I Finally Figured it Out

It is embarrassing to say so, but I have been making myself ill--not the uti, the horrible feeling of illness and having to sleep all day. Until I got the ac adjusted, the heat was a real problem. However, there was/is an element I can control.

The plague of fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue syndrome at still in place. I cannot control these conditions. However, there is one element I can control--diabetes.

After I went to the doctor and he found no uti, I started wondering what was the problem. Diabetes was the answer. And, I can do something about diabetes--control my food intake. Usually, I keep chicken in the refrigerator and occasionally pull off a piece and eat it--no plate, no fork, no sitting down. But, I had not cooked chicken. Before that, I would take a plastic spoon and dip a spoonful of pb and eat that.

Saturday was the first day in weeks that I did not fade away in a deep and long sleep. Along with the sleepiness, my vision was distorted. Plus, my eyes seemed gooey always. On Saturday I did not try to control carbs, I upped my protein and fat.

Don't get me wrong, I still fade away due to fibro and cfs. Surprisingly, I can tell if it is diabetes or my conditions.

One day, I bought expensive turkey jerky in the store to help me. It worked! It was great  not to succumb to that sinking feeling.  But, I need another solution.

Usually, I don't eat peanut butter many times a day. Once a day is about all I want to eat it. I don't get bored with pb or sick of it, I don't want to eat that much of a fattening food.


And, there are spells when I don't have chicken in the refrigerator. Or, I am in the car with nothing but suckers from the bank. So, I am trying to figure out what to eat instead. Well, I may have something in the car but not a protein-rich snack. I don't need meal ideas.

I turned to cheese. I love cheese, but I can eat an 8 oz. chunk in one day. But, I don't need so much of that, either! It seems like eating baked chicken is my best bet. I keep boiled eggs to eat, too. I love those.

Right now, I am looking forward to a second day in a row when I am not feeling comatose. I still need to rest, but it won't be because of my blood sugar rising so precipitously.

Exercise would help, but my back is against that, even walking farther than car to house. I do lift soup cans. But, that leads to needing to wear my brace!

Do all you can not to develop diabetes!!!

My only plan is to eat cheese, pb, and an egg once a day for control. I may eat an egg at breakfast and one for control.  I won't continue to eat pb all day, or cheese all day, or boiled eggs all day, just mix it up. It is too bad chocolate is not something to help me control diabetes.