BIT OF THIS AND THAT, AND A WEE VIDEO TOO

I made another Soup Bowl Cosy yesterday afternoon, using some fabric I'd had for probably 20 years!
All was going well... till I tried to iron it!
It fucking melted!!!
So, I patched the melted bit, finished it off and threw it to Bex and said:

"Here ya go, you get the 2nds!"

ABOVE:  It's such a pretty bowl, she's going to use it to hold her skein of wool. 
The rest of that lilac fabric got thrown in the bin... it must be some sort of acrylic or nylon mix.  Ikkkky.



ABOVE:   A little video of the kids playing with the dogs yesterday.

Bex, Brylee and the kids will be leaving for Auckland around lunchtime.  After they leave, Stew and I will be doing the grocery shopping.
I also need to pop into Spotlight for more batting.

So the day is pretty much mapped out till mid afternoon.

ONWARD...

Observation:

If 'normal' blood sugar levels during the day are say 4-7.... mine used to always be around 6-8, with the odd high around 11-12.

I took my reading after lunch yesterday, having eaten a banana and SMALL handful of grapes for breakfast, a scotch egg and coleslaw for lunch and another small handful of grapes around 1pm. 

The reading was 16.6,  I freaked out!  Considering I'd not eaten any processed carbs or sugar AT ALL in three days, I expected it to be low.

So, I took another test late afternoon and to my extreme relief it was down to 7.8... and I took it again after dinner and it was down to 6.8.

PHEW!  Perhaps the lack of carbs/sugars AND the increase in metformin will work?

And perhaps I shouldn't be eating bananas and grapes either?   

I think I will be testing myself for a while to see what I react to.  The pricking of the finger is horrible, I cringe every time Stew goes to stab me, but I know it has to be done to make sure I'm on the right track.

SECONDARY ONWARD...

I took my 'fasting' test this morning.  Well Stew did the pricky thing!
And it was 11.5.  So not that good.
Then I had some No Sugar Greek Yougurt with some frozen berries for breakfast and had my Metformin.

I'm going to have lunch then test again.

I must have lost some weight already... my rings are spinning around on my fingers!

Well the family have left for home, and Stew and I are going to do the grocery shopping.  Griffin is staying home ... grocery shopping is not his thing.  NOT mine either, but some bugger has to do it.

I will be getting more steak, something I usually don't like at all.  But, we had rump steak last night and it was just so delicious!  Stew only cooked it for 2 minutes each side in a very hot pan... PERFECT!

4.35 pm:  SO HAPPY RIGHT NOW!
Stew just took my readings again (that prick hurt!), and after breakfast, lunch and doing the grocery shopping (exercise), my level went down to 6.4.
THAT means my pancreas IS working!  I am so bloody relieved.
THAT means I can control this with exercise and diet... I just have to be very, very careful what I eat from now on.

OMG I can't wait for my next HbA1c test in 3 months.  Maybe it will actually be GOOD?

I hope I'm not getting ahead of myself... there is still that big niggle there.

LYNDA:  With the 'number result' I got from my last blood test, the doctor said there was a GOOD CHANCE my pancreas had already totally given up, and was no longer working to produce insulin.

That is why I freaked out... because if I couldn't get my blood sugar levels to go down with diet and exercise, it meant INSULIN injections or a pump was unavoidable for me.

And that is why I am so thankful my recent daily testing is showing a drop, it means my pancreas IS still working.

Well... it's been a good day on a whole... lovely to see family... Russell and Ange called in late in the day too.
Signing off... catch ya tomorrow.