I apologize for not writing on my blog for the past few days. I thought I wrote a post since the 20th. With balancing between my yo-yoing blood sugar and now the addition of a family member diagnosed as hypoglycemic, we are starting to work on discussing what is the right way for us both to eat much more healthier.

I was surprised that Dr. Williams did not label the condition as diabetic. He explained that some people have low blood sugars and are not diabetics. Yearly testing for diabetes is recommended. That by eating more protein and complex carbohydrate in smaller frequent meals would help stabilize his blood sugar. This is a lot like eating a diabetic diet.

I had an extra glucometer at home and taught him how to use it and how to record his blood sugar readings. We looked up on the Internet about hypoglycemia diet and complex carbohydrates. We found several great references on each of these subject: http://www.howtothinkthin.com/instincts2.htm

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/002469.htm

My youngest daughter has been sick again. She missed her college classes on Monday. She came to my house so Mom could take care of her and look after her. She knows how concerned I have been about her condition. She is back to not keeping her foods down on her stomach and feeling very weak. I will be glad when the neurologist gets back to town so I can take her for a checkup. She does have an appointment but it is not for 2 more weeks I believe. She stayed the night on Monday night till Tuesday morning. Her dad went and got her husband from work and took him home. The next morning her dad and her husband had plans to work on their car replacing the power steering pump that was going out of their car. Her dad and I paid for the new pump and a repair manual for repairing their car. I had to pay almost $50 the next morning for a pulley puller. I knew I would get the money back once it was returned and also $10 for the core charge. As a young couple they sure have had obstacle coming at them too fast. They are going to have to save to buy two new tires soon and a front end alignment.

They are also wanting to buy a house soon. They do not want to pay rent when they can buy a house of their own. Both are determined to buy a house before April 15th to get the $6,000 tax credit on their income tax return. I just hope they are not jumping in too fast wanting to buy a house and they are having health problems and my son in law still has to have brain surgery. I know how stress affects my youngest daughter.