First official appointment

ok..time to update again...

25th Oct 2008

This day was my official appointment with the doctor after my stay in the hospital about 3 weeks ago...prior to this date...my readings have been going up and down...hit a maximum of 10.4 and a minimum of 2.9 (!!! bad hypo levels!!!)...

Since my last visit to dr. thye...my routine has been mainly...wake up about 9 something (yippee no more 7am wake up calls..)..test my blood sugar level...jab insulin...eat oatbran for breakfast...watch drive of life at 1030am...exercise at 1130am after tv...and then test blood sugar again...then lunch...

As i've mentioned...my readings have been going up and down...looks more like those heart beat monitor chart...up down up down...scary part is...due to me jabbing myself with insulin and exercising...i have this tendency to get hypo (means not enough sugar) after i exercise...even with reduced dosage of insulin...the tendency to get hypo was more frequent during the week before my appointment...

On 22nd oct...i got my first major hypo warning on my glucometer...2.9!!!...previous hypos were only at 3.9...this day...after getting hooked up on grey's anatomy while exercising...i tested myself after exercise and got a shock when i saw the reading as i didn't even feel giddy (which is one of the symptom)...most prob is because i was busy walking and watching greys...but my first reaction was like...ok...i have to eat sugar...i have no more sweets at home...and then i saw...TONG GARDEN HONEY ROASTED SUNFLOWER SEEDS on the table!!!...immediately i poured a handful of it and ate it like there is no tmr...i felt it wasn't enough...and then i remembered what dr. thye said...when u get hypo...drink a cup of milo...MILO PING KAO (milo ais tebal) here i come!!!...my my...after being deprived of milo for 3 weeks (and most prob the rest of my life)...milo tasted SOOOO GOOOOD!!!!!...after 15 min...i tested my blood again and it was back to normal at 5.5

The next day...23th Oct...i reduced further the insulin dosage...and again...after exercise...3.8!!...hypo again!!...although not as serious as the day before...but MILO HERE I COME AGAIN!!!...hehehe...the worst part was...i was actually supposed to meet mr. james for lunch!!...at 12pm!!!...but because of this scare again...i had to delay the appointment and focus on raising my blood to normal levels again...

Back to the original story...so my appointment was to be at 1010am...i reached there at 10am...and had to wait for my turn...the queue was quite long in front of me as its a saturday and the clinic only opens half day...dad dropped me there with mom as he had to go off to kota kemuning for a meeting...mom was just there to accompany me until aunty angela came to pick her up for her appointment with the chiropractor at 1030am...and its still not my turn...i called bro who was on his way to the hospital as he is supposed to teman me in and then take me to wherever he is going since both parents have gone to their respective appointments and he is the next best option for me to follow (uh duh...)...

Bro arrived at 1050am...and at about 1055am...it was my turn to see dr. thye...the first thing she ask was how is my blood sugar readings...i immediately took out the tabulated table and chart which i printed for her to see...her first reaction when she saw the tables was..." wah...not bad...got daily and weekly average somemore..."...while reading...she commented that i had 3.9 (hypo level)..and then i told her...later on got 2.9 and 3.8!!...and then she turned to the next page and her reaction was..." wah...got graph somemore...what is your qualification????"...cheeky bro then added on..."i think you just got urself the most kiasu patient"...

After looking through the table and chart...she asked me what is my latest dosage...i told her 14/6...after hearing that...she thought for a while...and then she asked...how many more insulin pens do i have...i said i think 3...expiry date??...i think its 2012 (but in actual is i had 4 full insulin pens left which expires on 2010)...dr. thye then continued with the good news..."i think i will stop your insulin jabs and the 850mg metformin...i'll let u try this drug...its called janumet...50mg/500mg will do...this drug is a bit expensive...but you won't be getting hypo with this medicine and also you won't get hungry very fast as it slows the food absorption in the body"...and checky bro added on..."sorry la...no more milo for you"...to which dr. thye laughed...

Immediately after we came out of the room...bro's phone rang...it was mom (so kan cheong..heheh...but moms are moms..hehe..)...told her the good news that i will be officially off insulin tmr morning...and she was sooooooooooooooo happy...and immediately said that the pau d'arco (paukaliow) worked...(swt...not medicines...not insulin...not my exercise all...but the supplements, paukaliow and swedish bitters...still i don't deny they don't work...hehehe...)

After waiting for another 30 minutes for my medicine to be dispensed...we headed towards midvalley...where bro needed to go there to get something...which explains why he's with me...i kinda had my first exercise for the day...walking 6 floors up the hospital stairs to the carpark because the lift was so freaking slow...by the 3rd floor i was panting...4th floor i was going super slow and panting...5th floor i couldn't go on...but had to force myself up that one more floor...and FINALLY...6th FLOOR!!!...damn bro had to park his car so high up...

Midvalley was my second exercise of the day...why i said that??...because i had to walk up and down the whole complex...including gardens...just to find that shop that bro wants to go...in the end...that shop was situated OUTSIDE the complex...at the boulevard office block!!!..(*&^%$#)...and after visiting that shop outside the complex...we headed over to chilis with his friend...reached chilis and i had this dilenma...WHAT TO EAT???...most of the sause has sugar!!!...eg. BBQ sause...sweet and sour sause...(duh...sweet??)...after going through back and forth the menu...i decided to go for fajitas...but just when i finished giving my order and the waiter going off...i saw there was another menu...just a piece of card...that has GRILLED CHICKEN & VEGETABLES!!!...perfect for me as there is no sause to worry whether there's sugar in it or not!!!...i immediately went after the waiter before he punches in the order...and thank goodness he haven't punched in anything...and i managed to change the order...

The food came...i was so happy that i changed the order to the grilled chicken as it was...yum yum!!!...i never liked breast meat but this time the breast meat was awesome...the vegetables were soft...and the mashed potatoes were...heaven!!...too bad i could only eat half of it but it was a big portion!!...bro helped with the other half...and at the end of the meal...my plate was spick and span!!!...to the extend i was getting worried that my sugar level will go high up...

At night...my official last jab of insulin...and when i tested my blood...it was...(drum rolls after the hugh amount of food i ate at 3pm...heart beating fast...)...4.7!!!!!!...me and bro was like...shocked...esp the amount of potatoes i ate...(kinda above the allowed range)...

Anyway...26th Oct 2008...my first official day off insulin and on oral medication...best part is...i only need to take one med and not 2 like before...routine continues...only diff is since i started work with mom on 3rd nov...i have to wake up earlier just to exercise...like around 730-830...depending on days...and by 930 off to work with mom...

My readings since i started janumet...has been hovering around 4.0 - 6.0...the normal people's range (...sorry readers...unfortunately i no longer am classified as normal people...but as diabetic...)...morning before breakfast will be around 5.3 - 5.8...afternoon is 4.3-4.6 (no longer checking for lunch as of now as it has been very consistent around this range)...and evening will be 4.3 - 5.2 (depending on whether i ate anything before i test as sometimes my mouth tends to be really itchy...hehehe)...

Next up...if you are lucky that i'm in the mood...my graduation day!!!