Allen Cash's living with Diabetes

Slow and steady loses the weight. 4/28/2015 Good Morning all, So far everything with my BP and Diabetes is really falling into a good place and the weight is coming down. My energy is making a comeback and my emotional state of mind if on the rise. I still have a lot to learn about many things such as a balanced diet and Diabetes, but slowly I am learning by simply listening to my body. I can assure you that none of this is easy or will you find one answer fits all. It takes looking at yourself with a honest frame of mind and to understand that your health is your responsibility and your's alone. It also takes rekindling your love for yourself. That is something that has changed the most in my life. I take pride in my efforts and my willingness to overcome my self doubt. I know that I won't always eat the right foods or workout as hard as I know I can. I know I won't always feel in control over my Diabetes, however I also know if I give in and stop trying... I won'...

My Fitness pal and ME! 4/18/2015 Greetings All, So my spouse and I bought each other Iphone 6 plus for our marriage anniversary. I was not sure I wanted one due to the fact that are incredibly expensive but we did it anyway. My sister was here for a visit during that time. She had bought us a few needful items. One was blood pressure monitor that works perfectly with the iphone. I love it because since I am no longer taking BP meds... I need to keep an eye on my BP. I can also use my iphone to input Blood Sugar readings in it. I use the app Myfitnesspal to log in my workouts and my calories. It was maddening in the beginning to learn how to use it but I am getting the hang of it now. I even have a medical ID app (I still need to set up) which is pretty cool. I am loving the feel of control with my body. I like knowing what is going on with my body or as much as one can be with tools such as these. My Blood Sugar readings and BP has been really good for a while now and it is so dam...

It's all getting GOOD! 4/14/2015 Yes folks.. it's going to be one of those annoying perky posts. As I have mentioned before in my last post, I decided to take myself off my Blood Pressure med just to see how things went and if I could get through a week without nausea and fainting spells and to see if my BP would be more stabled. So far the idea is working very well. My BP is still reading in the normal range and the dizzy spells and nausea is a thing of the past. Of course D-Rex does not know I am doing this so he may bitch slap me but it's worth it. My blood sugar numbers has been really good consistently. All in all...I feel better than I have in years. I'll still have sudden sugar level drops once in a while but nothing I can't handle. I have been feeling so good that I have decided to start up my workout routine again. I'm going easy with it so my body can get use to the stress and motions. I started yesterday as well as Dale ( my spouse aka love muffin...

Less Nausea and reduced blood pressure meds. 4/3/2015 Greetings Earthlings, I actually have very little to report but I thought a bit of an update was in order. I sent an email to my doc's office about the last couple of months of bad nausea and extreme dizzy spells.  His assistant wrote me back and said to come in the office to be checked out to make sure everything was okay. I did not expect to hear from him so fast nor did I think he would want me to come in. I just thought maybe because of the weight loss and diet change I may not need to take as many diabetic meds or maybe it was a side effect of the back pain meds. I decided before I went in to stop taking the back pain meds to see if that was causing all the extreme nausea. After a couple of day and ever since then.. the nausea seem to lession a great deal. When I went in for my appointment on the past Monday... my B.P was a little too low. This was a concern to D-Rex and so he reduced my BP med by half. I told him about...