Thursday, December 31, 2020

January 2021

January 2021 

 My first family MD told me to test my blood sugar twice a day on two different days. I took his advise of testing first thing in the morning on Tuesday and Thursday and just before eating my evening meal.

My VA Doc changed the second "testing time" to two hours after I finished eating dinner. 

My three family MDs since 2004 and various VA Docs have agreed with this testing plan. Kathie is  type 2 as well and we both are testing on Monday and Thursday. 

day date  AM    PM
Fri    1  ---   ---   
Sat    2  ---   ---   
Sun    3  ---   ---   
Mon    4   90    78*   
Tue    5  ---   ---   
Wed    6  ---   ---   
Thu    7  119   104   
Fri    8  ---   ---   
Sat    9  ---   ---   
Sun   10  ---   ---   
Mon   11  115   110   
Tue   12  ---   ---   
Wed   13  ---   ---   
Thu   14  159** 136     m   
Fri   15  ---   ---   
Sat   16  ---   ---   
Sun   17  ---   ---   
Mon   18  139   141   
Tue   19  ---   ---   
Wed   20  ---   ---   
Thu   21  ---   ---   
Fri   22  126   168   
Sat   23  ---   ---   
Sun   24  ---   ---   
Mon   25   75   113   
Tue   26  ---   ---   
Wed   27  ---   ---   
Thu   28   98    98   
Fri   29  ---   ---   
Sat   30  ---   ---   
Sun   31  ---   ---
   
* The tip of the test strip was bent and perhaps this changed the results? Actually, I ate very ittle today so this is probably a real result. Ah, well, morning bloom will sav e me. 

  ** Sometimes there are  Outliers...

Saturday, November 28, 2020

December 2020

December 2020

My first family MD told me to test my blood sugar twice a day on two different days. I took his advise of testing first thing in the morning on Tuesday and Thursday. My VA Doc changed the second "testing time" to two hours after I finished eating dinner. My three family MDs since 2004 and various VA Docs have agreed with this testing plan.


Kathie is now type 2 as well and is testing on Monday and Thursday. So, I am now testing those days as well.

day date  AM    PM          
Tue    1  ---   ---  
Wed    2  ---   ---  
Thu    3  128   137  
Fri    4  1304  ---  
Sat    5  ---   ---  
Sun    6  ---   ---  
Mon    7  121   112     m  
Tue    8  ---
Wed    9  ---   ---  
Thu   10  126   139 
Fri   11  ---   ---  
Sat   12  ---   ---  
Sun   13  ---   ---  
Mon   14  142   132  
Tue   15  ---   ---  
Wed   16  ---   ---  
Thu   17  155   127
Fri   18  ---   ---  
Sat   19  ---   ---  
Sun   20  ---   ---  
Mon   21  ---   ---  
Tue   22  130   131  
Wed   23  ---   ---  
Thu   24  132   ---     m  
Fri   25  139   152  
Sat   26  ---   ---  
Sun   27  141*  113  
Mon   28  ---   ---  
Tue   29  ---   ---  
Wed   30  ---   ---  
Thu   31  129    8831  
314My MD ended my evening glipizide pills and my morning scores have gone up. I suppose this is a "good" thing but I rather liked being just above hypoglycemia. 

* I felt sick at dinner last night and recovered overnight. Given how little I ate last night, 141 is ridiceous.


AM 129 PM 88

31 In November, my GP told me my A1C had gone from 7.6 in November 2019 to 6.7 in July 2020 and 6.3 in November 2020. I was taking Synjardy XR 10-1000 mg tab and a glibizide 10 mg tab in the morning. He had me double up the Synjardy in the morning and delete the giobizide. 

Several weeks ago, I dropped one of the Synjardy and gave myself permission to take the glibizide in the evening. 

 So, my scores were 128 in the morning and 88 this evening.

 I suppose I could worry about morning hypoglycemia and not waking up. This is a pointless fear as the “morning bloom” has always woke me up.

Monday, November 16, 2020

 I had my medical appointment today. It was very good!

My weight was 249.6 and the lowest it has been in decades. I never really expected to have my weight go below 250 pounds.

The other nice thing was my hA1C was 6.3!

This is another glorious milestone!

I can only hope I improve both.

drugs as of 16 November 2020

 

Pill Schedule Michael W. Bell 16 November 2020

 

Morning

D  aspirin 81 mg short 5 aspiran     buy aspirin

P  Synjardy XR 10-1000 mg tab  

P  glibizide 10 mg tab 

V  clopidogrel bisulfate 75 mg tab (Plavix)

C  Januia 100mg

D  lisinopril 20 mg  

 

V  mometasone furoate inhalation power (pink)

 

 close the morning pill slots

 

   did you close the morning slots???

 

   open the evening slots

 

Evening

V  atorvastati calcium 40 mg (½ tab)

P  20 MG Omerprazole (Prilosec 20 mg)

P  Oxybutynn 10 mg tabs

 

   INDOMETHACIN  50MG  CAP

 

V  Asmanex Twisthaler - Mometasone Furoate 220 mcg Oral

V  Proventil  inhaler

O  Mucinex Expectorant

D  vitamin D-3  2000 IU

 

C  CVS

D  Dillions

P  Clinic Pharmacy

V  VA

O  Over The Counter

 

My MDs:

 

Faris Sabri Azzouni, MD  (urinology)

Mahmud Ul Majeed, MD   (Internal Medicine)

Rick Roenfeldt, OD (eyes)

Dana Howerton, APN   (VA Clinic Dodge City Kansas)

Abid Mallick, MD  ( VA heart MD)

Jose C. Velasco Di Domenico, MD, Oncology

 

Deleted:

P  glibizide 10 mg tab  per Dre. Majeed on 16 November 2020

 

Modification

P  Synjardy XR 10-1000 mg tab  

Per Dr. Majeed, I am to double up this dosage until the 25-1000 mg tab arrives. 16 November 2020

 

Monday, October 26, 2020

November 2020

  November 2020


My first family MD told me to test my blood sugar twice a day on two different days. I took his advise of testing first thing in the morning on Tuesday and Thursday. My VA Doc changed the second "testing time" to two hours after I finished eating dinner. My three family MDs since 2004 and various VA Docs have agreed with this testing plan.

Kathie is now type 2 as well and is testing on Monday and Thursday. So, I am now testing those days as well.

day date  AM    PM
Sun    1  ---   ---     m      
Mon    2   91   127    
Tue    3  ---   ---    
Wed    4  ---   ---    
Thu    5   81   160    
Fri    6   80   ---    
Sat    7  ---   ---    
Sun    8  ---   ---    
Mon    9   79   137    
Tue   10  ---   ---    
Wed   11  ---   ---    
Thu   12  ---   ---    
Fri   13  ---   ---      m    
Sat   14  ---   ---    
Sun   15  ---   ---    
Mon   16   98    75    
Tue   17  ---   ---      m    
Wed   18  ---   ---    
Thu   19   87   105late    
Fri   20   73*  ---    
Sat   21  ---   ---    
Sun   22  ---   ---    
Mon   23   85   100    
Tue   24   90   ---    
Wed   25  ---   ---    
Thu   26  107   ---T    
Fri   27  126   177    
Sat   28  ---   ---    
Sun   29  ---   ---    
Mon   30  115   124     m    
     

lateI checked the blood about 15 minutes late.

* I could not sleep so about 4 am I got up, ate small amount of dark chocolate chips, drank some water and was asleep immediately after my head hit the pillow.

T I had too many carbs on Thanksgiving and had a gin-n-tonic after dinner. It simply would have been too confusing to figuring when two hours after "putting fork down" happened.

Sunday, September 06, 2020

 September 2020



My first family MD told me to test my blood sugar twice a day on two different days. I took his advise of testing first thing in the morning on Tuesday and Thursday. My VA Doc changed the second "testing time" to two hours after I finished eating dinner. My three family MDs since 2004 and various VA Docs have agreed with this testing plan.

Kathie is now type 2 as well and is testing on Monday and Thursday. So, I am now testing those days as well.

day date  AM    PM
Tue    1  ---   ---   
Wed    2   98   ---   
Thu    3  110   147   
Fri    4  ---   ---   
Sat    5  ---   ---   
Sun    6  ---   ---   
Mon    7  ---   ---   
Tue    8  118   126      m  
Wed    9  ---   ---   
Thu   10  125   183   
Fri   11  ---   ---   
Sat   12  ---   ---   
Sun   13  ---   ---   
Mon   14  ---   ---   
Tue   15   92   151      m   
Wed   16  ---   ---   
Thu   17   77   160   
Fri   18  ---   ---   
Sat   19  ---   ---   
Sun   20  ---   ---   
Mon   21   88   122   
Tue   22  ---   ---      m   
Wed   23  ---   ---   
Thu   24   87    94   
Fri   25   81*  ---   
Sat   26  ---   ---   
Sun   27  ---   ---   
Mon   28   81    77   8080   
Tue   29   78   ---     m   
Wed   30  ---   ---   
Thu   31  ---   ---   
* I was curious how much my evening score would drop. 

80 After the score of 77, I was instructed to eat (I went with dark chocolate chips) and test again 15 minutes later. I did so...

Tuesday, September 01, 2020

September 2020

September 2020


My first family MD told me to test my blood sugar twice a day on two different days. I took his advise of testing first thing in the morning on Tuesday and Thursday. My VA Doc changed the second "testing time" to two hours after I finished eating dinner. My three family MDs since 2004 and various VA Docs have agreed with this testing plan.

Kathie is now type 2 as well and is testing on Monday and Thursday. So, I am now testing those days as well.


Day  Date AM    PM

Tue 1 --- ---   
Tue 
Wed    2   98   ---   
Thu    3  110   147   
Fri    4  ---   ---   
Sat    5  ---   ---   
Sun    6  ---   ---   
Mon    7  ---   ---   
Tue    8  ---   ---   
Wed    9  ---   ---   
Thu   10  ---   ---   
Fri   11  ---   ---   
Sat   12  ---   ---   
Sun   13  ---   ---   
Mon   14  ---   ---   
Tue   15  ---   ---   
Wed   16  ---   ---   
Thu   17  ---   ---   
Fri   18  ---   ---   
Sat   19  ---   ---   
Sun   20  ---   ---   
Mon   21  ---   ---   
Tue   22  ---   ---   
Wed   23  ---   ---   
Thu   24  ---   ---   
Fri   25  ---   ---   
Sat   26  ---   ---   
Sun   27  ---   ---   
Mon   28  ---   ---   
Tue   29  ---   ---   
Wed   30  ---   ---     
 

August_2020


August 2020

My first family MD told me to test my blood sugar twice a day on two different days. I took his advise of testing first thing in the morning on Tuesday and Thursday. My VA Doc changed the second "testing time" to two hours after I finished eating dinner. My three family MDs since 2004 and various VA Docs have agreed with this testing plan.

Kathie is now type 2 as well and is testing on Monday and Thursday. So, I am now testing those days as well.


Day  Date AM    PM

Sat    1  ---   ---     m  
Sun    2  ---   ---  
Mon    3  108   121  
Tue    4  ---   ---  
Wed    5  161   ---*   
Thu    6   77   103     m 
Fri    7   82   ---  
Sat    8  ---   ---  
Sun    9  ---   ---  
Mon   10   91   138  
Tue   11  ---   ---  
Wed   12  ---   ---     m
Thu   13  102   157       
Fri   14  ---   ---  
Sat   15  ---   ---  
Sun   16   73   ---  
Mon   17  156156 154  
Tue   18   85   ---  
Wed   19  ---   ---  
Thu   20  121121 142
Fri   21   81   ---  
Sat   22  ---   ---  
Sun   23  ---   ---     v  
Mon  24  108  98    m  
Tue  25   98   ---  
Wed  26  ---   ---  
Thu  27   91   190  
Fri  28   71   ---  
Sat  29  ---   ---  
Sun  30  ---   ---  
Mon  31  103   112 

32

* The people I send my readings to promised to send my a detailed analysis if I do three "before breakfast" checks in a row. My morning score was high because I forgot to take my pills last night. Shit!

156 I think I may have had a fever overnight but feel OK now.

121This 121 is due to speghetti last night.

v The fat in my dinner had me vomiting a couple of hours after I went to bed.

Wednesday, July 01, 2020

July 2020

July 2020

My first family MD told me to test my blood sugar twice a day on two different days. I took his advise of testing first thing in the morning on Tuesday and Thursday. My VA Doc changed the second "testing time" to two hours after I finished eating dinner. My three family MDs since 2004 and various VA Docs have agreed with this testing plan.

Kathie is now type 2 as well and is testing on Monday and Thursday. So, I am now testing those days as well.


Day  Date AM    PM

Wed    1  ---   ---   
Thu    2 74//93 109new   M
Fri    3  ---   ---   
Sat    4  ---   ---   
Sun    5  ---   ---   
Mon    6   78   173   
Tue    7  ---   ---   
Wed    8  ---   ---   
Thu    9  135   107   
Fri   10  ---   ---   
Sat   11  ---   ---   
Sun   12  ---   ---   
Mon   13  103   163@  m later pain  
Tue   14   83    81   
Wed   15  ---   ---   
Thu   16  ---   ---   
Fri   17  ---   ---   
Sat   18  ---   ---   
Sun   19  ---   ---   
Mon   20  126    86    M 
Tue   21  169H  118   
Wed   22  158   148   
Thu   23  16323 126   
Fri   24  ---   ---   
Sat   25  ---   ---   
Sun   26   7226 102   
Mon   27   73   106   post lunch 209   
Tue   28  ---   ---   
Wed   29  ---   ---   
Thu   30   95   128   
Fri   31  ---   ---   




newAM 74//93 PM 109

 I started using my new meter and decided to cross check with the old meter. My Old meter told me "74" this morning and the new meter said 90. I am going to contact the manuyfactor and ask if I should calibrate the new meter. Odd thing: they sent the calibration fluid but not the instructions...

Fortunately, the Livongo web page has good instructions for using the calibration fluid. Oddly, they were basically the same as the other meters I have used.

@I think I can blame the high score on the "wild rice" I had for dinner.

  HI do not understand how an evening core of 86 can go to 169 by morning. I truly do not understand this blood sugar shit!

23 Another morning with a Ridiculously high morning score. I had bad insomnia.

26 I feel a bit hungry and this is my best morning score in qutie a while. I must have been getting over something...

Monday, June 01, 2020

June 2020

June 2020

My first family MD told me to test my blood sugar twice a day on two different days. I took his advise of testing first thing in the morning on Tuesday and Thursday. My VA Doc changed the second "testing time" to two hours after I finished eating dinner. My three family MDs since 2004 and various VA Docs have agreed with this testing plan.

Kathie is now type 2 as well and is testing on Monday and Thursday. So, I am now testing those days as well.


Day  Date AM    PM

Mon    1   76   100  
Tue    2  ---   ---  
Wed    3  ---   ---  
Thu    4   81    74  
Fri    5  ---   ---  
Sat    6  ---   --- V 
Sun    7  ---   ---  
Mon    8   59   134  
Tue    9  ---   ---  
Wed   10  ---   ---  
Thu   11   5711 105  
Fri   12  ---   ---  
Sat   13  ---   ---  
Sun   14  ---   ---bloody urine in early evening 
Mon   15   54    97  
Tue   16  ---   ---  
Wed   17  ---   ---  
Thu   18   66   154 18 
Fri   19  ---   ---  
Sat   20  ---   ---  
Sun   21  ---   ---  
Mon   22  100   151  
Tue   23  ---   ---bloody urine in early evening 
Wed   24  ---   ---  
Thu   25   61   176 blood clots in urine 
Fri   26  ---   ---  
Sat   27  ---   ---  
Sun   28  ---   ---  
Mon   29   61   122  
Tue   30  ---   ---  
Wed   31  ---   ---  


VI had a beer with dinner and two gin-n-tonic. About the time I was finishing the 2nd gin-n-tonic , I realized I was not going to keep any of it down. So, I quietly went to the back bathroom, bend over and lost my dinner and both gin-n-tonics. 

I had tried to remove the grease from the hamburger but I suspect I did not get enough of it.

11  I felt so hungry I could not sleep so about 4:30 am I ate some dark chocolate chips. I remember thinking "I'm heading for the 40s." So, a sore of 57 was no real surprise.


18 I forgot to take my pills this morning and if I had, my evening score would have probably been lower.

Thursday, April 30, 2020

May 2020

May 2020


My first family MD told me to test my blood sugar twice a day on two different days. I took his advise of testing first thing in the morning on Tuesday and Thursday. My VA Doc changed the second "testing time" to two hours after I finished eating dinner. My three family MDs since 2004 and various VA Docs have agreed with this testing plan.

Kathie is now type 2 as well and is testing on Monday and Thursday. So, I am now testing those days as well.

Day  Date AM    PM

Fri    1  ---   ---   
Sat    2  ---   ---   
Sun    3  ---   ---   
Mon    4  ---   ---   
Tue    5   82   151   
Wed    6  ---   ---   
Thu    7   85   146   
Fri    8  ---   ---   
Sat    9  ---   ---   
Sun   10  ---   ---   
Mon   11  128*  131   
Tue   12  ---   ---   
Wed   13  ---   ---   
Thu   14   74   135   
Fri   15  ---   ---   
Sat   16  ---   ---   
Sun   17  ---   ---   
Mon   18   62   153   
Tue   19  ---   ---   
Wed   20   80L   ---   
Thu   21   74   133   
Fri   22  ---   ---   
Sat   23  ---   ---   
Sun   24  ---   ---   
Mon   25  ---   ---   
Tue   26   78   123   
Wed   27  ---   ---   
Thu   28   59   ---   
Fri   29  ---   ---   
Sat   30  ---   ---   
Sun   31  ---   ---   

*I woke up with severe indigestion 3 times and took Tums. I aso ended up with leg cramps 4 times. Then, because Kathie is going back to work today, she got up at 7 am and I slept in ti almost 7:15 am! I took my temperature about a half hour after getting out of bed and it was 97.5℉. While this is almost "normal" for me, it is not a "fever".


LI felt so crappy that I had to check my blood sugar (it was 80). The next morning, I felt fine yet my fasting blood sugar was lower (74). I simply do not understand blood sugar or diabetes!

Monday, March 30, 2020

April 2020

April 2020


My first family MD told me to test my blood sugar twice a day on two different days. I took his advise of testing first thing in the morning on Tuesday and Thursday. My VA Doc changed the second "testing time" to two hours after I finished eating dinner. My three family MDs since 2004 and various VA Docs have agreed with this testing plan.

Kathie is now type 2 as well and is testing on Monday and Thursday. So, I am now testing those days as well.

Day  Date AM    PM

Wed    1  ---   ---   
Thu    2   67    92   
Fri    3  ---   ---   
Sat    4  ---   ---   
Sun    5  ---   ---   
Mon    6  ---   ---   
Tue    7   71   139   
Wed    8  ---   ---   
Thu    9   75   143   
Fri   10  ---   ---   
Sat   11  ---   ---   
Sun   12  ---   ---   
Mon   13   81   121 v 
Tue   14  ---   ---   
Wed   15  ---   ---   
Thu   16  103   107   
Fri   17  ---   ---   
Sat   18  ---   ---   
Sun   19  ---   ---   
Mon   20   69   129   
Tue   21  ---   ---   
Wed   22  ---   ---   
Thu   23   81   142   
Fri   24  ---   ---   
Sat   25  ---   ---   
Sun   26  ---   ---   
Mon   27   89   117   
Tue   28  ---   ---   
Wed   29  ---   ---   
Thu   30   86   181   
Fri   31  ---   --- 


v Something caused me to vomit about 1:20 am. I felt better immediately and went to sleep quickly.

Monday, March 02, 2020

March 2020

March 2020


My first family MD told me to test my blood sugar twice a day on two different days. I took his advise of testing first thing in the morning on Tuesday and Thursday. My VA Doc changed the second "testing time" to two hours after I finished eating dinner. My three family MDs since 2004 and various VA Docs have agreed with this testing plan.

Kathie is now type 2 as well and is testing on Monday and Thursday. So, I am now testing those days as well.

Day  Date AM    PM
Sun    1  ---   ---      
Mon    2   98    74      
Tue    3  ---   ---      
Wed    4  ---   ---      
Thu    5  ---   ---      
Fri    6  ---   ---      
Sat    7  ---   ---      
Sun    8  ---   ---      
Mon    9  ---   ---      
Tue   10  ---   ---      
Wed   11  ---   ---      
Thu   12  ---   ---      
Fri   13  ---   ---      
Sat   14  ---   ---      
Sun   15  ---   ---      
Mon   16  ---   ---      
Tue   17  ---   ---      
Wed   18  ---   ---      
Thu   19  ---   ---      
Fri   20  ---   ---      
Sat   21  ---   ---      
Sun   22  ---   ---      
Mon   23  ---   ---      
Tue   24  ---   ---      
Wed   25  ---   ---      
Thu   26   98   173      
Fri   27  ---   ---      
Sat   28  ---   ---      
Sun   29  ---   ---      
Mon   30   79   138      
Tue   31  ---   ---      

While I have been testing routinely, I have not been posting routinely due to surgery on the 10th and simply lacking the energy or motivation to post during both my recovery and while being stuck in the house due to the "self quartine"..

Thursday, February 20, 2020

bladder story 3

Today is the day I went to the hospital to have my kidneys ultrasounded.

I had to get up at 6:30 am and then check my blood sugar (86, I was happy!).

It snowed overnight so I was not thrilled about that. I went outside and immediately realized the snow was dry powder. I just used a broom to brush the snow off. It took longer to do the windshield once I came back outside to go to the hospital.

After waiting several minutes for the defroster to clear off the windshield, I took the windows scrapper and got the windows cleared almost immediately. That took away my last excuse to delaying and I backed out.

Due to the dry snow, I did not have much trouble leaving the cul de sac. Once on the main road, the road was icy and the number of cars was much greater than I had expected. Still, I made it to the hospital without a problem

There was just enough of the lines visible in the hospital parking lot that I parked, reparked and reparked a third time before thinking “screw this” and I went into the hospital.

I went to the required sign in place, read where it said “just write in name” and then filled in the line of info because the person ahead of me did. Oops!  The clerk came out of her office and said “just write in your name”. It was too late by the time she spoke…

I was finally called in to see the check in clerk and had to present my driver’s license and Medicare card. I guess they have to check this every time.

I was eventually escorted to the ultra sonde room.

I was positioned on a table, told to pull my shirt up and “no, do not pull your pants down”. I did this.

Then, the technician had me hold my breath while she scanned my right kidney perhaps 10 times. This seems a bit excessive.

She then scanned my left kidney twice. This made the scanning of my right kidney seem excessive. However, she did not invite questions so I decided I would be patient…

The radiologist was going to scan the results today and sent them to Dr. Azzanni, who would decide when and what to say to me. Oh, well, he has the phone numbers and email addresses…

I guess I can only be patient…

Sunday, February 09, 2020

bladder story 2


Urology Visit part II

I thought my Urology Visit was for 10:40 am but started getting the fear it was for 9:40 am. I went to the Urology office and was told it was 10:40. I was happy to return home and watch some TV.

I went back to the Urology Clinic getting there about 10:26 am. I was then sent to wait.

Waiting over, I was weighed, blood pressure and body temperature taken and I started waiting.

Eventually, the Nurse did the temperature and blood pressure check was over and both RN and MD used their portable ultrasound to determine my bladder was much smaller. There was no mention of putting a catheter in.
I suggested the improvement was probably due to me being back on the pills again.

The MD said there was one more thing to check. He told me he wanted an ultrasound of my kidneys. If my kidneys are going bad, then he would recommend enlarging my urethra where it went through my prostate. This would require a procedure “using knives” to increase the size of my urethra there.



Saturday, February 08, 2020

bladder story 1

I went to my Urologist Dr. Faris Sabri Azzouni MD. I expected the usual finger up the ass to check prostate and a prescription refill. Boy, was I ever in for a surprise!

The Nurse asked me what my symptoms were. I told her dribbling after peeing and needing to pee urgently. She had me sit on the bed, pull my pants down and did an ultra sonde scan. Then, she left to speak with the MD.

He talked with me and I told me about having to pee within 3 to 5 minutes after I felt the urge. I also told him about dribbling after peeing. He did an ultra scan (with a handheld device) and told me “your prostate in nosing into your bladder”.

He said my bladder was very stretched out and that was a very bad thing. He wanted to put a catheter in. I talked him into letting me go with a week of pills and he said to come in next Moanday.

When I discussed this with Kathie, I had the realization that an additional week of pills would be futile. I fully expect to be fitted with the damned catheter this coming Moanday.

Kathie told me to just get it done. She also said I needed to get accustomed to the idea of a catheter. She is right!

If the catheter does not work, then Dr. Accouni will go up my urethra with “knives” and widen the urethra where it goes through bladder. I would be unconscious.

Damn right I’ll be out!

There ain’t no fucking way I would be able to lie still under a local while someone is slicing and dicing with knives put up my urethra.

Well, the catheter is intended to let me bladder shrink back to “normal size”.

I don’t know what the aftermath will be. I really do not want to have blood moving into the urine and then seeing it come out in the pee bag. That could be a real complication and one I am not looking forward to…

My Father had a prostrate problem but did not tell me anything about this. (I guess not even my Mother could believe I would someday be old enough to suffer this prostate problem.)
Whatever it was, I will have my own path into the darkness…









Monday, February 03, 2020

February 2020

February 2020


My first family MD told me to test my blood sugar twice a day on two different days. I took his advise of testing first thing in the morning on Tuesday and Thursday. My VA Doc changed the second "testing time" to two hours after I finished eating dinner. My three family MDs since 2004 and various VA Docs have agreed with this testing plan.

Kathie is now type 2 as well and is testing on Monday and Thursday. So, I am now testing those days as well.

Day  Date AM    PM
Sat    1  ---   ---
Sun    2  ---   ---
Mon    3   95   106out
Tue    4  ---   ---
Wed    5  ---   ---
Thu    6  ---   ---
Fri    7  ---   ---
Sat    8  ---   ---
Sun    9  ---   ---vomitus ergo sum
Mon   10  ---   ---
Tue   11  128c  103
Wed   12  ---   ---
Thu   13  106   146
Fri   14  ---   ---
Sat   15  ---   ---
Sun   16  ---   ---
Mon   17  ---   ---
Tue   18   98   131
Wed   19  ---   ---
Thu   20   86   106
Fri   21  ---   ---
Sat   22  ---   ---
Sun   23  ---   ---
Mon   24  ---   ---
Tue   25   74   109
Wed   26  ---   ---
Thu   27  115   103
Fri   28  ---   ---
Sat   29  ---   ---


outI used my last test stripe this evening. I emailed the VA asking for an early refill of the test stripes and got back a note saying the nurse had sent a note to the doc. I checked and did not find any evidence that a refill had been sent out. I checked with my usual phrmacy but they could not refill it. SO, day after tomorrow I will ask the Dillions' pharmacy if they can refill for a reasonable price (assuming the VA does not come through for me in the meanwhile).

 I can hope...

vomitus ergo sum Once again, the gravy probably had too much fat in it...

cA score this high had to be caused by the Chinese Fud we had last night...