After 19 consecutive days without a head-splitting migraine requiring medication, I had a migraine in the middle of the night (about 4 a.m., I think). Well, that was 19 days that were gifts. Fortunately, I’ve had enough time to accrue another month’s supply of sumatriptan. The only thing I ate yesterday that was unusual (for me) was tuna…
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May Day
April was a hard month in many ways. I started out on Easter Sunday with a horrific cold that lasted a week. I had 11 days of migraines for the first 15 days of the month. I felt under increasing pressure to get the tax returns done in time. And of course I had all…
Easter Sunday
I still have frozen shoulder. I still get migraines approximately 15 days out of every 30. My biggest challenge is still exercise. I only averaged 21 min. daily, where it should be a minimum of 30 minutes. Now that the days are longer, I really have no excuse! Except today when it is raining. In…
Stress
Evidence that stress has a direct effect on blood sugar: I checked BG 90 min. after dinner and it was 113. Then I had 4 hrs of a VERY stressful evening (related to work—I work at home) and bedtime BG was 174! YIKES!! Took an extra metformin even though it’s above the maximum daily dosage….
Time Marches On
Another month has passed. I have met my goals for February in keeping daily carbs under 75 grams and calories under 1800. My average blood glucose readings have not dropped much (from 146 to 140), but my fasting blood glucose average has dropped from 160 to 138. I have recorded my water intake and averaged…
More About NEWSTART®
Last week the admin of NEWSTART® Insights said he sent out an email to NEWSTART® program alumni, inviting them to join this Facebook group. He must have succeeded, because the group jumped from 30-something to way over 100 members. Well, a couple of weeks ago I asked about coconut oil and got this response: “Sorry…
Facebook Drama
I have been following NEWSTART® Insights on Facebook for a couple a weeks now. I am careful not to express my own opinions but rather just to ask questions, to try to start (or add to) conversations. There was this person, Terri Gleadell Wallace, who posted, said she had never attended a NEWSTART® session but had…
From January to February
So…I’ve completed four full weeks of a food journal, with grams and percentages of carbohydrates, fat, and protein, and continuing with recording blood glucose readings and insulin dosages. I’m feeling more than a little depressed right now because I’ve gained weight instead of losing, even though my blood glucose numbers are coming down a bit….
NEWSTART® Insights
I need to just start this day completely over! Woke up with a migraine, could not get into computer for an hour and half, and then discovered that my trusty Joomla editor was not working and the rest of the day was consumed with that! The first re-broadcast of City Church Online failed, and the…
Stopped Glipizide
I have been uneasy about glipizide for some time, since glipizide stimulates the release of insulin from the pancreas. I have come to view glipizide as something that is forcing my pancreas to produce more insulin when my problem is insulin resistance. Over the past several months, I have gradually decreased my dosage from 15mg/day…