How am I feeling?
Mar. 29th, 2011 09:36 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
tanuki_greenRecently, I've been asked a lot about how I'm feeling. This is perfectly understandable, and I am in no way sick of hearing this question. I hear the words behind it, "I'm concerned about you", "Don't scare me like that" and "You're not allowed to die." To be fair, I've also heard those words directly as well, and when I hear any of those, I feel loved.
Today, I am feeling better than yesterday, which is to say I'm feeling the best I've felt since getting The Swine Flu™. I'm still working, day by day at getting better. I tried to exercise yesterday. I had a plan of fighting gladiators on my PS3 for 30 minutes. I made it about 15 minutes before I started coughing, but I worked up a good sweat and it felt good. On top of that, I set the difficulty on medium and didn't lose a match.
Right before I came down with the flu, I went to see a doctor for the first time in about 2 1/2 years. During that visit, I was diagnosed with Diabetes. This was something that, in the back of my head, I knew might be there. My diet was a bit out of control on the carbs and I had been borderline at my previous doctor visit. So, this did not come as too much of a shock.
Starting to get things under control did become a little complicated with having the flu, however, and I wasn't able to start a lot of the treatment things for an additional week and a half. But we're there now. I'm checking my blood sugars at least three times a day. I'm taking an oral medication twice a day now and I'm taking insulin once a day. I've learned how to give myself injections and not freak out about the needle. When they told me the needle was so small I wouldn't feel it, I was very, VERY dubious, but they were right. It's not a big deal at all. I've seen a nutritionist, learned a few things and had some other things reinforced. As I get the Diabetes back under control, the goal is for me to not have to take insulin and the doctors seem to think that's a very reasonable goal.
Yesterday I had my first full physical in something like 7 years which included an EKG. I was told that there's probably nothing to worry about, but there's some irregularity with my heart. The left side is... um... underpreforming. My doctor said that it could be perfectly normal, that plenty of normal people have such issues. She also said that it could be some sort of congestive issue. There was something she didn't say but was in the back of my mind. It could be genetic. My mother died of heart issues. So, in a couple of weeks, I'll be seeing a cardiologist and probably doing a stress test to see what's going on there. When I see the cardiologist, I will be talking with them about my concerns and about my mother.
In the mean time, I will try not to worry. I am doing all the things I can do to take care of me. I'm eating better. I'm taking my medicine. I'm trying to exercise and will be able to do more as I get more energy.
And I'm making an effort to enjoy life.
Today, I am feeling better than yesterday, which is to say I'm feeling the best I've felt since getting The Swine Flu™. I'm still working, day by day at getting better. I tried to exercise yesterday. I had a plan of fighting gladiators on my PS3 for 30 minutes. I made it about 15 minutes before I started coughing, but I worked up a good sweat and it felt good. On top of that, I set the difficulty on medium and didn't lose a match.
Right before I came down with the flu, I went to see a doctor for the first time in about 2 1/2 years. During that visit, I was diagnosed with Diabetes. This was something that, in the back of my head, I knew might be there. My diet was a bit out of control on the carbs and I had been borderline at my previous doctor visit. So, this did not come as too much of a shock.
Starting to get things under control did become a little complicated with having the flu, however, and I wasn't able to start a lot of the treatment things for an additional week and a half. But we're there now. I'm checking my blood sugars at least three times a day. I'm taking an oral medication twice a day now and I'm taking insulin once a day. I've learned how to give myself injections and not freak out about the needle. When they told me the needle was so small I wouldn't feel it, I was very, VERY dubious, but they were right. It's not a big deal at all. I've seen a nutritionist, learned a few things and had some other things reinforced. As I get the Diabetes back under control, the goal is for me to not have to take insulin and the doctors seem to think that's a very reasonable goal.
Yesterday I had my first full physical in something like 7 years which included an EKG. I was told that there's probably nothing to worry about, but there's some irregularity with my heart. The left side is... um... underpreforming. My doctor said that it could be perfectly normal, that plenty of normal people have such issues. She also said that it could be some sort of congestive issue. There was something she didn't say but was in the back of my mind. It could be genetic. My mother died of heart issues. So, in a couple of weeks, I'll be seeing a cardiologist and probably doing a stress test to see what's going on there. When I see the cardiologist, I will be talking with them about my concerns and about my mother.
In the mean time, I will try not to worry. I am doing all the things I can do to take care of me. I'm eating better. I'm taking my medicine. I'm trying to exercise and will be able to do more as I get more energy.
And I'm making an effort to enjoy life.
