Good news :)

So, I got good...no...GREAT news at the doc's on Thursday. Well, it was mixed but more positive than anything. OK, so the not so great news first: Laura (my new doc, same office) looked at my info and the most current A1 C's and she thinks I'm right on the money about being insulin resistant (BOO!) BUT...she had a solution and told me I'm not "in target" for my blood sugar but I'm making excellent progress. I started out at 10.7 and I'm down to 7.3 which is an amazing leap for the good but still it must come down. She started me on glipizide to take in conjunction with the metformin but is reducing the metformin by half. She says hopefully this will help with the severe stomach upsets/pain and colon spasms that produce projectile diarrhea (OMG I hope so as this has been crippling.) and the utter exhaustion for the violent seizures my colon has been undergoing. She also changed my prescription 30 for 30 days (yay) and told me she hopes that once my blood sugar is under control that I'll find most of my pain is diminished or gone. She does guarantee I will feel much better physically which made me very happy. It is rare for a doc to guarantee anything these days and normally rarer for me to trust them but I trust her. She's a diabetic and has been for 15 years and she's very passionate about positive combat concerning diabetes / blood sugar. I'm very happy and actually excited because I feel progress is being made in getting this under control and hopefully this pain (rt side, back, kidney area) will go away (YAYAYAYAYAY!) in a bit. I enjoy it's rare absence so lessening is good, gone would be a dream come true. :) Big smiles here right now.

What else?? Oh, c10 is home for the weekend, Craig is off on a job with his Uncle, they've got a big trash out in Squim but they should be back by Sunday night at the latest. If not then I'll drive c10 back to Oly by Monday morning at the latest. Her and Bert are having a good time though, so it's good all us girls being girly, having a good time. Of course they are both crashed right now, they stayed up past 3 jibberjabbering back and forth but hey, it's Saturday and we aren't going anywhere (oh, my big smile at that).

Right now I'm waiting for the vic to kick in (I took a half, I wait an hour and if it doesn't cut it then I'll take the other half) so I can get dressed in day clothes and try to do something around here. Pretty bad this morning as I'm declining to put "real pants" on until the pain subsides some. I'm going to do something today. I am. My brain is set and I can already tell this can go great or it can go bad, but it's gonna go. I got a new to me sewing machine this week and I'm excited to use it but I have to get the studio area and the utility room cleaned out first so I can set up the sewing nook. I know once I set this baby up I'm going to be off and running on it for at least a week having a blast.

I also am excited because we are finally going to clean out the RV so I can start the revamp/remodel that I've been wanting to do FOREVER. It's going to be so cute when I'm done :) coziest best mobile guest house EVER.

I like being so happy. I do. A lot of it has to do with getting the diabetes situation under control for one thing and I think it has to do with sun being out more, it's still cold in the mornings and such but the weather has turned the corner and Spring is definitely close. I saw a small flock of Canadian geese come in on Wednesday and they've been hanging out in between the point and the island right off our lake front and it's so nice to watch them. It's like a physical reminder of the promise that Spring is coming. Spring means better weather which means better physical condition for me. Less pain, more energy, more fun, more outdoor time, more fun...did I mention more fun?

OK, I am going to attempt to get dressed in day clothes although it is going to be a loose (baggy) clothes day. Sweats and t shirt for sure. But it feels like things are falling back into line, getting back under control as well as life can be anyway. It's nice to have a future that can be looked forward to instead of an unknown. That's what is happening around here, I'm slowly getting my ability to look forward to the future back. I mean, I know it sounds melodramatic and I don't mean it that way but basically the ability to realistically day dream...to hope? Eh, that's what I mean...melodramatic. I had hope before, but no information (for lack of a better word) to have a focus for that hope. So, now I have focused hope and it's awesome to have that feeling back instead of just trying to cope and guess and stay positive about the completely unknown. OK, roundabout way to say it all but as close as I can get to convey what I'm trying to say I guess, lol.

I'm off to see what I can do...Happy Saturday all!