The last weekend of February

 

 It is one of those weekends I wish I could just stay in bed. It has been a little rough moving books. Especially all those big heavy books of the ART OF WAR. Although, the newest one was small and in paperback. Supposely, it is a 3 step process of tagging these items for the library, but you have add in taking the books off the shelf and back on the shelf. 

If only I was a robot I wouldn't have these troubles with my blood sugar. Earlier in the week it got really low while doing this work. Later, it got high and wouldn't come down. Which lead to a phone call to my PCM. Initially, I wanted to see if I could get a new glucose machine because mine would not work. To begin with the lancet thing cracked. But they wanted me to pick up Metformin instead. So that meant trying to find a cheap glucose machine on my own. And thankfully, I got one at the local grocery store which was a lot cheaper than what CVS had to offer. 

Years ago, I had been put on Metformin. And I know there are many good things about the medication. Although, I don't think it ever did much for lowering my blood sugar even then. Yet, maybe I was naive then. And I kept up the regiment. Still, some things kept bothering my body and even my mind. It was hard to concentrate even then. I would complain of this pain and that pain, as well as stomach issues. It took forever to get off this stuff because every doctor would say, "It couldn't be the Metformin." But it was.

After one pill, I felt so miserable. Instantly, I felt the allergic drainage coming out of nowhere in my mouth and nose. I was practically climbing the walls that night. I could not sleep. It felt worse than the flu. And of course, the nurse had said, "Take it twice a day if you can tolerate it." Talk about hungover the next day.

And my blood sugar kept getting higher, I was trying to stay hydrated with water and staying on sugar-free and low-carb, and salad with oil and vinegar. Finally, I remembered the stomach exercises I used to do. And thankfully, my blood sugar came back down.

This time, I am not going back on the simple form of metformin. There are newer metformin medications. However, the pharmaceutical companies have a hand in making them available. It is confusing to the ordinary patient. Here we are trying our best to manage diet, exercise, and meds and then they change it up. We do need a regular schedule. Granted, I have not had my average work schedule either, these days.

Also, just how high does it have to go before you need to see the ER? I came close to going in this week.