Wt 183 FBG 116

I seem to have passed up 184. Yesterday I ate part of DH lunch he didn't want so I didn't eat when I came home. Before bed my stomach was growling but tired too precedence so I went to bed instead of eating. So a longer than normal fast yesterday, which is good, I guess.

I am trying not to need any G because I don't want to have to go to Walmart for more, not in the two weeks before Christmas. If my blood sugar stays the way it's been with my light eating, I will not need it. My 14 day average is 128 and 30 day average 149.

DH called me at 1AM in terrible pain. He said it was not time for a pain pill yet. I wish he would think to ask if he could have Tylenol to hold him over because that helped him last time. He doesn't think of these things. They don't have an intercom system. If he rings for the nurse, they have to walk to his room to see what he wants then go get whatever it is that he wants. He doesn't like to make them do that but I tell him that is their job and what we are paying for. So instead he calls me. Talking to me helps him, but I do need to get sleep sometimes. I was upset after the call and could not fall back to sleep.

Also, I fell asleep watching TV earlier. My step-daughter texted me and when I didn't reply she got worried and called me, and that woke me up.

Trish, in your last few posts, you mentioned an insulin dump instead of glucose dump so I went in and edited it to say glucose dump. I am able to do that as a moderator. I wouldn't want a lurker or newbie to misunderstand. I know what you mean, though.

I haven't had symptoms of a low for a very long time. I think my blood sugar has improved so much that right now it's darn close to normal, but I know that would change quickly if I change my diet. This is not what I want to be doing, but I seem to be getting some benefit from it right now.

I have to stop at the store again today for a few things I missed yesterday. I want to get some jello in the house because that's something DH will eat for a snack. He is starting to get his appetite back. Normally he does not eat jello but he ate it when he was laid up with shingles. I have some sugar free but he can't stand the taste of artificial sweetener. I had a list written up but forgot to take it yesterday, so today I will get the things I missed. That's ok because I can't carry a lot into the house at one time.

When I go to see DH today I will look for our former neighbor. I think I have seen her. DH said she walks up and down the halls with her walker. I don't know if I will speak with her or not. It's upsetting to me to know she has been there for 2 years. She was such a nice woman. She was step-daughter's best friend's mother and SD spent much of her high school years at their house. It's a shame what happens to people, are she's my age.

Carol Sue Thank you for changing that. I get those mixed up myself.

Went to Daddy's quarterly meeting with staff and therapy etc. The OT explained to us what she was doing with for Daddy's therapy. She will be calling to get a copy of the nerve tests results Daddy had and also will call the Cardiiology office to find out which pacemaker Daddy has. She is thinking since we learned that it is compatible for MRIs that there is a test and treatment that she can do to help h is shoulders. So it was pretty informative. We had no real complaints. They talked like they may get him back into therapy for making his transfers too.

Daddy said he didn't want a tree, but DH set up in his room before we went to the meeting while we were waiting to go into our meeting. After the meeting, we went to the room with him and when he saw the tree, he really did like it. I heard his roommate say how pretty it is. DH was able to put it where they both could enjoy it. He set up so Daddy can just push a button to turn it on and off. So it was a good morning with him and a productive meeting. He still has some hope of getting a little better in time, but she stressed it will take time.

I didn't eat before I left so by the time I eat, I will probably have a 23 hr fast. I am excited to have done this because I now know I can do it.

BBL

Oh friends: things are sounding good for you today. SO glad.
Carol: I wonder if you are starting to see some other changes with the weight loss. Have you measured your waist lately?
Trish congrats on a longer fast. If you can get enough fat in (I know you can only take so much) it is easier, but the head game is big. Now you know you can do it, you know its possible.
My meeting is going ok. I was able to skip breakfast successfully and stayed LC for lunch. Hard to get the fat in. Had a good walk this morning too.
Supper looks to be ok. I have "pre-ordered" my supper and they will cook what I asked for. I get trout tonight. yum Its relatively high fat fish

DH is coming back this evening. He may ski tomorrow, and we will leave from here for the airport to visit with DD while she is on layover. So we are pretty excited to see her again. Other DD can't come, her assignments for the end of term are not done. But kudos to her to make school a priority.


Have a good evening

DH had a good day today. They did therapy twice today instead of once. The therapist said he is doing so good with it that she is going to recommend he come home over the weekend, but she doesn't have the last say so. I wish she hadn't told him that because he wil count on it. It makes sense though, because they don't do any therapy on Saturday or Sunday, so why have him just lay there in the bed?

Also, after therapy he starts to get pain and asks for his pain meds. If he takes it then, they may make him wait a while for it later in the evening and that's when his pain gets stronger. I talked him into take only Tylenol instead of the opoid, and he said it did get rid of his pain and he felt good. He needs to learn to accept the lesser pain reliever if it's working for him.

A woman on another forum said she is drinking SF PowerAdeZero and it stopped her night time leg cramps. I started it a couple days ago and I sometimes can feel a hit of a cramp starting but it never comes full force, so I think this is going to work for me. I sure hope so. Those cramps are terrible.

Today at the nursing home I saw and talked to our former neighbor who is living there. I was surprised how good she looks. I'm not sure why she's there. We heard it was for Alzheimers but they must have her on meds to supress it because she seems fine. She asked about all the people from the neighborhood and we talked for about a half our. She does use a walker, and we aren't really sure why she's there. She seems perfectly fine. Her issues may come and go. Most of the people living there are really out of it. Hollar out as you go by and don't seem to know where they are or why. Mrs B just doesn't seem to fit in. This has been my first experience with a nursing home.

Trish, I hope your Dad is able to get more therapy. Even if he is never able to walk independently again it will keep him moving as well as he can.

Mad, sounds like you are having an enjoyable time.

I didn't measure my waist because I don't know what it was before. I just notice that my pants are a little baggier. We will see after they are washed because that's when they are usually the tightest.

The lack of the incontinence I was having is a very big thing for me. I hated that, and this is a change I never expected.

I had a 3 1/2 hr eating window today only because I forgot to take 2 GOLO pills I have to take them with food and I forgot to take them yesterday. I didn't want to go without them 2 days in a row since I only take the 2 after my main meal and instructions says with food, I was afraid to take them along. I have actually felt good today. I will probably do another 2MAD tomorrow.

Carol Sue I meant to congratulate you on your weight loss. You are doing very well. I hope DH will get home by the weekend. That will be nice.

fatmad Sounds like you are have a nice time at your meeting and it is neat that you can go visit with DD while she is there at the airport.

It is true that I can't handle a lot of fat, but I can tell when I must have gotten a little more. DH decided to get frozen pizzas so I don't have to make them from scratch. We had one of them today when we got home. I didn't check to fat or anything, it had pepperoni on it although not a lot. I am a TX girl who always liked spicy foods although I can't eat a lot any more. DH said something about them being hot so I think it was the spices that sent to the potty later. It was a little much but not unbearable. I figure it was probably more fat than I normally eat too.
While I do eat full fat dairy now and some good fats, I still don't eat a lot of it.

I am thankful to know that I can eat OMAD once in a while and plan to do them at leas 2 days a week.

Early day tomorrow. I'm taking baby sister with me to the beauty shop so I have to leave 30 minutes early to pick her up. We will leave the beauty shop and go see Daddy. He always likes it when I bring her to see him. DS didn't like my Bluetooth so she bought me a new one. It is a brand I like but couldn't find. I would have bought it myself, but like I couldn't find it and I had already bought 2 others that in the last 2 months that wasn't a problem for me but others said it was cutting out and they couldn't hear all my words. Remember, DS is the one who bought me some new blouses back in the summer because she didn't like the ones I was wearing. LOL!!! I like my T-shirts. I don't go any where fancy any more.

Well, I'm going to sit here and take a nap before DH decides to watch a movie. Catch y'all tomorrow sometime after I get back home.

Y'all have a good evening and day tomorrow.

Thank you all for being accepting and supportive even if I am griping. A weird thing happened shortly after my last post. If you remember I was feeling really hungry even though I really shouldn't have been. I briefly felt really nauseated and then wasn't hungry for about 15 minutes. After that, I felt really, really hungry again. In the end, I had a bit of cream to have something in my tummy so I could sleep. I was able to fall asleep but then kept waking up because I felt hungry.

I guess my question is- can you feel a liver glucose dump? Do you think that is what happened and why I felt nauseated?

I was able to do a 17 hour fast and I think I am at a reasonable calorie count for the day. Sometimes I forget to add stuff into my tally though.

Carol: I didn't know about the incontinence issue, and I'm interested if it has gotten better, maybe lower blood sugars are helping? Fascinating.
Pipsicle: I do notice that some people feel some nausea at times when fasting. It is recommended to try to take some salt (yup, simple table salt or chunks of pink salt etc) and either melt it in your mouth or under the tongue, or mix with a little warm water and drink. Also pickle juice (yup, from the jar, some people apparently buy jars of just the juice) which gives a combo of vinegar and salt. A glass of ACV in water seems to help some. I like the options with lots of water, as that helps the hunger better for me. The remedy lasts longer.
Again, the body gets used to fasting more after a while. I often have trouble with nausea in the mornings, plain tea instead of tea with milk or cream makes it worse, and taking my meds of course triggers it. I take them now with my fibre supplement (not doing much so far) or chia seeds in water and that helps me.
A little insomnia, I am excited to see DD I think, and my neck is sore for some reason.
Later friends

I guess DH is really feeling better because he's starting to gripe. He called this morning all upset because TV went out and he has nothing to do and is bored. They have dish, and they said it won't be back until 8AM, but you know how that goes. Maybe there are going to have it checked at 8AM and who knows when it will be back. His medical future is at stake.....get over it.

Also, we have been telling them all along that he does not need a walker because we have one. It was his mother's and she never even used it. We took it when she passed away "just in case." I looked for it today and I can't find it. Over the phone, he keeps telling me "It has to be there." Yes, I agree, but that's not going to help when he comes home and needs it and we still can't find it. He will not be able to help me look. I told him we will just have to tell them he DOES need a walker after all. Insurance will pay for it. So what if we end up with two? He thinks that's stupid. I just want to smack him. He has a habit of shoving things somewhere and forgetting where he put them, plus we have so much unnecessary stuff in this house. I guess he's feeling better and getting back to his old self. Forgetting all I have been doing for him, and complaining about one thing I can't do....and probably because he stuck it somewhere.

Rant over!! LOL

All is well. Computer problems

Carol Sue So sorry about the computer problems. Thanks for checking in to let us know. I hope things are going good with DH. Sorry to hear bout your neighbor, but glad you had good visit. We have dish and very seldom do we lose service, but it does happen. It is really strange, but then our internet is with local cable company and we have actually lost service at the same time. We have had unusual storms this year when it has happened. I couldn't help but chuckle when you said y'all have too much stuff and DH just puts things some where and then can't remember where he put them. Too much stuff is my DH and we both have a tendency to put things away and then can't remember where that place was. Oh the new 70's for us are so different. LOL

BS and I had a good visit with Daddy. We also had fun visiting with our beautician while she did all three of us. Us 3 sisters and our hubbies are going out this afternoon for birthday celebration for DH and BS Hubby's birthdays. We are going to the local steak house over by Walmart. It will be the first time in years since we have all been together.

I did eat breakfast before I left this morning and since I ate so early by the time I eat the steak will be over 7 hrs. Weight stayed at 218.4 down only .2 lbs from yesterday. I wanted to keep the 217.8 but it didn't happen. Maybe next week. I will try to work in another longer fast a couple of days next week. Perhaps Tues and Thursday would be good days for OMAD and use all the other days as 2MAD and a snack within 5 to 8 hr eating window. FBS was 154 this morning, but I took it way earlier than usually, but that is still coming down little by little.

fatmad Thanks for sharing about the nausea. Another piece of helpful information that is good to know.

Pipsicle Glad to see you still checking in. The info I mentioned above that fatmad shares is one reason why it is good to share what we are going through. Someone else may be able to give helpful info to explain why we are going through what we are or at least let us know we aren't the only ones experiencing those things. And we are blessed to have fatmad who is so good about sharing what she has learned. As a nurse, she has a nack of understanding some things medically that are so complicating to me.

On my phone. I am doing a full virus scan on my computer hoping that will solve the problem. It takes HOURS. If not I will have to take it to the shop. $$$ So many things going wrong trying to shake my faith.

I bought a book of stamps today because I usually pay my bills online but if the scan doesn't fix it I will have to pay them US mail

Trish please ask your DH a question for me. I kept getting these messages popping up saying they were from Microsoft that my hard drive was damaged. Then it said I had 3 Trojans and gave me a link to download. I was afraid it was a scam so I didn't do it and started the virus scan instead. DH and I know nothing about computers.

Edit .I just saw an article online that this could be a scam. Other people reporting the same thing.

My DGS is getting a kayak for Christmas. 10 years old. His other grandparents are into canoes and kayaks. In their mid 70s. Makes me feel so inadequate. LOL .I think it's scary but his parents think it's great. The best I do is bake brownies for him.

Originally Posted by Wannabehealthy:
Trish please ask your DH a question for me. I kept getting these messages popping up saying they were from Microsoft that my hard drive was damaged. Then it said I had 3 Trojans and gave me a link to download. I was afraid it was a scam so I didn't do it and started the virus scan instead. DH and I know nothing about computers.

Edit .I just saw an article online that this could be a scam. Other people reporting the same thing.

It IS a scam. Microsoft does not monitor your computer and send you messages. You have a virus.

Thanks, JLUS. That's what I read in a couple articles online. The full scan I ran didn't pick up anything. I will not be able to get my computer checked until after Christmas.