Diabetes

I had another low blood sugar yesterday.  Not a bad one.  I felt shaky and check and was down to 79 which officially is not low but I was having some symptoms.   Mostly shaky and irritable, felt like I need a Xanax but decided it was probably blood sugar.  I was right, so I had some milk and two pieces of candy before I felt normal again.  My legs were weak though so I didn’t go on my walk.

Weather & Exercise

I was getting ready to go for a walk when it hit.  I planned to go up until the point I felt weak in my legs and decided I shouldn’t go.  I’ve not gone as much in the last week as I should.  I plan on going today but it is getting cloudy.  If it actually rains, that would be helpful.  It has been extremely hot in the last couple of weeks.  Around 33 for highs at 60% or higher humidity!  Its only 91 degrees which would be a cool day in July in Memphis but the humidity would be around 20% or less when its that hot.  Not here, it gets even hotter just before a rainy day.  Then it usually gets cooler after that.  This time of the year, the cooler period doesn’t last long, usually not even an entire day.

Juliet

Weight Loss

All the people giving me a hard time, telling me I’m doing everything wrong and basically following that old tired your just a lazy fat pig attitude that so many people have, I lost 10 pounds last month. Most of it came off in two stages. Five pounds at a time twice. The last five keeps trying to inch back in but I keep kicking it back down. Hopefully, I’ll be able to walk today.

I’m eating a lot of fish and I’ve been eating less of everything and walking a lot. Still not motivated as much as I was. I remember at one point I thought I might go walking twice a day. That hasn’t really been on my mind much lately. I’m having a lot of trouble staying awake lately. Well during the day anyway. I hate sleep, it waste my time!

Easter Mountain Climbing

Now I did climb a mini mountain on Easter Sunday but I cheated a bit.  There were 150 stairs built into the mountain.  Some call it a hill, that’s one heck of a hill and its a pretty steep climb.  I went up a higher mountain on Good Friday of last year but it was a much more gradual climb.  Much longer too.  This year after climbing several flights of stairs and then feeling like my chest might explode, I started stopping every other flight.  I think the pain in my chest is just the breast bone, its common with lupus to have some inflammation where in the cartilage that connects the ribs to the breast bone.

Philippine Monkey

I have a monkey on my head as I type.  Juliet and I are the best of friends now but she hates for anyone else to get near me.  I’m still waiting for her cage to be built.  The welder says that some parts are not in.  I wonder what it is he needs.  We really need that cage built.  I keep her in a small cage most of the time.

Jessie and Juliet

The monkey and Jessie are still struggling a bit.  Juliet wants to “mouth” her but she gets to ruff with it.  I keep pulling Juliet away which I’m beginning to think is irritating Juliet but Jessie doesn’t care to have the monkey bite her, even gently.

When Jessie left the room just now, the monkey started calling to her, looking under the door and finally pulled the fan down crashing into the floor.  When Jessie came back but wasn’t paying any attention to her, I saw Juliet reach out and try to pull the fan down on purpose!  I thought before she would do things to get our attention, now I’m sure of it.  Aww the joys of a monkey.

Juliet knows how to push on her cage to get it to move in the direction she wants it to go.  She knew that as soon as we put her in it.  So she’s been in one a lot.  I put a chain on the cage for Jessie to use to drag it.  This morning Juliet had pulled it inside her cage so Jessie couldn’t use it.  I was amazed when I saw Juliet reach outside the cage and pull on the chain in the direction she wanted to go!  Of course it didn’t work since she was pulling from inside the cage, I think that old equal and opposite reaction law of newton would come into play on that!

Right now, Juliet and Jessie are getting along fine.  She’s sitting on Jessie’s head grooming her.  I hope they will eventually work out their relationship.  Certainly making progress right now.  I know Juliet loves Jessie, I see it every time Jessie leaves the room where Juliet is but she just don’t seem to know how to be gentle enough for Jessie.

Jessie and Juliet have changed to playing dress up now.  I can’t believe this monkey lets her dress her up.  We just might get Juliet in a dress.  Probably more chance of Juliet being in one than Jessie!  :)

Tagged with: Diabetes • Lupus • Pets • SLE • Walking

Filed under: Expat Living In The Philippines

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