The last time I posted, I was getting ready to see a new doctor down near Kentucky. Well, I saw him and REALLY like him! He looks at the WHOLE body and how it works as a WHOLE instead of just one part. As part of that, he had me get a boatload of blood tests...as in 10 tubes of blood! The results of all that showed (among other things) that my insulin was high, but my blood sugars and A1C (what shows your blood sugars over a span of time, not just that moment) were fine. So, he said if I didn't stop eating starch and sugar, it was a guarantee that I WILL get diabetes. Um...pass... So, I've stopped eating all starch (no potatoes, no grains, no starchy vegetables like corn, peas or chickpeas, no fun), and almost all sugar (for my sanity, I'm not counting my coffee creamer or the natural sugars in milk and fruit, although I do limit the amount of fruit I eat). It was CRAZY hard for the first 3 weeks, but now it's only difficult. Lol Meanwhile, what would have been Michael's (my 2nd miscarriage) 1st birthday is this coming Monday (as in just a few days). In the past, I've only tried to survive the due dates, but for Charlotte's (my 1st miscarriage) 1st birthday, Emma and I went to a fancy cake place, put a candle in my piece of cake, and quietly sang Happy Birthday to her. It felt nice to "celebrate" her 1st birthday, and I wanted to do the same for Michael. However, with my new diet restrictions, even gluten-free cake is out, so in trying to think of some other way to mark the day as special and different, Emma and I decided to dye our hair blue (his birthstone color). A new friend in the neighborhood, who is practically a hair dyeing expert and photographer, has offered to help us and then take our picture afterwards, adding a cool blue flowery border and ribbon with the date. <3 A few days ago, I started worrying about the amount of questions I'd have to answer about why we dyed our hair blue, so in an effort to reduce them even by a couple, I thought I'd post on here a heads up about it. Hopefully, the questions I do have to answer, I can keep from crying and answer them briefly and honestly. Please pray for me these next few days (and weeks...the dye is supposed to last 6 weeks... o_O). Thanks, guys!
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