NORMAL

Since my hospitalization, my blood glucose readings have been constantly fluctuating ranging from 113-175. There was even a point when I started to really get worried because despite religiously taking my medications and watching what I eat, my numbers would still not get down to normal readings. 

I may have had good days but I only get one good reading a day and that good one still never hits normal. I test myself twice in a day. The morning readings are the high one and the afternoons are the promising ones. According to my doctor, the normal reading should be 70-110. This was my constant goal on a daily basis. 

Today, I had a good start, getting a reading of 115 in the morning. Then I did the usual, walking, some stretches with the help of my gadgets and my favorite 30-minute steam sauna routine. After the two-hour fast before testing, I was in hurry to finish the test for I was growing so hungry. Then, there it was, 100! Finally, 19 days into the dieting, exercising, drinking lots of medicines and choosing healthy food, I got a normal reading. One hundred! Today is essentially a normal blood glucose day for me and for the first time, my fears have been alleviated. It can be done, it's no longer a lost cause. Normal. So, this is how it feels! I am proud, relieved to know that it can actually be done. I rewarded myself of course, I meal of grilled fish and sinigang with the normal one cup of rice, no extras. Now that I know how it feels, now that I know I can do it, I want to keep it up...