I am going to say it again... I love reading everyone's blog... I am learning from it, discovering new things is one reason why I make time reading blogs. And funny how I envy everyone because you could express what you feel/experience/think so clearly. On my part, Most often than not, I am having a hard time understanding some blogs when someone uses idiomatic expression (LOL), I can't grasp the meaning!~ well, it's understandable since english is not my mother-tongue, and we don't use it everyday too, but don't worry, I always consult Webster Dictionary and if I can't find the complete word, check it on the web, Ha!
Health is wealth, especially to us people living in a third world country, to us people who have "funding" problem. Having Diabetes is really a burden (I'm sure not only to us but applies to all walks of life), but to our family... Money intended for the family food, I have to slice it to spend it for my check-ups, labs, strips and medicines. So sad...
I am a bit of emotional again because of what happen to my endo visit last tuesday (November 13) ... When she took my blood pressure, It was 160/100!!!! my goodness! I told her when I went out of the house, my husband took my BP and it was 110/80, I've never been this high, my highest was 130/90, but never 160/100. My endo too was a bit surprise because my first visit to her i was 120/80. Maybe it was white-coated high blood pressure, she told me (well, maybe, because prior to that, there's something's bothering my mind after I saw my medical-history-card)... even so... I am now totally super nervous!!!! I can feel the Panic attack comiiiiinnngggg!!! after 5 minutes, took my BP again 150/100... aaahhh, no use... i was then a nervous wreck! she told me to calm down... how can I????? for the past 13 years I have never practiced to calm down... I had a nervous breakdown when I was 19, since then, Panic attack is a usual sightings in our house... You can't imagine how I was when I learned I got diabetes.... been to psychologist, psychiatrist & neurologist... their advise??? "it's only you who could help yourself..." -- <after 3 hours, When I reach home, my BP was 130/90, my BG was 169 - proven that stress makes your BG shoot up, because before going to my endo my BG was 109, then after another hour it went down to 110/80 (that's my normal BP)>...
My endo asked me to have a series of test -- lipid profile, creatinine, SGPT, TSH & T4! Truly, illness is a burden to people living in a third world country!!!! My goodness! How can I afford this? She asked me to come back after I've got the result of the test... well... I will find a way... I don't know how soon... but I believe, God will make a way... He will provide all my needs...
Indeed... health is wealth...