February 2023 as of 26 Feb 2023

 

February 2023

 I was diagnosed type 2 Diabetic Friday 7 March 2023. I have been on different pills since Monday 10 March 2023 but never on the needle*!

I have had various MDs and three different Nurse Practitioner. I test my blood sugar upon getting out of bed and 2 hours after "forks down" after my evening meals.

Date Day   AM   PM  Blood Pressure  Pulse

Wed    1  148  155          142/79     58   ξ

Thu    2  139  187          130/75     46

Fri    3  139  183          125/73     72

Sat    4  141  149          153/78     65

Sun    5 119   194          120/76     63

Mon    6 160   153          110/62     56

Tue    7  121  156          106/62     62

Wed    8  109  170          129/74     69  2PM ** 123

Thu    9  147  152          133/71     66

Fri   10  143  166          144/75     64

Sat   11  149  151          126/76     57

Sun   12  176  188          148/80     52

Mon   13  155  176          Did not have time for this.

Tue   14  120  176          143/75     67   ξ

Wed   15  124  196          153/68     57               

Thu   16 140   131          149/92     58

Fri   17 132   157          116/74     49   ξ

Sat   18 127    190         147/69     59

Sun   19 129    154         168/75     58                    

Mon   20 131    132         136/80     60   ξ

Tue   21 150    202         121/72     54

Wed   22 128    236^***       124/76     59

Thu   23 152   184          129/74     48   ξ                     

Fri   24 145    244^****      149/70     59 Pen 1 Dose 1 (0.25 MG)

Sat   25 145    163         134/74     59

Sun   26 142    140         151/75     50

Mon   27

Tue   28

Lately, I have been forgetting to note down my “forks down” time. I’m trying to do better but I am not sure if it really matters.

My heart surgeon asked me to keep track of my morning blood sugar, The last time his RN checked it, it was low. I think his meter was defective.

*Insulin

**I felt light headed around 10 am and looked up the causes. The main three were stroke, dehydration and hypoglycemia. I felt a mixture of hunger and stomach pain soon after and decided it must be hypo!

*** I think I took my evening pills.^.

^**** We had spaghetti for dinner and the resulting high blood sugar was a horrifying surprise,

 

Pen: I received a chilled bag with one Ozempic Pen. This is good for 4 weekly shots of 0.25 mg and 2 weekly shots of 0.5 mg, The Pen is incredibly easy to use. It was literally painless and in fact, was much less painless than testing my fingers. I will have to see how future shots are.

The VA Pharmacy told me I would be getting 2 pens vice one. It seems so many non-diabeteics (the bastards!)  are using Ozempic for weight loss that there could be a shortage. It just means I might go without for a few days even if I order 15 days in advance.

Two VA RNs instructed me and I am tempted to go back in a week to have them supervise my second shot. I don’t think I will need further training and I don’t think I’ll need my wife to inject me.