Here I am!!! Boy, it has been a long time since I blogged. So much has happened. First off, my blood sugars are doing well except for the occassional spikes. This is my fault because I have been buying "no sugar added" products, which actually make my blood sugars high. Or drinking the occassional regular coke now and then,which is loaded in sugar. But as I said before, at this time Its a learning curve. What else. I have successfully had both of my eye surgury's. About 6/wks ago,I went in to my eye doctors office complaining that my new Rx glasses weren't working well. Actually it started about 2/mos prior. So in total I got my Rx glasses changed twice. Well the third time, my doctor actually redid an eye exam and it was found that I had "significant cateracks" in both eyes. On 5/19/10 I had my first eye surgery. Then three weeks later I had my other eye done. Now I see great. I was told that it was probably due to the diabetes that these type of cateracks formed. In my right eye I have now 20/23 vision. I'll know next week what range my left eye has. Instead of Rx eye glasses, I now just wear reading glasses. Before I had my surgery's, I couldn't drive. Luckily I have a family that has plenty of patience and they drove me around for erands and eye doctor appointments. On a sad note, my cat Molly started getting real sick around 5/10/10. She had stopped eating,ran a high fever and was listless. I took her to my vet where she stayed four days in the hospital. After many tests were ran, they didn't know what was causing this illness. My vet said there was nothing more he could do for her. So, two weeks later, I took Molly to get a second opinion at my sisters vet. Here she stayed three days in the hospital with IV fluids and antibiotics. Again I was told that her illness was an unknown origin. At this point, I just brought her home. She continued to go downhill so last Saturday I had her put down. This was the hardest thing I've had to do. Even harder than this journey with diabetes. Afterwards we buried her in my parents backyard. I feel kind of empty inside. The worst is not having her at home with me. But all in all I know that I did the best thing for her.
Even though I have suffered a loss recently, I feel a sense of new awakenings. Now that I have gotten my diabetes under control and have gotten my eyes fixed, my future seems optinistic now. I can "grab the bull by it's horns" and go for it.