An early let down
It has now been a week since I started this journey, Some days have been good, some not so much.
After I saw the doctor last week I had to see the diabetic nurse at the clinic I go to. She was lovely. Very reassuring and put me in a positive frame of mind. She didn’t need to go over how to test my blood or how to inject myself as I did that when I was pregnant, all-be-it 17 years ago. Things have changed a little .. the insulin pen I have now comes with the insulin already in it which is so much easier than storing the vials and certainly less fiddly. But when she promised to check in on me in a weeks time to make sure I was okay and coping all right I took her at her word. However, today, one week from seeing her .. no phone call.
Yes, she might be busy. But I am too trying to get a grip on what is happening to me. So I think I’m justified in feeling a little let down and abandoned. Yes, I could have called her myself but I already feel like I am taking up too much of other people’s time with this, so no .. that is not something I would do. I don’t interfere in other people’s lives, often to the detriment of my own, and I certainly don’t like to cause a fuss.
But apart from that today was good. My bloods were a little all over the place .. 12.3 this morning, 12.3 at lunch and then 18.8 before dinner. I should be sitting at around 19 so the dinner reading is okay the other two, not so good. I don’t think I’m eating enough some times but eating is all I seem to be doing. The whole concept of food is now the predominant thought in my head morning, noon and night. I can’t wait until I get passed this stage ,., it can’t come soon enough.
Dinner tonight was beef and veggie stir fry with brown rice. Super easy and tasty.