Between the remodeling of two bathrooms and having two shedding huskies, I've been rather busy. Spent the whole day yesterday cleaning every square inch of my living and dining rooms. I'm not kidding. Our remodels involve drywall, which involves sanding. There was a visible layer of dust on everything, even our a/v components inside the entertainment center. Even inside my computer (!).
I hadn't realized how prolific it was until started cleaning. I do have to say I was shocked, even though we had made reasonable efforts to confine the dust, it still permeated everything. Spent 6 hours on it yesterday alone, and that was just two rooms, there is still the rest of the house to do. Ah, well...the price of home improvement.
Went in last week for lab work, and then went to the Dr. on Thursday to discuss the results. My A1C is down from 8.7 to 6.2 in just 12 short weeks. Anything below 6.0 is considered "normal" so I'm making huge strides. My Dr. was duly impressed, and said I could be off the meds as soon as the end of summer. I'm not going to hold my breath, but his optimism is certainly encouraging. My cholesterol and lipids are down too. They weren't particularly high, still within "normal" ranges, but they still could stand some improvement so that was good news.
I've also lost 15 lbs. That's just in the last 7 weeks. Initially, my body just wouldn't let go, even though I had reduced my caloric and fat intake dramatically. The Dr. said that was normal, and although it was frustrating at first, now that I'm seeing progress things are looking up.
Three weeks ago I inherited a fantastic, barely used treadmill from a friend who's moving out of state. Well, we bartered for it, but in any case I got it for a lot better deal than anywhere else. So now I am on it EVERY DAY at least 20 minutes. That's not much by athletic standards, but going from nothing to 20 minutes a day is huge improvement. Running as much as my body will tolerate, walking the rest. I have no particular fitness goals other than to do it every single day, and continue to increase my time and distance as time goes by.
My sister who was diagnosed last fall has lost over 50 lbs and goes in next week to have her A1C checked to see if she can go off the meds completely. I'm pulling for her! And hopefully not too far behind her. It's nice to have her to talk to, we get a lot of support from each other.
Lets see, what else?
Usually this time of year we get a letter from our health insurance telling us how much our premium is going up as of July 1st and telling us in what ways they are decreasing our benefits. Well, day before yesterday we got a letter that is just the opposite! Not only is our premium going down, our benefits are improving. How's that for cool?
Oh, and the other thing? I had a $130 rebate for an electronic purchase (earmarked as tattoo money!) . I sent it in awhile back, properly and well before the due date. Last week it came back to me in the mail with the envelope marked "UNCLAIMED". My postman said that meant it had never been picked up from the P.O. box. Boy was I peeved! So I communicated with the company and explained that I had kept up my end of the deal, I even have the postmarked envelope to prove it. After a day or two they agreed to honor my rebate. That was pretty cool, considering all the fine print on these rebate things that say that if they don't receive it by the due date for any reason, they will not honor it. Now well see if the check ever actually comes...
So that's the news in my neck of the woods.
I hadn't realized how prolific it was until started cleaning. I do have to say I was shocked, even though we had made reasonable efforts to confine the dust, it still permeated everything. Spent 6 hours on it yesterday alone, and that was just two rooms, there is still the rest of the house to do. Ah, well...the price of home improvement.
Went in last week for lab work, and then went to the Dr. on Thursday to discuss the results. My A1C is down from 8.7 to 6.2 in just 12 short weeks. Anything below 6.0 is considered "normal" so I'm making huge strides. My Dr. was duly impressed, and said I could be off the meds as soon as the end of summer. I'm not going to hold my breath, but his optimism is certainly encouraging. My cholesterol and lipids are down too. They weren't particularly high, still within "normal" ranges, but they still could stand some improvement so that was good news.
I've also lost 15 lbs. That's just in the last 7 weeks. Initially, my body just wouldn't let go, even though I had reduced my caloric and fat intake dramatically. The Dr. said that was normal, and although it was frustrating at first, now that I'm seeing progress things are looking up.
Three weeks ago I inherited a fantastic, barely used treadmill from a friend who's moving out of state. Well, we bartered for it, but in any case I got it for a lot better deal than anywhere else. So now I am on it EVERY DAY at least 20 minutes. That's not much by athletic standards, but going from nothing to 20 minutes a day is huge improvement. Running as much as my body will tolerate, walking the rest. I have no particular fitness goals other than to do it every single day, and continue to increase my time and distance as time goes by.
My sister who was diagnosed last fall has lost over 50 lbs and goes in next week to have her A1C checked to see if she can go off the meds completely. I'm pulling for her! And hopefully not too far behind her. It's nice to have her to talk to, we get a lot of support from each other.
Lets see, what else?
Usually this time of year we get a letter from our health insurance telling us how much our premium is going up as of July 1st and telling us in what ways they are decreasing our benefits. Well, day before yesterday we got a letter that is just the opposite! Not only is our premium going down, our benefits are improving. How's that for cool?
Oh, and the other thing? I had a $130 rebate for an electronic purchase (earmarked as tattoo money!) . I sent it in awhile back, properly and well before the due date. Last week it came back to me in the mail with the envelope marked "UNCLAIMED". My postman said that meant it had never been picked up from the P.O. box. Boy was I peeved! So I communicated with the company and explained that I had kept up my end of the deal, I even have the postmarked envelope to prove it. After a day or two they agreed to honor my rebate. That was pretty cool, considering all the fine print on these rebate things that say that if they don't receive it by the due date for any reason, they will not honor it. Now well see if the check ever actually comes...
So that's the news in my neck of the woods.
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