Woke once in the night, but otherwise I slept well for the third night in a row. My post-bathroom pre-kitchen weight (pbpk) was 168.
It was an exciting day to be a new diabetic. I had a slew of appointments made, cancelled, shifted and finally confirmed. January 3 I get to see the endocrinologist (read: $$$$$crinologist). In the meantime my doctor and the aforementioned specialist talked behind my back and decided it best to up the dosage. Tonight I'll take 15 units of slow acting insulin from the Lantus pen up from 10 the previous two nights. Tomorrow I'll start on a 5 unit fast acting insulin dose following each meal. As soon as possible they'd also like me to start taking morning and evening blood sugar levels. That's six pricks a day - I think that officially earns me bragging rights in Hell's Kitchen.
"When can I go to the gym again and start putting back on some of the muscle I lost?"
"The insulin will help you put on muscle... and fat."
"Can I get the non-fat insulin?"
"There is no such thing." - lame, but she did tell me I could start getting big again after I see the specialist.
Today was also the tipping point for my coworkers knowing of my condition. And I had more to divulge. Yes, it's Type 1. No, I shouldn't eat that caramel apple. Yes, I'm self-injecting. No, I don't think diabetes is necessarily manly. Yes, I do sort of enjoy the needle. No, you can't catch it if I sneeze on you. ... and on and on.
I tried to drink up all the extra attention from the ladies. Jess was sweet, looking softly on me whenever I passed her. Katy had a look of motherly concern in her eyes. Cat almost looked excited for me. Alyssa had a "dream" about me. "Did you?" I asked with the full depth and resonance of my voice. "Not that kind!" (and then we ran on stage for our entrance so I never did find out what kind of dream) more's the pity.
I have a very supportive cast. Everybody keeps telling me they can't think of a better person to have diabetes. It's a twisted sort of compliment. But they're a twisted group of people. That's partly why I love them.
Diet: Similar to yesterday's: yogurt, berries, nuts and cereal; eggs, turkey sausage and guacamole; clif bar, apple; greek salad; chicken with roasted mire poire in cheese sauce; lentils with porcini and truffle oil; peanuts, apple, protein shake; EPIC greek salad with added soy sausage; roasted brussel sprouts with evoo, balsamic and spices. Water always had added lemon juice or apple cider vinegar (acv).
Injected mid left thigh.
Day 3
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