Sometimes Life Sucks

Just when we think things are going well, life throws us a curve ball.

I spent the day sick in bed and very worried about my own health.  I woke up extremely dizzy and unable to get around the house without hanging on to the walls.  It became apparent to me that it was, most likely, a blood sugar problem.  While my sister was visiting me, I didn’t take care of myself and didn’t monitor my blood sugar like I should have.  She left Sunday and today things came to a screeching halt.  I was so ill that I couldn’t even stay out of bed long enough to find my medicine and my glucometer.  I was in pretty bad shape.

I was eventually able to, through sheer will power, get to my medicine and my meter.  Sure enough, my blood sugar was at 364…way too high.  I managed to take my medicine after I made myself drink some juice and eat a piece of toast so my stomach would tolerate the glucophage and glyburide.  The whole process of taking a reading of my blood sugar level and eating something so I could take my medicine, took about an hour because of the poor shape I was in.

Luckily, I was able to contact the neighbor across the street and she spent theday checking on me and running to the store to get me some 7 Up and some soup.  By the time she came over, I had progressed to the “barfs” and a low grade fever.  So I think that I must have picked up a bit of a bug and it was aggravated by my diabetes which in turn was aggravated by the bug.

Not a fun day.  I am feeling better now but am still weak.  I’m heading for bed as soon as I take my medicines (diabetes meds).  The neighbor has the key and will be checking on me.  I hate to be a burden on anyone but I think this time it is/was necessary.

Anyway, just checking in and urging you all to take care of yourselves.  Life has a way of knocking us off our feet once in a while.  Be prepared with neighbor’s phone numbers, etc.