Hello and welcome to Saturday and what a glorious day it is!
It’s fekking hot.
Thursday is a double whammy for me. Dentist in the morning – simply checking this temporary bridge and seeing how my gums are healing. That afternoon, I’m having my eyes examined and getting new glasses, first time in 11 years. They are over due.
I had one of the worst blood sugar crashes I ever had yesterday. I did all my normal things to bring it back up and none of them worked. It was a very scary 30 minutes. And of course, this morning, it’s up again. Sometimes I feel like I’m in a no-win, but I’m going to keep fighting. I keep looking at old pictures and thinking to myself – well damn, I look good now!
So it goes. Here. Have some Richard!
Oh, When I said doomed? Yeah. Doomed.
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What is causing the sugar crashes, though? Do you have any idea?
Lack of carbs, believe it or not. Every time I’ve had one, I’ve had oatmeal for breakfast and just yogurt for lunch – along with the required water and coke zero. I need to add a crunch bar and/or a cheese wedge to my lunch. Just a little bit of carbs.
Huh. Well at least you know now and can hopefully fix it. Interesting. My older son has been going on about the evil’s of carbs. I make pasta sauce and pasta and he says he’d prefer it without the pasta.
You need carbs. In a normal body, carbs are what gives you energy. The problem with Type 2 diabetics is we break carbs into sugar and then store it, making us crave more. There is also a theory that we don’t make enough Lipoic Acid – which is the layer around the cells that breaks the carbs down and converts it to energy. So Lipoic Acid is part of my pill pack.
I still have to go and have my sugar tested. I keep putting it off because I’m kind of afraid of what it might show. I have the requisition… I just have to make the time and remember to fast in the morning.
The easiest way to do that is schedule your labs for first thing in the morning. Don’t eat or drink anything and after your labs, go to IHOP or Waffle House for breakfast!