(Ooops … adding WP to Minnie, my beloved friend), I saw that I had two draft posts. WTF, I thought? I found this post. From August 21. No wonder I had no comments on it).

Had another visit with my beloved Dr. V yesterday, though I did tell him, as much as I love him, we need to stop meeting like this. I won’t be able to afford monthly visits next year, when I won’t meet my deductible in the first 6 weeks of the plan year. He said we won’t have to meet like this next year. Phew.

He is very pleased with my progress and said  that my  A1C test was in the “pre-disposed for diabetes” category and on the high side of normal for non-diabetics. I asked about changing my diet to a more veggie lifestyle and he agrees with me that “don’t break what is working” is a good motto to follow. Since eating carbs can spike me, and most vegetarian sources of protein are filled with carbs, it worries me to try it. Besides, I really like meat.  Maybe after we move, I will experiment and see what happens.

I have increased my dosage of Gabapentin, from 100 mg to 300 mg, as my toes still hurt and ping all night long. They usually wake me up after an hour or two. And this is on top of the 3 melatonin and two benadryl I take each night. Oh, I throw some naproxen in for good measure, too. I dropped the aspirin once my carotid artery lining stopped hurting.

I also got new scripts for my lancets as I don’t like the one that comes with my current meter and for the 500 mg Metformin for evening use. I am on 1000 mg for daytime use. I am still testing at least 4 times a day and plan on keeping that up for the foreseeable future.

This whole “fasting blood sugar” thing still confuddles me at times. I had nothing out of the ordinary last night, except for a sugar-free, carb-less margarita. One. At 7. With dinner. 2 hour reading was fine. Fasting this a.m. was NOT. Sigh. Does one ever figure things out things like this?