I've had better years. Not that I want to complain and sound ungrateful, because some dear folks stood by me and supported me through some rough patches and prayed for me during a breast cancer scare--and THANK GOD a scare was all it was.
The diabetes thing slowed me down so much. I was diagnosed in the early spring, although I had suspected that was the problem with my health for a while before giving in and going to the doctor for confirmation. The doctor was pleased with the results of my dieting and wanted me to use exercise and a good healthy "controlled carb" diet to
get my blood sugar under control and lose another twenty pounds by the end of the year. Well, the twenty pounds didn't go anywhere! I worked up to riding an hour a day on the stationary bike. I did that faithfully until Thanksgiving. (I let a combination of feeling bad, weird weather, and being busy mess up my routine, but I will get it going again! )
The pill I was on for my blood sugar worked wonders for a few months. Then it stopped working. My blood sugar was swinging wildly despite the diet, exercise and medicine. By July I was in the middle of my breast cancer worries and the doctor thought stress was the problem with the diabetes medicine. Autumn and feelings of relief about the good test results (and visit with a surgeon) finally ruling out cancer did NOT get rid of the elevated stress levels, if that was what went wrong with the medication, so in December I was put on an additional medicine to see if the blood sugar would respond to the combination of the two pills. It seems to be at least going in the right direction now, although I am not THERE yet.
I also GAINED a little weight during 2006. The nurse said not to worry, that muscle weighs more than fat, but....
I am supposed to see the doctor again soon to see how she thinks the new medicine is working.
So what was stressing me out other than the diabetes and worries about maybe having breast cancer?
Well, my son moved to Jacksonville (AL) in August to go to JSU and missing him is part of it. Then my daughter moved into his old place and just trying to fix that up for her added to my list of worries. Girls are more demanding than guys when it comes to how nice they want home to be--maybe? A few disagreements with friends that don't need to be posted about here added a whole lot more. Stress is part of life--so managing it has to become something I am better at.
Anyway, I lost touch with a friend, which made me sad, and I had a few disappointments which did also.
Thanksgiving and Christmas were good, though. We didn't have a lot of money to throw around, but we were all together as a family and that was wonderful! We went to Jacksonville to be with my son for Thanksgiving. His apartment is nice. Then he came home for Christmas and we spent the holidays at my daughter's.
Now my niece is moving in with my daughter--which means more to do to get the needed things done down there, but I am feeling ok about that.
I hate winter though! I hate the cold and I hate the warm spells yielding to more cold. I hate worrying about heating two homes and keeping pipes and pets from freezing! I will be SO happy when spring gets here!
