Week 2

I went back to my new doctor on July 3, 2013. This time my husband came with me. We went over my lab results and the doctor reassured me that he sees people a lot worse than me all the time. I guess he noticed how freaked out I was. My condition is still serious but he says he can fix it. The first week was not too bad. It was actually easier than I thought. The hardest part was that cpap machine. I still hate it. I obeyed all the rules and survived. The fun part is that my mom and my husband have started following the rules with me. I love that they are so supportive. I got new rules for week 2. A lot of it was changing my medication. He took away the glipizide because it is making my pancreas work too hard. He started me on insulin injections. He said that is to give my pancreas a vacation. He added a drug called Actos. He said there is a risk of bladder cancer with it but that my condition has a risk of 9 different cancers so he sees it as the lesser of 2 evils. And he added a supplement .
It seems like a multivitamin but I have noticed that I get full faster. Then he told me to add some things to my diet.
1. sweet potato every day.
2. 2 tangerines a day.
3. either goat cheese, sardines or coconut milk every day.
The sweet potato is easy. I love sweet potato fries. He told me to bake them though.
Tangerines are a little harder. They are not in season so I'm using clementines. I also found a juice that is 57% tangerine juice. Have I mentioned how excited I am to have sugary drinks again? I had cut out all sugary drinks back in 2008. Now I'm drinking juice and soda. I love it.
Goat cheese is pretty easy. I put it on some scrambled eggs and it was good. Sardines? Yuck! My husband mixed a can of sardines with a can of tuna, some miracle whip, lettuce and tomato and made a sandwich. That was tolerable. I really don't like sardines. I haven't tried the coconut milk yet.

Here is the best part. On Friday July 5, 2013 I felt really good. I didn't use the disabled parking at work. I parked way over in the parking garage and I felt good all day! On Saturday July 6th I kept busy all day instead of just vegging out in front of the tv. I had friends over for dinner and we played a game and I still felt good!

What's next? I go to a class with this doctor on July 12, 2013 to learn how to cure diabetes. I have to be there at 7:30am ugh! They told me I was going to have to wait until the 26th because the one on the 12th is in Spanish. I told them.."Yo hablo español." So, I get to go on the 12th. Woot!