Thursday, June 25: Ate a full supper, began fast after supper (approximately 8:00 p.m.). Bedtime blood glucose 127 mg/dL, blood ketones 3.4 mmol/l. I have determined what prescription meds/OTC that I have to have, and everything else I can do without for 3 days. Early AM (1+ hr before anything else) Synthroid levothyroxine AM (breakfast)…
Author: Jacquie
Measuring Ketones, First 10 (actually 8)
Friday, June 19, 2020: I received my new KetoCoach Blood Ketone Monitor starter kit today! I took time to read all the instructions thoroughly and then check the date and time settings on the meter. I figured out how to insert a lancet (30G) into the lancing device. Then I decided to check my ketones…
Kaiser Pain Management Group Online, Session 2
“Calm Mind Calm Body” apparently is the name of the Tuesday drop-in group. Today Julie White (Pain Psychologist) facilitated the first half hour, starting with 10 minutes of guided meditation and it was very reminiscent of the original Pain Management Program, back in the “old days” when we met in person 3 days a week…
Kaiser Pain Management Group Online
If the pandemic had not hit, I would have had my routine appointment with Francis, my Pain Physical Therapist, on April 24. But, in the throes of the pandemic, that day came and passed and I thought about emailing Francis and asking him…well, I didn’t know exactly what I would ask in an email. So…
F&F Fast
Saturday, June 6, 2020: I did not sleep well last night. It was just like that night last week when I failed to take my PM pills. And, when I did sleep, I had troubling dreams. In my dream, Linda was rearranging everything in the bedroom without asking me. Lisa was in the dream, busy…
City and County Curfews
Tuesday, June 2, 2020: Because of all the rioting and looting taking place everywhere, including Oakland north of us (and who knows in all the other directions?), the City of San Leandro issued a curfew last night from 6:00 p.m. to 5:30 a.m. The Walgreen’s a mile east of us was trashed and looted and…
Acupressure Video Follow-up
Wednesday, May 27, 10:30 a.m. Sophie Tu We had a follow-up video appointment 9 days later. For whatever unknown reason, I wasn’t able to activate my microphone this time. (I had had NO issues in the first appointment.) So Sophie called my cell phone, which I put on speaker phone, so we were able to…
Acupressure by Video Appointment
Yes, COVID-19 is still going on and will likely continue indefinitely. But certain essential pieces of our lives must go on. The 30-day Richard Osborn Challenge Starting on May 2, we launched The 30-day Richard Osborn Challenge for Adventist Vegetarian Diabetics. My personal goal was to walk every single day a minimum of 30 minutes…
COVID-19, Week 9
Sunday, May 10: Mother’s Day. I was hungry for Kentucky Fried Chicken, but that’s not going to happen for a while. Linda didn’t feel up to riding her scooter today, so Emily and I went by ourselves in the trike. Yow! My legs were so sore from yesterday’s almost-5-miles ride. I barely made it around…