12/27 Today I will start this journal. Christmas was a rough day. Stressed out for sure made my numbers stay higher. I think I am getting some ideas of how to control the diabetes at least going low. I will return to work on the 7th. The teacher I work with was not very supportive but the girls in the office are great. We have all worked together 27 years now so they are my friends. Hubby seems a little upset that my life seems to be different but this is it from now on. So many questions and this site has helped me out. Thank God for computers. Even is I don't understand them either.LOL I am 51 and have a great husband of 21 years. My sons are 29 and 25 ( I have an Ex husband ) I have 2 great daughter in laws and 7 grandchildren. 3 live with me and their parents too. I am an aide for special children and they too are my kids too. My father had diabetes and was on a kidney machine (can't remember the proper name) A year after that he died. So I am fighting as hard as I can to get a handle on this. I cry somedays and wish I had taken better care of myself. I do smoke and want to quit but.....
I am now a type 2 diabetic and I know I will survive because I am my parents daughter and they taught me to fight. Healthy food seems to cost more. I have great insurance so that helps with meds and stuff. I pay for it every month through work.
My family is suppose to go camping by the beach in May and I want to be on track by then. I live in Southern California and the beach is 1 hour away. We camp in a tent and I hear the waves at night,a very calm sound.
Well thats a start I suppose. I tend to go on and on and on. Blah!Blah!Blah!
Thanks God for all you have given me. You have blessed me in so many ways.
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I say low but I am trying to keep it above 100. I had gone down as low as 66. That was scarey. I felt so helpless. I do not like depending on other people and am having a hard time adjusting to this. My family is okay but really don't know what I am going through. They are use to me being there for them.
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