Hi! Remember me?

    I'm the person who is suppose to keep you informed on what I'm making.  I've gotten a little behind but a lot has been going on in my life.  

   I guess the biggest thing is that I was diagnosed with with Diabetes and now I am concentrating more on what to cook that is better for me.  I haven't seen the diabetic doctor/nutritionist yet.  That should be in the next couple of weeks.  I finally have a general doctor that I'm supposed to seeing in a couple of days.  My wound doctor referred me to him.  Oh yeah, did I mention the wound doctor?  I happened to have gotten an infection on my left foot and finally went to the doctor when it wasn't getting  better.  It went from being regular blisters and then they popped and got infected.  What led him to believe I was diabetic before he got the A1C rating back (10.1)?  He saw blisters and thought that I got them from a space heater (guilty of having one close by feet) and I couldn't tell when my foot was to close to the space heater by noticing that the blisters were under the foot and at the ends of the toes and on top by the arches.

   Neuropathy stopped me from feeling the blisters developing.  That is when the wound doctor took some tests and discovered I was diabetic.  Once he told me that, I started to eat healthier in the hopes that I won't be having to have shots.  I needed to eat better and more controlled for ages so this is the boot to the posterior to get me going.  

   Dan gave me a blood pressure unit so that I watch that also.  My blood pressure was very high which wasn't news to me.  It normally is high when I go to see the doctor and waiting a couple of hours in ER before seeing a doctor sent it sky rocketing.  Now I can check it twice a day at home.  

   Yes I said ER.  Shalom had dropped by to see me and I was in the middle of changing the bandage.  He took one look, called Dan, and before I knew it Shalom was taking me to the ER.  Dan was getting some supplies that I would need and calling us every 30 minutes since I hadn't called him.  Why call when I hadn't seen the doctor yet?  Men.  :)  They are good friends.  Oh, another little chuckle was when Shalom, who refused to stay in waiting room since he wasn't sure I would tell him ALL the doctor said,  and I got to the ER room and they had a TV that we could watch while waiting for a doctor to see us.  In between all the aids and nurses coming in, we discovered that we couldn't change the channel and guess what was playing.  A doctor's series and the person that all the doctor's were gathering around their bed were discussing an infected foot.  Sigh.  We just laughed but Shalom and I did get tired of repeating ourselves whenever a new person came into the room.  It got to the point that Shalom started to answer the questions instead of me since he had heard it so often.  LOL.  

   THEN, when I got a couple of prescriptions, Shalom took me to Walgreens  to get them filled.  By now it was raining and he took my paperwork in with him and I stayed in the car so my damaged foot wouldn't get wet.  While he was inside, Dan called me because the ER had called him (I had listed him as my contact person) and mentioned that we didn't pick up the actual prescription.  While talking to Dan, Shalom came back to the car, handed me a plastic bag that I could tie around my foot to keep the bandages dry and I told him Dan's message.  He had figured that out when the Pharmacy told him they couldn't fill the prescription since he didn't have the right paperwork.  Another trip back to the ER and he made me stay int he car while he went in to get the actual prescription and then back to Walgreen's.  Talk about an adventure!  So now I have to go to the Wound Specialist every week for a bit.  

   NOW, in between that, I have to go to see the regular doctor who hinted that in addition to seeing him, I'll probably have to go see a diabetes specialist.  Not much time in between all these doctor appointments.  If  Dan and I weren't busy enough with MY doctor's appointments, it is that time of the year that he has to go to see HIS doctor.  That means that this week  I have two doctor's appointments and he has one.  Next week I have at least one doctor's appointment  and he has one.  He is certainly getting driving time in!

   There isn't much time left to do some crafting but I did finish some more blocks.  Herer are a couple of quick update pix for you.

   In addition to continuing to work on these two projects, I managed to get a small mug rug finished so I can send it to a friend.  If  you see this before you get it Susan, ignore this pix.  LOL

   I will wait until my next update before showing my blackwork.  I have two weeks to do which will be done by next week. I do have one more thing to show you.  I received my exchange block and I am attaching a picture of it.

   That is it for a quick update.  Well, many it wasn't so quick but it is at least an update.  Now to go and fugue out what I have on hand that I can eat.

   I hope you all have a great day and remember: