I joined here in early October after being diagnosed and got some really good help. I have posted a bit since then but mostly I just read and continue to learn and feel inspired. I was doing pretty well with almost daily exercise, metformin and watching my diet (carbs). Unfortunately – though I have not gone absolutely off of the rails – I ran into some road bumps a few weeks ago and I think that I could use some help in motivating me back into healthy action. First, I caught a cold and my father was hospitalised right after that. Rather shockingly, what we thought was a treatable infection rapidly morphed into bacterial pneumonia, he never really got onto the road to recovery, was put on palliative care and died all in the space of seven days. I actually stayed with him in his room for his last night and I am so thankful that I had that gift. Anyway, it has been a rough few weeks and I still have the remnants of that cold. My BS has been higher, my diet much less focused between my dad and Christmas and I hurt my knee and was off exercise for four days over Christmas (as well as a hit or miss week when my dad was dying) so I feel like a mess. I did switch to Met XR while he was in the hospital because I did not have any meds with me and I had a script for the XR that I got from the doctor back when the regular Metformin was creating gastric havoc for me in early November. I do find it easier for a few reasons but it is about three times more expensive so I think I will treat myself to three months of the XR and then go back to the regular.
Anyway, I need to get enthusiastic again. Right now I am so cold & tired that I do not want to do anything but eat and sleep. I went back to my treadmill after the injury rest yesterday but I did not do any exercise today and normally I would do it even if I did not feel like it. I am a little nervous about my slacking…though I am pretty sure that I will do something tomorrow morning because I have a massage booked for mid-morning and I would feel pretty guilty if I didn’t work out first.
Thanks for listening.