Been trying to focus on myself and getting more organized with my life so I can more in control of my health and personal situations. Today, I realized that there was no school till next Tuesday for Thanksgiving break for my child. Which meant that what I had planned for today, was totally throw out the window.

I almost forgot to take the turkey out of the freeze yesterday. Should have took it out on Sunday and put in the refrigerator to thaw. It’s a large bird. Praying it thaws in time to cook it.

By the time I finally got to work on my computer today, over half of the day was gone. Then my child wants to go to the mall and get the free gift she had won. Geez, more interruptions, but what the heck, she’s happy to be the winner. She has a very competitive nature. Wonder who she got that from.

As we were coming back from the mall, I got a very bad headache. Then I remembered I didn’t eat lunch or a snack or take my noontime shot of Novolog. I knew that as soon as I got home I would be starting to cook dinner.  I tested my blood sugar and the results were 240, that was the reason for the headache. Hyperglycemia is when the blood sugar is too high. Normally when I don’t eat my blood sugar goes down, but due to the added stress of the day, it went up. Took 6 units of Novolog and then cooked dinner.

I was reading a news press release about Avandia, which is one of the pills I take for my diabetes. MSNBC states that FDA warns of heart attack risk taking Avandia and a drug probe into the Gates Foundation. This makes me concerned as I have taken Avandia for 4 years. Before that was Glucophage. What are my chances of a heart attack now?

Tomorrow will be a busy day in the kitchen as I prepare a traditional family breakfast as we rarely get to eat together in the mornings. Putting in the turkey basted in butter and stuffed with celery and onions and spices in the roasting bag. I love the smell of baking turkey or ham in the holiday times with all the trimmings. Stuffing, mashed or sweet potatoes, cranberry sauce, corn on the cob and pumpkin pie have always been a traditional at my family’s Thanksgiving table. Resisting over portion sizes and the pie is going to be tough.

To my readers, Have a Happy Thanksgiving! I appreciate the comments you have left as I know what interest you have to in type 2 diabetes and/or making your life better.