Well for sure they are cataracts in my eyes and for sure they are fixable.
I have an appointment for this Friday to have the right one removed. It's outpatient procedure that takes this Dr 15 minutes so he claims. I will wear a patch for a day (just to keep me from rubbing it) and will see much clearer right away. They did offer a newfangled lens that would improve my vision instead of wearing glasses, but I am fine with my glasses, besides Marley wouldn't recognize me with out them :-) also insurance don't pay for the lens.
I am a tiny nervous, but more excited to get this done, my vision really has gone bonkers, I wouldn't pass the drivers test the way I see right now, so I am refraining from driving.
Progress on the diabetes is going slow, I eat then test 2 hours later, if the number is low 120 dl then that's one meal I will keep on eating, I have found you can get recipe ideas but only know for sure if it's right for you after testing it out, I guess a meal good for one Diabetic may not be all that good for another. Our bodies are all different.
In these couple of weeks I found:
Oatmeal with 3 slices fresh peach (no sugar no butter)
raisin brand crunch ff milk
Home made Veggie Soup
T-bone steak, plain baked sweet potato(5 cubes) with green pepper and a Plain salad (best!)
Ugh I guess I'am going pretty slow on finding what's good for me but I read it could take a year before I am comfortable with knowing what to eat.
Feeling pretty good though and keeping my numbers under control, so things are looking up :)
Tuesday, March 29, 2011
Wednesday, March 23, 2011
Veggies vs Burger King
Well, it's only week two and I still have no clue on this diabetes deal. Being so new to this I have learned to test my sugar several times a day like before meals after meals after exercise (5 minutes on the tread mill, 3 times a day is all I can take).
I am logging all I eat, time and then two hours after I check to see if that meal was a no-no. Do all this until I can get a hold on what's good and what's not so good I guess this is how that works, them damn numbers are really random. First test in the morning before meals can run anywhere from 140 to 170. If I test 4 hours after a meal it's 114 or so. I ate home made veggie beef soup and two hours later test was 126.
But this morning I had 2 wheat toast with butter, 2 scrambled eggs with onions and ham and 1/2 cup of cranberry juice, and 5 minutes of tread mill, two hours later test said 189. Any way what all this means I have no clue. ( I am guessing I should have omitted the bread)
My new grocery list has really changed, although I can see a huge problem with this. Pat and I both hate shopping so we only go for groceries once a month. That won't work with fresh veggies & Fruits, I have been buying the frozen veggies and fruit, but they pretty much suck for a snack.
Some of my new foods are Hummus, (Yum) but with crackers (no-no) Bok Choy (Yum cooked or raw) Quinoa (expensive and not the tastiest to me) Nuts (SO expensive but yum) Basmati rice ( so-so but expensive)
This last trip to the store I bought fresh asparagus, it's really expensive something i only treated myself to on occasion.
Anyway, I really don't get it, what the hell are you supposed to do if your number is high? I know a really low number you would take a glucose tablet but I doubt if that would even happen to me. All in all I still think that My Type ll is not as bad as I have read about what with people complaining they are up to 400 and even more.
On another note,I have been complaining that my glasses are faulty or something, I really thought that my right lens was ruined ( I have the Teflon coating on my glasses) I kept trying to clean my glasses with no good results. Now that I think about it, My glasses started to fail me just a few months after I got them nearly 2 1/2 years ago. SO I went to the eye Dr and he sees in my right eye a friggen cataract it's very thick with my right eye I couldn't see the largest letter on the eye chart, everything is a fog when I cover my left eye. My left eye also has a cataract. SO I have another appointment on Monday, these will have to be removed.
This is why I can't crochet dark colors, I just can't see the stitches :-(
Another symptom was rings I see around light, like stars and the moon and lights on airplanes at night. It's a weird thing but something we all should notice when our eyes go bonky. Anyway I can't wait to get this fixed because it's driving me crazy!
I am logging all I eat, time and then two hours after I check to see if that meal was a no-no. Do all this until I can get a hold on what's good and what's not so good I guess this is how that works, them damn numbers are really random. First test in the morning before meals can run anywhere from 140 to 170. If I test 4 hours after a meal it's 114 or so. I ate home made veggie beef soup and two hours later test was 126.
But this morning I had 2 wheat toast with butter, 2 scrambled eggs with onions and ham and 1/2 cup of cranberry juice, and 5 minutes of tread mill, two hours later test said 189. Any way what all this means I have no clue. ( I am guessing I should have omitted the bread)
My new grocery list has really changed, although I can see a huge problem with this. Pat and I both hate shopping so we only go for groceries once a month. That won't work with fresh veggies & Fruits, I have been buying the frozen veggies and fruit, but they pretty much suck for a snack.
Some of my new foods are Hummus, (Yum) but with crackers (no-no) Bok Choy (Yum cooked or raw) Quinoa (expensive and not the tastiest to me) Nuts (SO expensive but yum) Basmati rice ( so-so but expensive)
This last trip to the store I bought fresh asparagus, it's really expensive something i only treated myself to on occasion.
Anyway, I really don't get it, what the hell are you supposed to do if your number is high? I know a really low number you would take a glucose tablet but I doubt if that would even happen to me. All in all I still think that My Type ll is not as bad as I have read about what with people complaining they are up to 400 and even more.
On another note,I have been complaining that my glasses are faulty or something, I really thought that my right lens was ruined ( I have the Teflon coating on my glasses) I kept trying to clean my glasses with no good results. Now that I think about it, My glasses started to fail me just a few months after I got them nearly 2 1/2 years ago. SO I went to the eye Dr and he sees in my right eye a friggen cataract it's very thick with my right eye I couldn't see the largest letter on the eye chart, everything is a fog when I cover my left eye. My left eye also has a cataract. SO I have another appointment on Monday, these will have to be removed.
This is why I can't crochet dark colors, I just can't see the stitches :-(
Another symptom was rings I see around light, like stars and the moon and lights on airplanes at night. It's a weird thing but something we all should notice when our eyes go bonky. Anyway I can't wait to get this fixed because it's driving me crazy!
Thursday, March 17, 2011
Curse those carbs
So well, my annual blood work tells me I am type ll diabetic. This doesn't surprise me. I started gaining weight some 32 years ago. Each baby I gained and never lost that weight, my smoking doesn't help matters, because this leaves me with lungs that prevent me from any sort of aerobic exercise. My health care provider doesn't cover the Nutrition classes that My Dr recommended, a 4 day class would cost $470.00 Therefore I have had to depend on the internet for advise. All the Dr did was prescribe me the tester and tell me I will learn with time and trial and error.The fellow at the medical supply store did show me how to use the tester.
Internet is so unclear, one site says test one hour after meals, another says one hour before meals and or two hours after meals. Since this is new to me I need to test all different times of day and keep track of what I ate, and decide for myself if that was a bad thing or not. The numbers so far are so random, any where from 130 to 193, but forums I have visited there are people saying their numbers are way up in the 400's
I understand fully what foods are great to eat, but combining and timing seems to be the key to success or *FAILED*
Dad is supportive and will eat what I eat because he figures he's next anyway. We all know what's good for us but isn't a bag of chips so much more satisfying than a carrot?
It's only been 3 days and I don't miss the junk yet.
My sister warned me about this about two years ago, because it happened to her, I don't see her but once a year or so and this past Christmas she was SKINNY! she looks great. but I watched her pick at the fresh veggie tray, eat a piece of ham and that was it. While I could eat a huge plate of mashed potato with a scoop of nice greasy gravy, pumpkin pie and all that so who was having more fun that day? BUT then again who will have more fun later the skinny girl or the one with no feet and blind? *sighs*
I will visit my eye Dr on Monday.
Well mainly it's all about moderation and I am sure I will be talking about this some more as I learn. send good recipes please, and what can Dad replace for his pop he so loves? We refuse artificial sweeteners of all kinds, we believe they are cancer causing and really pointless to add to the problem.
BTW, I feel fine, Dr says people go through life with out even knowing they are type ll
Internet is so unclear, one site says test one hour after meals, another says one hour before meals and or two hours after meals. Since this is new to me I need to test all different times of day and keep track of what I ate, and decide for myself if that was a bad thing or not. The numbers so far are so random, any where from 130 to 193, but forums I have visited there are people saying their numbers are way up in the 400's
I understand fully what foods are great to eat, but combining and timing seems to be the key to success or *FAILED*
Dad is supportive and will eat what I eat because he figures he's next anyway. We all know what's good for us but isn't a bag of chips so much more satisfying than a carrot?
It's only been 3 days and I don't miss the junk yet.
My sister warned me about this about two years ago, because it happened to her, I don't see her but once a year or so and this past Christmas she was SKINNY! she looks great. but I watched her pick at the fresh veggie tray, eat a piece of ham and that was it. While I could eat a huge plate of mashed potato with a scoop of nice greasy gravy, pumpkin pie and all that so who was having more fun that day? BUT then again who will have more fun later the skinny girl or the one with no feet and blind? *sighs*
I will visit my eye Dr on Monday.
Well mainly it's all about moderation and I am sure I will be talking about this some more as I learn. send good recipes please, and what can Dad replace for his pop he so loves? We refuse artificial sweeteners of all kinds, we believe they are cancer causing and really pointless to add to the problem.
BTW, I feel fine, Dr says people go through life with out even knowing they are type ll
Saturday, March 5, 2011
Amelia Fits!!
Sweet Amelia models my Shorties, isn't she lovely?They fit her but this is before the first major wash. Wish us luck they will be ok
Monday, February 28, 2011
Diaper covers ect
Longies/shorties/diaper covers, just wondering if they all serve the same purpose. There are a million and one free patterns on line but the problem with free is that there usually is some sort of glitch in the pattern. So I have had to adjust/ rip out/ re-adjust, until I think it's right.
I also have a problem with working with felting real 100% wool. I have no clue and will let Amelia deal with that, these may shrink up enough to fit her smallest doll. She can do what she wants with them, trade/ toss what ever, I don't mind, this is good practice for me and I will sooner or later learn where I went wrong :-(
I also have a problem with working with felting real 100% wool. I have no clue and will let Amelia deal with that, these may shrink up enough to fit her smallest doll. She can do what she wants with them, trade/ toss what ever, I don't mind, this is good practice for me and I will sooner or later learn where I went wrong :-(
Wednesday, February 16, 2011
A taste of Sterling
We didn't have much time at the park, but I sure plan on going back to see what we missed, First thing we noticed was the snake sign. I don't know what kind of snakes but this area is swamp,( correction it's a Marsh, meaning no trees ) so I suppose snakes would be there.
There are tons of deer, I don't get bored watching them
After driving around the swamp areas we see a view of Lake Erie, this is the swimming area. A lot of ice flowing right now. We will go back soon and check it out a bit better.
It was getting dark, so we left this is the road out of the park.
There are tons of deer, I don't get bored watching them
After driving around the swamp areas we see a view of Lake Erie, this is the swimming area. A lot of ice flowing right now. We will go back soon and check it out a bit better.
It was getting dark, so we left this is the road out of the park.
Tuesday, February 15, 2011
Backyard boredom
So, my backyard birds are starting to bore me. I have been asking Pat to drive out to the park, one we haven't been to for some years now. Wm C. Sterling State Pk A place in Lake Erie where you can actually go swimming and camp (that is if you don't mind camping in a open field)
But what I like about it is the Marsh trails and wildlife you might encounter.
Now that I am a official senior citizen, I can get Park stickers at a discount. But wait, Michigan has changed the rule. We no longer purchase stickers for our windows, $29. for a year or being a senior the cost was $10. Kewl, I am thinking here is one perk for getting older than dirt. But now like I said, the rule has changed. When we renew our license plates we check YES and it costs everyone just $10 per year. So my perk is nadda.
But what I like about it is the Marsh trails and wildlife you might encounter.
Now that I am a official senior citizen, I can get Park stickers at a discount. But wait, Michigan has changed the rule. We no longer purchase stickers for our windows, $29. for a year or being a senior the cost was $10. Kewl, I am thinking here is one perk for getting older than dirt. But now like I said, the rule has changed. When we renew our license plates we check YES and it costs everyone just $10 per year. So my perk is nadda.
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