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07:41 AM - 01/03/2025

The topic: I’m still here

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It's just been a weird journey these past few months. I'm still trying to process things.

We went to the doctor for our annual exams on the sixth of December. While there, Brian went with the nurse to check his memory, the doctor did my exam, then told me that she hadn't seen, until recently, my labs from the previous year.

The other doctor, who had seen them, never acted on what was there.

I'm diabetic. I don't believe I'm diabetic, my A1C was down from last year and is well within the normal range for my age. But, here we are.

I'm on Metformin and I'm at the four pills daily dosage. I take my blood at least twice a day. All within the normal range, well, there was New Year's Eve. I'd been feeling off all day long, then Brian brings home a big soft serve ice cream sundae. The high was two point over normal, but that was an aberration and he will no longer bring me massive amounts of ice cream, where I have to eat it all. Yes, I have to eat it all, that's how it works.

A quick update on what happened with Fury and Jingles last month. Fury's lung cancer, on the left lobe had grown and was pushing on his heart so that he could no longer breathe as much as he should have been. The heart wasn't working. His pulse was in the 130s, when a cat at the vet's pulse should have been over 165. He'd gotten much weaker over the past month and had quit eating that week.

Jingles CHF wasn't being controlled and he started to show signs of dementia. He'd just stop in the living room and pee on the floor. He was starting to stumble when he would walk through the house and it was obvious it was his time.

It was rough losing two so close together.

Our neighbors served us papers from their lawyer to remove our Sweet Gum tree. Walked down our driveway holding hands (I checked our security footage) and handed the papers to Brian outside. This was a complete shock to us. Anyway, the tree is down. It was there when we move in back in 1986. It was a great shade tree. But it was very messy, with a lot of those prickly pods. I'll miss the shade, but honestly, I won't miss the tree. But the neighbors took the nuclear action. They shouldn't have done that and after all the favors we've done for them over the years? Well, that won't happen any longer. They blew that bridge up.

Anyway, we're just plodding along at this point.

jingles    goodbye    fury    diabetes    catstuff   



It is good to hear from you. I’m with you about eating all the ice cream ... that’s how it works! My condolences for all the sadness ... and your “neighbors” ... ugh. Shake my head and let God handle it all.
Hopefully your January will be better!

Posted by Turtle Lover @ Saturday, January 04, 2025 - 6:33:50 AM

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