Jo’s Cafe

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Pure and simple, no sugar coating (pun intended) here. When my sugar gets too high (normal is between 70 and 120) I get sleepy and sluggish. BUT here is the bitch of the whole deal - when my sugar gets too low I get sleepy and sluggish.

See the problem? And since I don’t carry an extra meter at work (I know, I know) I couldn’t check. Instead of waiting and seeing if other symptoms showed up (blurred vision for one), today Monday I went and hit the junk machine.

Yeah I can hear you now - wrong choice, wrong symptoms. By the time I got home, I knew I screwed up and the meter never lies.

208

Walking clothes on, stinky Roscoe (another story) on leash and out the door we went. A good 3/4 mile power walk and 20 minutes rest later I was down to a nice 120. Whew

I screwed up. Don’t do it often, but it sucks when I do. Yes, yes, yes - I know get a meter for work and stop guessing. Thankfully it was a high I let go almost too long instead of a low. I can fix both yes but - oh I’m going to stop fooling myself here - no excuses …

I screwed up PERIOD.

Tomorrow Today a new meter gets bought for work and no more guessing.

Oh and Roscoe? Well for the first time in a long while he’d fouled his crate,  so I walked with a stinky dog who needed a serious bath. 

When we got done walking. And we we’re out of dog shampoo so have to add that and hubby’s shampoo to the grocery list.

A day in my sometimes messed up diabetic life.

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