Well, shit. Too soon did I celebrate my lab tests. I had *no* frickin' idea that my HGB A1C would turn up bad too. 6.7, and it's supposed to be below 6.0. This just majorly sucks. What really sucks? I knew that I was skating on the edge. Being stupid sucks. I know what to do, but I thought that I could fudge, just a little. And just a little more, week by week. I thought that the end-all was in my fasting blood sugars that I faithfully measured every morning. Those were good, consistently good. Fooled me into thinking that everything was hunky-dory. So, not only is my lipids out of control, so are my sugars. In essence, my blood is more full of bad things than good things, and that's, uh, no, wait, let me say it... BAD. I thought that I knew what I was doing. So. A new leaf, yet again. Diet restrictions, big time, and no slacking. No. Slacking. Not. Ever. Tonight I had a bowl of raw carrots. And some mixed nuts. And Karen No. More. Licorice. DamnDamnDamn. Well, maybe no *no* more... but no more sitting down and eating twenty sticks. Moderation... has never been something that I'm good at. I dislike moderation, as a general rule. I do need to work on that. Work was OK again today... we're getting used to the no-film thing and it's working beautifully. A lot of our work was moving images on film from one place to another, and that's all gone now. Well, most of it. We still have to print films for patients who need to take their films to docs outside of the hospital, but pretty soon we'll just give them a CD with the images on it. Pretty slick, the images will open up on any PC with a CD drive. And a lot less physical abuse to my poor legs. I was the runner today, and, well, my legs are doing OK, and that's good. It wasn't really busy today, though. Tomorrow will be the test, I think... we're gonna be a tech short, and I need to leave at 14:30 to sign some papers. I'm on call, so I may need to come back, but I'm gonna call before I do. It's been beautiful spring-like weather here the last few days, and the weekend is gonna be pretty nice, I think. Not that it makes me any difference, since I'll be on call, but I'll be able to enjoy the drives back and forth, back and forth.... Today's picture is of a flower at Debbie's house. Click on it to get a big one, as usual. In the Mail: On the shelf:
went to Walgreens, and I asked her to get me some licorice. So she did. And I read on the package: 33 grams of carbs per serving. Serving size: 4 sticks. That stuff is pure sugar! And, of course, that's why I love it. That, and the anise.