Type 2 times

Friday, July 30, 2021

August 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

Sun    1  136   222    
Mon    2  116   118    
Tue    3  117   190    
Wed    4  125   132    
Thu    5  151   157    
Fri    6  143   266    
Sat    7  147   218    
Sun    8  155   124    
Mon    9  123   163    
Tue   10  127   183     m    
Wed   11  150   240    
Thu   12  142   193    
Fri   13  135   146    
Sat   14  138   N/A^N/A    
Sun   15  140   184    
Mon   16  133   124     m   
Tue   17  146   154    
Wed   18  139   N/A    
Thu   19  150   231    
Fri   20  124   ---    
Sat   21  147   ---    
Sun   22  159   ---    
Mon   23  142   ---    
Tue   24  132   ---    
Wed   25  147   ---    
Thu   26  145   186    
Fri   27  147   ---    
Sat   28  163   ---    
Sun   29  ---   ---    
Mon   30  129   118    
Tue   31  113   144     m

^MID The people who are supporting me at Blue Cross recommend I test three times a day. (I guess I have been doing the twice a day for long enough to raise their hopes?) The late afternoon sampling is the third set of numbers. I am going to bracket my evening meal but I don't know how often or how long I will do this.

^N/A I had a large lunch and then ate dinner at the Boot Hill Museum. While up to the recent past I would not have thought my meal large, I do now! After the Boot Hill Meal we came home and had a piece of chocolate birthday cake each. I had a small amount of home made vinallia ice creamme. This is likely the first and last time I made this...

Sunday, June 27, 2021

July 2021

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

Thu    1  109^*  106        m   
Fri    2  124   130    
Sat    3  106   188    
Sun    4  169   178    
Mon    5  123   185    
Tue    6  116   152    
Wed    7  136   137    
Thu    8  128   120    
Fri    9  131   139    
Sat   10  137   219    
Sun   11  135   137   MID AFTERNOON
Mon   12  108   123   129   m
Tue   13  133   161   205    
Wed   14  133   156   156 
Thu   15  111   188   188   m    
Fri   16  123   174   174    
Sat   17  128   145   138  
Sun   18  142   164   185    
Mon   19  158   175   142^oops    
Tue   20  152   194    
Wed   21  165   187   178    
Thu   22  158   131   203    
Fri   23  128   200   180    
Sat   24  157   180   150    
Sun   25  146   230       
Mon   26  129   121        m    
Tue   27   49   173    
Wed   28  120   179   159    
Thu   29  109   144    
Fri   30  132   214   141    
Sat   31  129   186   162

^* I ate very little yesterday and felt worst this morning than when I was scoring in the 70s to 90s in the morning. AM 129 Mid 162 PM 186

oops I inadverntantly conducted a biological experiment upon myself. I thought I had everything together for an over night trip to Wichita.

Monday, May 31, 2021

June Data

June 2021

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

Tue    1  100   180   
Wed    2  116²  146   
Thu    3  120   ---   
Fri    4  ---   ---   
Sat    5  ---   ---   
Sun    6  ---   ---   
Mon    7  152   223   
Tue    8  131   ---   
Wed    9  ---   ---   
Thu   10  171   140   
Fri   11  ---   ---   
Sat   12  ---   ---   
Sun   13  ---   ---   
Mon   14  142   ---   
Tue   15  ---   ---   
Wed   16  135   ---   
Thu   17  135   ---   
Fri   18  ---   ---   
Sat   19  129   ---   
Sun   20  ---   ---^trip 
Mon   21  164   152   
Tue   22  148   ---   
Wed   23  195   126^{oh shit}   
Thu   24  130   107     M   
Fri   25  ---   ---   
Sat   26  ---   ---   
Sun   27  ---   113   
Mon   28  125   113   
Tue   29  133   197   
Wed   30  146   132^sigh   


² I keep waking up feeling very hungry so I got up, drank some coffee and ate a small

  amount of dark chocolate chips. I felt better for a while and when the hunger returned

  I sternly told it "you are not getting more!"

^b>

^trip  We went to the 2021 District Convention in Topeka and left there on Sunday the

     6th to drive out to Eugene Oregon. I had hoped to make contact with Jim's daughter

     Cortney that we might spend time with that branch of the Bells. I never got a

     reply to my email and she never called or texted. I guess we really have been

     disowned...

^{oh shit} I forgot to take my pills with me to work, hence the 195. After taking my pills, I tested again

2 hours later and scored 126. Yeah!

^sigh I had a nice salad for lunch and 3 hard boiled eggs for "dinner". It is hard to believe my blood sugar would be this high!

Friday, May 21, 2021

Update on my T2D Diabetics

I had a very mild case of covid-19 in early March 2020. This was before tests were available. I had a cough and was bringing up crap. I was scheduled for a TURP (prostate operation) on 10 March 2020. The RNs were concerned. However, the Surgeon (Urologist) was not and the planned surgery went as planned.

A week later, my Surgeon told me "when I removed most of your prostate, I removed most of your prostate cancer." Lovely, just fucking lovely!

A couple of month later, my wife told me "you look like you are losing weight!"

I had a MD meeting in July 2020 and it turned out my A1C had dropped from 7.8 to 6.4. My weight had dropped from 288 pounds to 244. Wow!

Now, I was really fearing my prostate cancer had spread. This notion ignored the fact that being stuck in the house and loss of appetite, and sense of taste and sense of smell and pure boredom with the food we were eating lead to me rather naturally losing weight.

As of yesterday, my weight was 234 pounds or a lose of 54 pounds since early March 2020!

Sadly, my A1C went up to 7.8. My MD asked me yesterday "Why did this go up?"

I replied "you took me off a diabetic medication and I think this lead to the increase." He could not argue and put me on 1000 mg Metformin in the evening. He mentioned this could cause stomach upset.

Well, I don't think so! I have been taking metformin since 10 May 2004 or about 17 years and 10 days. I got over the metformin induced shits many years ago!

Well, it is 8:08 PM of the day I wrote the above material and the metformin is hanging fire. I'll check this in a couple of days to see if the metformin order finally comes through.

Sun   16  145s2 135
Mon   17  138   141
Tue   18  133   176
Wed   19  140   174
Thu   20  130   132
Fri   21  144   18221
Sat   22  ---   ---
Sun   23  ---   ---
Mon   24  ---   ---
Tue   25  ---   ---
Wed   26  ---   ---
Thu   27  ---   ---
Fri   28  ---   ---
Sat   29  ---   ---
Sun   30  ---   ---
Mon   31  ---   ---
 
s2 While cooking dinner last night, I forgot to take my evening pills.

21 I suppose spaghetti, garlic bread and a couple of glasses of excellent beer lead to high blood sugars. The good news is those two beers make me not really give a shit...

Monday, May 03, 2021

May 2021

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

Sat    1  ---   ---
Sun    2  ---   ---
Mon    3  138   128
Tue    4  ---   ---
Wed    5  ---   ---
Thu    6  123   137
Fri    7  ---   ---
Sat    8  ---   ---
Sun    9  ---   ---
Mon   10  163   116
Tue   11  ---   ---    m
Wed   12  140   214^high
Thu   13  148   150^sigh
Fri   14  ---   ---
Sat   15  141   194
Sun   16  145^s2 135
Mon   17  138   141
Tue   18  133   176
Wed   19  140   174
Thu   20  130   132
Fri   21  144   182²¹
Sat   22  142   221^@   
Sun   23  143   127
Mon   24  124   121     m   156^%   
Tue   25  117   157
Wed   26  137   182
Thu   27  144   236^Merde
Fri   28  133   ---
Sat   29  143   142     v
Sun   30  169³⁰ ---     
Mon   31  157   119

^high My dinner was Ramman with some potatoe and boiled onions added. I did not think it would be this high!

^sigh I forgot to take my morning pills...

^s2 While cooking dinner last night, I forgot to take my evening pills.

²¹ I suppose spaghetti, garlic bread and a couple of glasses of excellent beer lead to high blood sugars. The good news is those two beers make me not really give a shit...

^@ I started taking 1000mg Metormin in the evening. However, we also went to the Casino for the first time since January 2020 and I had a loaded potatoe, chocolate cake and ice creamme. This clearly jacked my blood sugar. Also, it takes a while for more metformin to kick in...

^{% In mid morning, I was feeling awful and wondered if I had low blood sugar. I tested and found I did not.}

^{^Merde It turned out I forgot to take my fucking evening pills. Merde!}

^{³⁰I started with severe stomack pain last night after dinner. I thought it might have been faty steak and it may have been. After a while, I had to wander back to the bathroom and vomit a bit. I vomited twice more after going to bed, This weak, low volume, vomiting was not doing much to ease my pain.}

^{I decided I needed "working fluids" so I went to the kitchen and drank a couple of large glasses of water. I went back to bed and a voice in my head said "vomit in the toilet or in bed, your choice!" I trundled into the bathroom and vomited a lot I then went back to bed with the stomach pains gone.}

^{This morning I still feel crappy. I feel "puny" to use Kathie's expression.}

^{v Decades ago, I had the combination of bad food choices and reactions to my early diabetics medications,. "V" stands for ''}

^{"Vomito Ergo Sum"}

^{"I vomit, therefore I am".}

Thursday, April 01, 2021

April 2021

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

Thu    1  120   132    
Fri    2  ---   ---     m    
Sat    3  ---   ---    
Sun    4  ---   ---    
Mon    5  144^*  143    
Tue    6  135⁶   ---    m     
Wed    7  ---   ---    
Thu    8  131   161  
Fri    9  ---   ---    
Sat   10  ---   ---    
Sun   11  ---   ---    
Mon   12  ---   ---¹³    
Tue   13  ---   ---     m    
Wed   14  161¹⁴ 152    
Thu   15  ---   ---    
Fri   16  ---   ---    
Sat   17  ---   ---    
Sun   18  ---   ---    
Mon   19  139   128¹⁹
Tue   20  ---   ---    
Wed   21  ---   ---     m    
Thu   22  138   125^A1C    
Fri   23  ---   ---    
Sat   24  ---   ---    
Sun   25  ---   ---    
Mon   26  147   174²⁶    
Tue   27  134²⁷  ---     m/2    
Wed   28  146²⁸ ---    
Thu   29  ---   ---    
Fri   30  ---   ---

^* I was so busy fixing dinner the night before I forgot to take my evening pills.

⁶ I woke up feeling horrible. I felt weak. It was hard to get out of bed. So, I thought it must be hypoglycemic and I tested my blood sugar. I was surprised to find it was 135!

It would appear that as covid-19 diminishes in terror for me, my old bugaboos are coming back center state to fuck with me.

Even after a 2 egg and half slice sour dough bread breakfast I still feel ill.

^{13 We normally test on Mondays but we were in Wichita. We had rich diners and to much to drink the evening of Sunday and this would have screwed up our morning test results. So we deferred out testing until Tuesday and I wonder if it made a damned bit of difference!.}

¹⁴ I wondered how last night's dinner would affect me; I was shocked!

¹⁹ This was a good day!

^A1C My meter and test stripe supplier has asked me I'd like an A1C test kit. I said "yes". There is no telling how long it will take for this test gear to get here...

²⁶ I have not a happy camper due this number. I had better check my evening drugs...

²⁷ After last night's high of 174, I felt the need to check this morning. It is somewhat better.

²⁸ I felt hungry from after about 3 am and waited to see if I was hypoglycemic; sadly, I was not.

Monday, March 29, 2021

March 2021

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

Mon 1 114 --- Tue 2 --- --- Wed 3 --- --- Thu 4 120 155 Fri 5 --- --- Sat 6 --- --- Sun 7 --- --- Mon 8 122 136 Tue 9 --- --- Wed 10 --- --- m Thu 11 119 111 Fri 12 --- --- Sat 13 --- --- Sun 14 --- --- Mon 15 119 131 Tue 16 --- --- Wed 17 --- --- Thu 18 135 120 Fri 19 --- --- Sat 20 --- --- Sun 21 --- --- Mon 22 152 156 Tue 23 --- --- Wed 24 --- --- m Thu 25 125 132 Fri 26 --- --- Sat 27 --- --- Sun 28 --- --- Mon 29 128 130 Tue 30 --- --- Wed 31 --- ---

Monday, February 01, 2021

February 2021

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

Mon    1  113   104    
Tue    2  ---   ---     m   
Wed    3  ---   ---    
Thu    4  129   151    
Fri    5  ---   ---    
Sat    6  ---   ---    
Sun    7  ---   ---    
Mon    8  150   148    
Tue    9  ---   ---     m 
Wed   10  ---   ---    
Thu   11  139   125    
Fri   12  ---   ---    
Sat   13  ---   ---    
Sun   14  ---   ---    
Mon   15  127   157    
Tue   16  ---   ---     m   
Wed   17  ---   ---   v    
Thu   18  ---   ---    
Fri   19  ---   ---    
Sat   20  ---   ---    
Sun   21  ---   ---    
Mon   22  ---   ---    
Tue   23  150   134     m    
Wed   24  ---   ---    
Thu   25  115   143    
Fri   26  ---   ---    
Sat   27  ---   ---    
Sun   28  ---   ---

Thursday, December 31, 2020

January 2021

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

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


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 87 105^late 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


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

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

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 121¹²¹142

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}

^* 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.

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

Wednesday, July 01, 2020

July 2020

Wed    1  ---   ---   
Thu    2 74//93 109^new   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  169^H  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

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.
¹¹I 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

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   80^L   ---   
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

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

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

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   106^out
Tue    4  ---   ---
Wed    5  ---   ---
Thu    6  ---   ---
Fri    7  ---   ---
Sat    8  ---   ---
Sun    9  ---   ---^{vomitus ergo sum}
Mon   10  ---   ---
Tue   11  128^c  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...

Tuesday, December 31, 2019

January 2020

January 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   85    83^a  
Fri    3  ---   ---  
Sat    4  ---   ---  
Sun    5  ---   ---  
Mon    6  ---   ---  
Tue    7   77   107  
Wed    8  ---   ---  
Thu    9   91^b  120  
Fri   10  ---   ---  
Sat   11  ---   ---  
Sun   12  ---   ---  
Mon   13^c 116   101 vomito ergo sum  
Tue   14  ---   ---  
Wed   15  ---   ---  
Thu   16  129   112  
Fri   17  ---   ---  
Sat   18  ---   ---  
Sun   19  ---   ---  
Mon   20  102   121  
Tue   21  ---   ---  
Wed   22  ---   ---  
Thu   23   96   125  
Fri   24  ---   ---  
Sat   25  ---   ---  
Sun   26  ---   ---  
Mon   27   98    67^d  
Tue   28  ---   ---  
Wed   29  ---   ---  
Thu   30   93   127
Fri   31  ---   ---

^a These are surprisingly low figures. I guess i won't be "going on the needle" any time soon. Also, Kathie got serious and this has lead to me getting serious.

^bIt could have been lower except I ate some dark chocolate around 2:20 am to stave off hunger.

^c Something made me sick and I was vomiting after sleeping for about an hour. Once this was over, I felt fine. I wonder if it was the leftovers that did me?

Given the "scores" I have been getting since Kathie got on board with reducing blood sugar by diet, I sincerely doubt I am due for "the needle" any time soon!

Kathie has suffered high morning scores and lower evening scores. I have varied from high morning scores to low morning scores and I suspect it has to do with what I had for dinner the night before...

^dI have not consumed much carbs today. Also, I am about out of test stripes and can not afford to test again tonight.

Wednesday, December 18, 2019

post impeachment reactions

Well, "The Donald" got impeached and I am relieved this little nightmare is over.

So, now it is up to the Senate to perform their sworn duties. (I fear they will not.) Based on Moscow Mitch saying he is "not impartial" makes me think the fix is in.

So, what can "The Donald" do beside whine and bitch on tweeter?

It occurred to me "The Donald" could sue the House to have the Impeachment overturned in court. This does not possible but I did not think "The Donald" could avoid an iron clad law requiring income tax returned to be given to House Committee Chairmen/women if asked for...

It would be an interesting event as I don't think Speaker Pulaski would give in to this kind of reaction.

Monday, December 02, 2019

December 2019

My first MD after I was diagnosed as a type 2 diabetic told me to test my blood two days a week. On that day once upon getting out of bed and then 2 hours after "fork down" that evening.

I initially was testing Tuesday and Thursday, mostly because of my rotating watch (work) schedule. Now that Kathie has drifted from pre-diabetic to T2D herself, I am testing on her schedule (Monday and Thursday).


Day       AM    PM 
Sun    1  ---   ---   
Mon    2   86   110   
Tue    3  ---   ---   
Wed    4  ---   ---   
Thu    5  147^{*    97²}   
Fri    6  ---   ---   
Sat    7  ---   ---   
Sun    8  ---   ---   
Mon    9   95   156   
Tue   10  ---   ---   
Wed   11  ---   ---   
Thu   12  120^b  193   
Fri   13  ---   ---   
Sat   14  ---   ---   
Sun   15  ---   ---   
Mon   16   96    78^c   
Tue   17  ---   ---   
Wed   18  ---   ---   
Thu   19   92   139   
Fri   20  ---   ---   
Sat   21  ---   ---   
Sun   22  ---   ---   
Mon   23   84   106   
Tue   24  ---   ---   
Wed   25  ---   ---   
Thu   26   82   121   
Fri   27  ---   ---   
Sat   28  ---   ---   
Sun   29  ---   ---   
Mon   30  113^d   111   
Tue   31  ---   ---

^*I was surprised by a morning score this high! I had a very light dinner last night and kept waking up hungry. Finally, I got out of bed, drank some water and ate some dark chocolate chips.

² My evening "score" is low because I had a salad for lunch and the salmon and broccoli for dinner.

^b I kept waking up hungry and ate a couple of dark chocolate chips; this killed the hunger but apparently jacked my morning "score".
^cThis is a lot lower than I had expected!

^d I kept waking up feeling very hungry and finally ate some dark chocolates. They worked.

Thursday, October 10, 2019

October 2019

My first MD - DR. Hotester - told me to test my blood sugar upon awakening and 2 hours after finishing my evening meal twice a week. I am now doing this Monday and Thursday.



day  date AM    PM
Tue    1  129   2009   
Wed    2  ---   ---   
Thu    3  ---   ---   
Fri    4  ---   ---   
Sat    5  ---   ---   
Sun    6  ---   ---   
Mon    7  ---   ---   
Tue    8   70   130   
Wed    9  ---   ---   
Thu   10   72    84   
Fri   11   73^*   ---   
Sat   12  ---   ---   
Sun   13  ---   ---   
Mon   14  100   175    
Tue   15  ---   ---   
Wed   16  ---   ---   
Thu   17  109²  139   
Fri   18  ---   ---   
Sat   19  ---   ---   
Sun   20  ---   ---   
Mon   21   75   145   
Tue   22  ---   ---   
Wed   23   72   174   
Thu   24  111   166   
Fri   25  ---   ---   
Sat   26  ---   ---   
Sun   27  ---   ---   
Mon   28  ---   ---   
Tue   29  ---   ---   
Wed   30  ---   ---   
Thu   31  ---   ---

^*After a score of 84 the night before, I was curious what my "score" would be the next morning. I didn't feel hunger during the night which puzzled me. I expected my morning "score" to be in the 60s.

I was surprised to find it was 73; this is a low normal "score" for me. Once again, I have to admit I do not understand blood sugar...

² I wonder how this could be so high given we had salmon and asparagus last night.

Thursday, August 15, 2019

an excessively high morning score

I slept solidly all night and not even the morning twilight woke me up. Kathie getting out of bed and going to the head is what got me awake.@@I didn't feel hungry and that earned me I'd be seeing a dosey of a Thursday AM blood sugar score. I did; it was 134 mg/dL!@@Normally, my morning blood score is from just over 70 mg/dO to the 90s.@@I fear it had everything to do with my dinner last night. More to the point, the Apple crisp, piece of chocolate cake and 12 oz (or so) bottle of "real" Coors I had during the Boot Hill Variety Show.@@Simply put, a score of 134 mg/dO is an "on shit" moment for me. For those poor bastards, the long duration type ones (D1T), it is a very low and desirable score. The envy of the few I have reported this score to make me wish to keep my mouth shut in the future!@@@@Now that Kathie is required to test her blood sugar twice a day, twice a week, she has been remarkably reluctant to open her meter box, calibrate it if needful and take the plung! (i.e. Poke her finger and read that blood!@@U think she has cornered herself and will do test one of day one this coming Moanday!@@Actually, having said this, I suspect Kathie will find reasons to chicken out Moanday Morning! (I hope I am wrong.)@@Kathie will be testing her blood upon awakening and "an hour or two after finishing dinner" Mondays and Thursdays. I plan on switching from Tuesday and Thursday to Monday and Thorsday.@@@It could be interesting and I hope we don't get into a "blood levels contest".

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