Monday, August 25, 2008

You gotta eat

Today was Paula's first day of school. It is also my first day back physically in the office since August 1st. I was very busy in the morning, and did not have my coffee until more than an hour after my normal time. I also did not have breakfast in time, and wound up packing my breakfast to eat at the office. I got pretty busy upon my arrival, and did not realize I had forgotten to eat breakfast until way past 9:30 AM, when I started to feel lightheaded, hot in the face, and getting blurred vision. A quick blood glucose check showed 165. Damn it! Since then I had my breakfast, followed by a snack sometime later. Now it's 12:40 AM and I am eating my lunch. The blood sugar level has normalized, but my vision is still a bit blurred.

The lesson today is, eat my meals at regular times with no exceptions. Do not skip them, do not delay them. Another lesson, skipping a meal can actually make my blood sugar go up, instead of down.

Based on my experience today as well as last week, I am starting to wonder if my decision to not take Metformin was well-intentioned, but misguided. Maybe I need to start looking at myself as a diabetic, not a prediabetic. I called my doctor's office to ask when is my next appointment, because I need to talk to her about this.

5 comments:

  1. Yeah...um, please see your doctor again. Soon!

    you are making me very nervous over here!

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  2. Ouch. That's pretty much what happens here too. Let me add short-tempered and shaky. At the end I also get a splitting headache.

    Yes, we gotta eat regularly.

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  3. I haven't gotten shaky yet, Amanda. Probably because I have not had any low sugar episodes.

    Meleah, don't worry. I will be OK. I misbehaved Sunday night at family dinner and I think that is what caused the high blood sugar in the morning, together with not eating breakfast on time. It is all a learning process and I am confident that it will work. Were I to have a really high blood sugar metric (like over 200), I would definitely reconsider and start the meds. I am seeing my doctor on September 15.

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  4. Okay. Keep me posted. I feel better after reading your comment.

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  5. Thanks for the concern, though. I feel the love, and I appreciate it.

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