First day after being discharged

11 Oct 2008

This day is the first day after i got discharged from the hospital...and also the first for a lot more Firsts in my life...for example:

1) First time eating oat bran for breakfast in the morning...(i refused to eat it last time as it looks so gross...now no choice...)
2) First time drinking Pau d'arco...(which i call Paukaliow...since apparently can cure almost anything...from cancer to diabetes...)
3) First time eating the going to be almost daily twice a day steam chicken and vegetables...

Since i have to like really lose weight...to 60kg (at this time i'm still about 80kg)...and that the doctor told me to exercise to increase the good cholesterol...mom started to make noise to wake me up at FREAKING 7am!!!!!...for what???...couple of reasons:

1) i have to jab my insulin (don't know what gave her the idea that i need to jab at 7am!!!)
2) after jabbing myself...i have to eat my breakfast...which is...oat bran...
3) after breakfast i have to eat my metformin tablet
4) and after all the above...exercise by walking on the treadmill

I was sooooooooooo sleepy...but she was persistent...so i finally (and reluctantly) woke up at 7.15am to do all the above...except number (4)...cause after number 3...i went back to sleep...hahahaha...zzzzzzzzzzzz

woke up again at about 10am...and then after some delaying...went on to do number 4...and exercised for about 30 minutes...the whole time staring at the wall...was it boring man...every minute and i'll look at the time...

Anyway...in the afternoon...went to Aunty Lena's house for popiah...my mom was really controlling my diet...until even popiah skin also cannot eat...so what to do??...improvise la...use the big vegetable leaf as the popiah skin!!!...i'm so clever...wahahaha...in the end...i think i ate more vege than anyone at the table...oh ya...Aunty Lena also specially ordered sugarless soya bean for me...my goodness...it was soooooooooo awful!!!...practically tasteless...and water taste better i think....at first she gave me one huge cup...luckily i reduced to one small cup and gulp it down with much hesitation...thank goodness they didn't ask me to finish the rest...

After popiah...we went to IKEA to buy my rye bread...Aunty Lena followed as well...but before that...we made a stop at the pharmacy in Eng Ann to buy my glucometer...settled for Accu-check Advantange 3 since it has more memory...but the strips and lancets are damn expensive...esp the strips...25 strips for RM53.20...walaueh...did a glucose check on the spot there as learning how to use the thing...and it turned out that my reading was 4.4!!!...whooping good!!!...considering it was at 20 just 4 days before!!!...

At IKEA...we went to the cafeteria there where they serve one of the better meat balls that are affordable...since its the first day out of hospital...mom is a bit hesitant for me to eat...but then dad keeps telling her...its ok la...its meat!!!...so in the end i ate 1 biji of meat ball and a few strips of fries...hoorah to me!!!...(yes yes i know i'm sad...)

After IKEA...continued on to IKANO...and there was the Volvo cars exibition...and who would guess that i would meet...Yvonne!!!...its like 2 months since i saw her...and she's still...the same la...skinny and pretty...hahahha...talked to her (by pretending i'm a customer...by looking at the cars la...and scrutinising the paint work which my dad is in charge...ya...he's in charge of the paint work of volvo cars manufactured here..) about me...and more me...hehehe....

About 7pm...it was time for dinner...but before dinner i have to jab myself again...initially i was supposed to jab myself at the table where the volvo exhibition were...but then...showing my spare tyres in public wasn't a good idea...so i shifted the venue to the toilet...takes skill ok to jab myself in the cubicle...considering i have to swab myself...hold the needle cap...hold the spare tyre...and then jab myself...initially it was quite tough and i had to ask mom to come in to help me hold the needle caps so that it doesn't get dirty...and tadaa...i did my first public jab...at the IKANO toilet...("clap clap clap"...achivement ni...hehehe)

Since i've jabbed myself...i have to makan d before i turn hypo as there's plenty of insulin but no sugar to process...so after much deliberation...we settled on Manhattan Fish Market...i kinda ordered the most expensive...Pacific Grilled Cod...but the portion was so big dad had to take some...especially now since i can't eat much...dad was kind enough to give me a piece or two of the prawns that he had...with the shells taken off...hehehe

At night after coming back home...i noticed something with my eyes...i was seeing bluring visions for a few seconds before it becomes clear again...and then the same thing repeats itself throughout the whole night...and i was scared to hell...especially since blur vision is one of the super serious symptoms of diabetes...and that it can lead to blindness....walaueh!!!...how la ni???

So how???...next post la i tell...hahaha