -

• Honey Nut Cheerios

Lunch -

• Popcorn
• Fruit

Dinner -

• Breakfast Burritos

Ahhhh, so I was completely out of commision, I believe I grunted at people and kind of shuffled around all day.

Testing

• Before Dinner: 241 mg/dL 5:25 PM
• Bedtime: 189 mg/dL 10:40 PM

Meals

Breakfast -

• Oatmeal
• Handful of Craisins
• Cup o 1% Milk

Lunch -

• Left over Chinese Haystack

Dinner -

• Pizza, because I made my brother go get something for dinner

So I was totally out of commision today, didn’t test really, nor did I interact with the world. I however got the fortitude to cook all meals.

Testing

• Wake Up: 242 mg/dL 9:09 AM

Meals

Breakfast -

• Oatmeal
• Handful of Craisins

Lunch -

• Pizza, so not in the mood to do more than put stuff in the oven

Dinner -

• Chinese Haystack
  This would include: Rice, Cream of Chicken, Chicken bits, Cheese, Chow Mein Noodles, and Pineapple

Ugh, realized I was sick so I tried to test a bit more than normal to see if my BSL really would spike, don’t remember any of my meals as everything tasted like sandpaper.

Testing

• Wake Up: 224 mg/dL 9:24 AM
• Before Lunch: 249 mg/dL 12:39 PM
• After Lunch: 196 mg/dL 4:08 PM
• Before Dinner: 182 mg/dL 7:36 PM

Meals

Breakfast -

• Don’t Remember

Lunch -

• Sandpaper

Dinner -

• I am convinced it was glue

Not feeling 100%, noticeably worse than yesterday

Testing

• After Breakfast: 233 mg/dL 12:44 PM Totally forgot to test at wake up and did this a half hour after breakfast

Meals

Breakfast -

• Eggs
• Fruit

Lunch -

• Turkey Jack Melt
• Ugh, Im so evil! A bag of Lay’s Potato Chips

Dinner -

• Tomato Pasta Stir Fry

Happy New Year Everybody! This is a gonna be a great year! Why? Well I can’t be diagnosed with Diabetes now can I? I was also starting to feel a squosh under the weather.

Testing

• After Dinner: 222 mg/dL 8:32 PM

Meals

Breakfast -

• Frosted Flakes

Lunch -

• Turkey Sandwich

Dinner -

• Fajitas
• Spanish Rice
• Chips and Queso

I am trying a new way to list my stuff, a bit less confusing and easier to read I hope.
This is also about the time I started to come down with a cold, ugh having a cold sucks now.

Testing

• After Breakfast - 188 mg/dL – 12:06 PM
• Forgot to test before breakfast, this was my 2 hours after
• Late Night Check: 170 mg/dL – 11:35 PM

Meals

Breakfast -

• Open Faced Egg Sandwich

Lunch -

• I really don’t remember

Dinner -

• Cream of Chicken Pasta

Happy Birthday Dad!

Wake Up:
155 11:25 AM

Before Lunch:
228 3:24 PM

Breakfast:
Eggs and Fruit

Lunch:
Cut Fruit

Dinner:
Pizza, oh man I am such a bad man

I am so behind on my journal, bad me!

Wake up :
190 11:24 AM

Before Lunch:
164 2:31 PM

Breakfast:
Honey Nut Cereals

Lunch:
Left over Chicken and Rice

Dinner:
I don’t remember

I’ve changed to testing breakfast this week

Before: 190
10:39AM
Breakfast:
1 cup Oatmeal
handful of craisins
1 cup Cherry Apple juice

After: 274
12:52
That seems a bit worrying as all I had was oatmeal with craisins

Lunch:
Turkey sandwich – 1 slice of bread
Too many pita chips

Dinner:
I was bad here and ate at the OG
Fagioli
Tuscan Garlic Chicken

This wasn’t a great day in keeping my records, nor in testing

Breakfast
2 Eggs
1 cup of juice
Morning: 142
11:37
Meds not taken yet
This test was probably about an hour and half after breakfast

Lunch:
Apple
I know bad, but it’s been a wierd week after the holidays

Evening Test: 228
6:44PM

Dinner:
Quesadillas
2 torts
shredded chicken
grated cheese

So I remembered to test before but not after.