Recovery Progress: October 2017

Tuesday, October 10, 2017

Yikes....!!!!

I had blood tests done for life insurance... Probably didn't do me any good but at least I know my feeling of needing to start taking Reliv is correct! Those urine results are beyond scary. Blood test were okay, other then I'm still borderline diabetic, but that's actually been the case for a year or two. Sitting in front of a desk is taking it's toll. But I don't think it can fully explain those urine test results. :( Micro albumin and protein seem to be the problems. High limit of protein is 14.9 mg and I'm at 76 and it only gets worse.

Sigh... changes coming in diet. However I did figure out real recently that it's possible that my body dumps protein due to having MTHFR and with that the body doesn't do well in processing animal proteins. Since that's where most my protein comes from it's possible that could be part of the issue.

And not being able to have the 'fake sugars' limits the sweets! Mutter.... :)

Monday, October 9, 2017

Whew! (for now)

Well... one window was leaking pretty bad this last winter and a friend has been looking into it this Fall. He was afraid that the top window had issues that would cause the water to travel to the lower window but that appears to not be the issue (whew!). The board in between the windows needs replaced and the wood around the lower window needs replaced but the water is coming from somewhere to get there, question is where? It doesn't appear to be coming from the roof either, at this point, since the wood coming down from there has no dry rot. Quite the mystery. It'd sure be nice to figure it out before winter hits! It has been a year of house repairs. I think the painting is finally done as well! I got quite the lesson in the process. The post right outside the door needed painting, however, I had gotten so used to it that it took a while for it to register that paint was needed. What needs taken care of in my life that I'm blind to because it's been there for so long?

Got help with the lawn today too! Even got the edges trimmed. I'm pretty sure that hasn't been done in the front since Dave left. It looks amazing and it got done for an amazing price! :)

Tuesday, October 3, 2017

Timing can be an amazing thing!

I'm once again amazed on the timing of my Father! One client may very well go away if a phone call last night is any indication but today a newer client today asked me to take on more, which would cover what i'd lose and then some. I'm always thankful and amazed when this happens. We'll see what happens in the next couple of months! Also picked up a couple of small accounts this last month!

Scarlet turned 4 a few days ago. It's crazy how quickly time is passing! She is now taking her own sugars! But it's tough getting those sugars to be fairly steady. Growth spurts probably don't help. Taking into account all the food carbs and giving 'proper' insulin seems to cause the sugars to drop too much but other times it doesn't seem to be quite enough. It's quite frustrating! Teagan started kindergarten. It sounds like it's going fairly well. :) Thankful that she's in Corbett! It may actually be a couple of years before Scarlet starts school due to a birthday at the end of September instead of the beginning of September.

There's one more trip in the works this year. I'll head over to Idaho Falls to see Christina and get to go to Yellowstone for the first time! So excited!! Then probably no trips, except to Klamath, for 6 months! Kind have started to like this traveling! :) That could get a bit dangerous! lol!!!

Fall is definitely here and boy are we glad! The fires are pretty much done. There was a little bit of a flare up last week when the east wind kicked in. The temps shouldn't go above 80* again though so we should be good. Tomatoes are about done. There's some raspberries to pick but there's also quite a few molded ones due to the rain. :( Got the painting done between the carport and house roof only to realize that the front of carport needs painting. Sigh!! Going to work on that tomorrow evening and then hopefully paint it Thursday. THEN painting will be done! :) The carport roof looks pretty awesome too! It should last for about a decade at least. In the next couple of years I can hopefully get the house roof done as well!