Allen Cash's living with Diabetes

Good news: Less Meds Bad News: Feeling unsure. 9/16/2015 Good AM/PM all, So all went well with my visit to D-Rex. Blood work was perfect and my A1C is too. He wants to reduce my Metformin to two pills a day, which is pretty awesome! However, I'm not too sure if this is the right time yet. It's not that I don't trust his process but it's more I don't trust mine. I still tend to eat (at times) food that is not so great for me. I lack willpower at times I guess. Eating foods that are good for Diabetics isn't as simple as some would like to think.  I have always theorized that finding balance between what I need to eat and what I want to eat is what works best for me. Of course it's much more easy to do so if you are on a bunch of pills that can interact with the not so low carb foods. For example, I ate about 12 oz. of dried fruit w/nuts last night and it was my first night not taking my other two Metformin meds. My fasting number this morning was 127..whic...

Cooler nights, Spooky House and maybe another great number for my A1C? 9/11/2015 Greetings All, Although I have been dealing with sudden drops in Blood Pressure... I feel pretty good. My good eating habits are hit and miss but I think that's all apart of the process of learning. I'm pretty much healed from my surgery but I am still going to be very careful of heavy weights. All in all... things are going good. The change of season and my favorite time of the year is almost upon us. The nights are getting cooler and the daytime not as warm as it was. I already have my fall and Halloween stuff up, which puts me in more of a good mood. I have a appointment with D-Rex next tuesday and I should have a great checkup. If my A1C is as good as it was three months ago...It will make my good mood even better. The last 15 months has been very rough on me health wise. However , I feel like as long as I don't give in to the frustration and confusion of it all... I will get even mor...