92 Days of Juice Feasting

Day #44: Bad, not so bad, better, wandering dog

When I woke up this morning, there was a cloud hanging over me. I did not want to get up, go downstairs, prick myself and measure my sugar levels, stretch / yoga,  dress and then  make green juice which I have to drink.

I didn’t. I was pissed off this morning. This morning was not good.

My sugar was 4.4

I had an appointment with my doctor this morning for a complete checkup and also a test you have to take for driving - to show that you’re not a liability because you have diabetes.

My doc was a little concerned at my rapid weight loss (I’ve lost 35lbs now since I started on September 1st). And I didn’t really think I had 35lbs to lose.

He explained why my blood pressure would be lower, and heart rate would be higher -  It has less fuel to work with (therefore lower blood pressure) and has to work harder to pump out the blood (therefore elevated heart rate)

Anyway, I’ve got a few tests to take at the hospital tomorrow, including a HBa1c which will be interesting. That measures the amount of glucose that attaches itself to a blood cell over around 3 months, so it’s basically a long term average of the level of sugar in your blood stream.

Before I started it was 10.6 it’s supposed to be 6 and less ideally. We’ll see in a week or so when the results come back.

The dog went missing today - he got out through a hole in the fence that I fixed several times, but I think the next door neighbour’s dog must have broken it again last weekend when they came over from Calgary. I went for him on the bike, no luck, then in the car (it was getting dark and cold).

My wife rang the pound to see if he’d been handed in or anything, and then while I was still out looking for him my wife rang me to say he’d just turned up. Little bugger. I gave him a piece of my mind when I got home - showed him the gap in the fence and told him “NO!”. So that won’t be happening again. Ever. Yeah Right.

Apart from the curious incident of the dog in the night time, my day got better as it went on. I think I’m focusing too much on time again, as I come close to the half way mark, time is featuring more in my mind, time passed, but more significantly, time to go. So I need to stop that.

Anyway…time for bed right now.

Oyasumi Nasai.

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