Only got to bed a little later than planned last night. The cat and dog were both waiting on the bed for me. They both know when it's bedtime, even if I don't, LOL.
Woke up with sore back and shoulders this morning, so thought getting through my chest and arms workout today would be interesting. Enjoyed it though. Did a couple of tricep exercises I haven't done before and got a good pump out of them. That was the good part of my day. The bad part was that I had low blood sugar afterwards, which makes me shake and sweat and then mucks around with my hormones so I'm teary for the rest of the day.
On a related note, my Dad (who is a type 1 diabetic) had to go and visit his eye specialist today. One of the complications of having diabetes for so long (over 30 years) is that the fluctuations in your blood sugar can damage nerve endings and eyesight. He has had laser treatment on his eyes several times but today STOP READING NOW IF YOU ARE SQUEAMISH
he had to have an injection in his eye. Here's what Mum said about it:
Dad's eye appointment was rather stressful. The specialist assured Dad that the procedure would be uncomfortable rather than painful once he had local anaesthetic. It turned out to be very uncomfortable, probably not helped by Dad having a sore neck, making it hard for him to cooperate with the procedure. I ended up feeling really faint and had to lie down for awhile to recover (due to hearing Dad's discomfort - I was standing next to him but not watching the procedure).
So I really feel for Dad at the moment. If Mum felt faint just listening to him, I would hate to think how Dad felt.
3 comments:
Yikes! That must have been a nasty experience for your Dad.
What do you eat when your blood sugar bombs out? Do you find that ome things work better than others? And do you get residual headaches after...? I'm a bit fascinated by this stuff, and trying to figure out what works best for me, so I'm always keen to know what other people do.
how terrible for your dad, Charlotte. I hope that it does improve his eyesight though.
lol @ the cat and dog waiting on you to go to bed.
Have a great day.
I loved your idea about setting an alarm to go to bed, but my cat is the same as yours and knows when it's bedtime better than me. She's always wrapping herself around my ankles at bedtime, trying to drag me off the computer. The dog, on the otherhand, just want to play at bedtime.
I hope your Dad's feeling better after his eye thing. I squirm at eye stories; I spent way to much time at eye specialists as a kid.
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