Weight today is down 1 lb to 171.6. I've been sick so not sure if it is a real loss or not. FBG was 108. BP was a little high for me 122/61.

Carol Sue It is good that your FBG is coming down. You want to take care of that. It is good for weight going down.

Weight stayed the same so still 171.6 lbs was real. FBG 110 and bp cuff needs to be fixed. Needs the velcro glued back on and it will be as good as new. I really like this so glad it can be fixed.

Can't take the gabapentin because it made me dizzy and light headed. I won't take anything that could make me fall. I did read online a way to help the neuropathy naturally that will not cause dizziness. I already took some of those supplements so only have to add a few of the others. I would rather do it naturally any way. I will see how that goes.

Exercises are almost done for today and I'm the cook today. We are having shrimp scampi. That is another thing I like about doing things natural if I can. I'm not as groggy today as I was yesterday which means I will feel better about doing things again. I have a CT Scan this Friday so need to be hydrated good.

DS called yesterday and said she is getting around more, but very tired and still wants to go home. Other than wanting to sleep, she sounded good.

Have a good day everybody.

Carol Sue I hope you are doing well.

Trish, with Gabapentin, when I took it I had to start at a low dose and increase gradually. When I felt "a little bit drunk". I knew i had take too much and I'd back down to a lower dose. I wonder if that is,what you are experiencing?

Weight was 176.6 up .4 so just a fluctuation. Blood sugar was 126, which is the lowest its been for a while.

2 days,ago I slid out of bed onto the floor. I pulled my back muscles trying to prevent the fall. Its still sore but I dont think its a serious injury.

My other issue is progressing. i dont know what is going to happen.

I didnt get the dog I applied for. I really wanted him but someone else was better suited. Another dog will find me.All I care about is that its a small dog no bigger than 20 lbs.

Carol Sue I can take one Gabapentin 100 mg at bedtime, but can't take more. I was going to take 2 a day, but when I felt lightheaded and dizzy a couple of times yesterday, I was afraid to take it anymore. Dr said most people take just 2 a day. I would do that if I thought my body would adjust to it, but will wait till I see him in two weeks to . I didn't take one last night but I like the way my legs and feet felt when taking just one. So I think I will keep taking the one a day because I don't want to build it up again. DS told me yesterday that she takes a lot of medicines and I wonder if that is why she has a tendency to fall so much. When I complain about side effects, she sluffs it off with "there's side effects in everything".

I'm sorry you fell off the bed. You be careful. Were you half asleep or what. Do you know why you fell? It has always been helpful when I could figure out why I fell. It was the times that I didn't know why that was difficult for me. I think the times I fell when I was on chemo was that I was too weak to stand up by myself. Please take it easy.

I hope you find the right puppy for you soon.

I may have to go to bed early at night because I think this Gabapentin is making me sleep late each morning. I just can't fully wake up. Of course, for some reason, I go potty every couple of hours during the night so the fact my sleep is broken up so much could be the problem as well.

Weight this morning was 170.6 lbs. Down another lb. If it stays, I just might lose 2 lbs this week. My calories are running between 1000 and 1200 these days. I'm mostly eating because I need to eat not because I'm hungry. Plus drinking to stay hydrated keeps me from being hungry. I was surprised that my FBG was 116 since I'm not eating. I'm going to have to get another bp cuff. DH tried to super glue the velcro back on the cuff but it came off when I took my bp this morning. I hate that too because I liked this one better than any of them I've ever used.

Electricity has gone off so I guess I will go do the rest of my exercises and get them done. I read this morning in the newsletter or website of my insurance on exercises to do for strengthening bones and learned that I'm already doing many of them. Plus I do a few more than what they say do. That made me feel so good about myself.

Carol Sue I hope you are still feeling okay from your fall.

Scale is stuck at 176.6. for a couple days.

When I fell, i sat up to get out of bed and slid off the bed to the floor. I tried not to fall and I think that pulled a muscle in my back. DH rubbed it and it feels mostly better. It will be ok.

We have a few blood pressure machines. I rarely check mine but DH checks his regularly. Mine runs around 140/60.. I take meds for it. The doctor is satisfied with it.

Today the scale went down .4 to 176.2. I need to get this scale moving faster. I have lost faster in the past and I honestly know what I need to do.

Yesterday I cooked pork chops for dinner. I bought this package of mixed chops on clearance for less than $8. DH prefers boneless loin chops but he was able to cut thr loin section out of the chop and I ate the meat he left, because I prefer the meat attached to the bone. There was 1 1/2 pork chop left and I am eating them today. They are grilled and just need to be heated up. Im glad to be getting good protein and fat.

We are going to the casino later today. I hope he wins something.

Carol Sue I also love the bone in pork chops, but DH doesn't. He always gets the boneless, but I think the meat and fat around the bone is the best part. I used to do the same thing you did. I cut the meat off of the bones for him to have a good amount of it and I would eat around the bone. I was telling him not long ago that I miss the days when we could have a nice round steak with bone in. The Tallow in the bone was considered good for you and I loved it. It wasn't much but it was tasty. I remember reading that we have food like it is now because our Mom's wanted it. Example, they didn't like the look of the Mother in the ACV because they thought it looked dirty so they threw out the stuff that is good for us. Bless their hearts, I guess they thought they were doing good things.

The 170.6 didn't stick. Weight this morning was 171.2 lbs. FBG back down to 111. I tried making my old Jello/Protein shake dessert I used to make and I think there is something in it that caused me problems so I threw it out. It didn't affect my weight, but it did cause my bs to be above 110. FBG was 116 yesterday and 111 today. Couldn't check bp because my bp meter won't be here until later today. I could have gotten it by 8 am this morning but didn't want it to sit on the front porch till I got up. The have bp meters that do everything plus rechargeable, but I just want a simple old-fashioned meter. They only are guaranteed for a year and I hate having to spend so much for one.

Hope y'al have a good day at the casino. What are reading that is good while he plays?

Have a good day everybody.

Scale up .8 to 177. 0. Blood sugar is,way up. Im not sure why. Like a broken record, I need to make some serious changes.

He didnt win last night but he won small amounts and brought home $100 more than he started out with,so thats a win.

I bought new nail polish and now I cant find it. It was on my desk then on the kitchen counter now its gone. it might have fallen into the garbage. Sometimes DH uses it to put on screws so they dont become loose. I will buy it again when I go to Walmart.

Nothing new here today. Weight stayed the same 171.2 lbs so that is real. I didn't keep the 170.6 lbs which was was unexpected anyway. FBG back down to 108 which was surprising since we ate hot dogs and air fried fries. Used new bp meter and it was good. Can't remember what it was, but I think it was 104/66. I'm eating only 2 meals a day and drinking one protein shake during the day with some of it in my coffee and then finish it off later in the early evening.

Carol Sue $100 dollars more than you took is a win. Hope you find your fingernail polish.

Have a good day everyone.

The past few days I have been taking a nap every afternoon like I used to. Remember when I used to fall asleep in my recliner every day for an hour or two? Then after I got my new heart valve rhe naps stopped for some reason? Now just like they mysteriously stopped, they have started again. I will see if this continues and if it does I will ask my doctor about it. My night time sleep has not changed that I can tell. I dont take Benedryl every night, and when I do I take half.

Did you eat hot dogs with bread or plain? I cant eat them unless I have bread or a bun. I used to buy Sugardale, and they are made with pork and chicken. Then we had all beef at Step Daughters so thats what DH wants now. The Sugardale are less than $2 and the all beef are $5-$6 a package. When he saw the price of all beef he told me not to buy them anymore but sometimes I do.

I still eat breakfast every day because DH makes it. DH rarely eats breakfast but eats lunch most days. Depending on what he makes for lunch I sometimes eat some lunch. He wants me to decide whats for dinner but half the time he doesnt want what I want to make, so I tell him to decide. Yesterday we had the discussion that everyone used to eat what Mom cooked. Thats true, but then he started saying No so much that I just gave up and let him decide.

Tomorrow he is going to want to go to the casino. He likes to eat fish on Friday and the casino has a good fish dinner for $23 and its big enough that we can split it. They also have 2 other meals that I would like to get sometime but then the fish dinner is too big for DH to eat himself. Maybe one of these times I can talk him into ordering something else. I told him recently that the onlyvtime he can go to the casino a,second time is if he has money that he won which this time he does.

Carol Sue Some days I need a nap and some time I don't. I take 1 gabapentin, a Carvedilol, and Lisinopril and a magnesium at bedtime and sleep really good if I don't have to get up to go potty all night. I usually sleep so well I don't need a nap. Lately I've noticed that if I do my exercise when I get sleepy that I don't need the nap. However, that isn't always true. So not sure why I need one some days and other days I don't.

We buy the all beef hot dogs and I ate one on a Sara Lee sl of bread and the other on a zero carb tortilla with onion, mustard and cheddar cheese.

I've been watching Dr. Westman again and there is more and more info on eating keto/low carb when in treatment for cancer so I've decided to go back on keto/low carb. I am finding that I don't really care a lot about food these days. Not sure how strict I will be because we do get takeout from time to time when going to store or for my treatments. But most days will be low carb and I am only eating 2 meals a day. I love my eggs and bacon and really don't need bread with it most days as I would rather have shredded cheese on them. I use protein shake in my coffee which I'm not drinking as much coffee now that it is getting hot weather. I prefer dinner to be mostly protein and need to switch to some cooked veggies as I'm tired of salad and it is easier to keep the carbs and carbs low.

Hope y'all have a good day at the casino tomorrow. I have lab and CT Scan early tomorrow then we are going to the store after. I plan to go in and stock up on my low carb foods.

WI today and I lost the 2 lbs this week. Weight down to 170.6. Hopefully next week, I will get back into 160s. FBG was 106 and bp was about the same as yesterday.

I didn't sleep good last night. Yesterday I had to the 24 hr urine test and besides being up and down all night doing that, the electricity went off just long enough to cause my alarm clock not to work and I wouldn't wake DH to have him re-set it. I was so afraid I wouldn't wake up in time to get dressed to for for lab and ct scan. They have a lot of new people in lab since our lady we loved retired and the new bunch just hasn't got things running smoothly yet. We left there and on the way to local store we had car trouble and had to limp to the repair shop to get it fixed. It has been a crazy day, but we were blessed. Turns out the posts that hold the lug nuts on the left front wheel had stripped and it was a miracle we didn't have a bad accident. DH has gone to get the car now. I know he is tired and I've slept most of the afternoon when I wasn't running to potty to flush that stuff out of my system that I drank for the scan.

Didn't start low carb today because we never got takeout or got to go to the store. We grabbed homemade ham sandwiches for dinner. So will get started tomorrow. However, I don't think I'm going to make it to even 100 calories today. So far I have about 500 eaten and might make it to a little over 700 for the day.

Carol Sue I hope y'all have a good day at the casino.

Weight bouncing... 171.6 lbs., FBG 108 and bp 94/59. Guess that is why I feel tired today. Probably reaction to the meds I drank etc for the scan plus not much sodium yesterday.

Back low carb plan not keto low today. I will do all my exercises today because I didn't do any yesterday. I had scrambled eggs with Canadian bacon and cheese this morning. I'm back to putting Protein shake in my coffee and all my food will be eaten between noon and 6 pm. Calories 1261, 75 g carbs and 12 g fiber. Protein is 123 not sure if that is good or bad just the way it falls today.

Hope everyone has a good day today.

I didnt even get weighed today. We went out to breakfast then to Walmart for a few things. I just forgot CV to weigh before we left. DH was rushing me because we had to get to McDonalds bwfore breakfast ended. Everywhere else was too busy on Saturday.

I havent been tracking lately either so I dont know how my eating has been going.

DH actually came home from the casino with over $1000. He asked me to watch his machine while he went to the restroom and I hit a small jackpot of $900+. Then he put $40 into another machine and won over $200. It was considered his win because it was his machine and his money. Just that I was pushing the buttons.

I will do better tomorrow I hope.