Hi all again-well here it is 2 weeks after my op on wrist, and I have made a full recovery.      Acutually you can hardly notice where I had my stitches-had no trouble with the op at all, and came out of it really quickly.  I went into hospital 7am, and was back home @ 1pm.  I put it down to having good control of my Diabetes, so there were no complications.  The staff were great.  I couldn't have asked for better care.  As I have said before my BGL's have come right down, and now have so much better control.  I am just .2 above my goal HBa1c of 7.0, and am feeling so much better for it.  Not wanting to sleep in the afternoon any more, and am able to exercise a lot more than I did before.  Have started Heart Moves 2xweek, and am walking on other days.  All in all things are so much better.  About time after over 20 years of bad control.  Well thats about all for now.  deedee

Hi all-just to let you all know that I am going into hospital in 2 days to have the op on my wrist-it is just over 12 months since this all started-I won't be able to type for a while, so this is my last blog for at least a month-the hospital were great when I went in for my pre op-very thorough regarding my Diabetes and Insulin-I will be the first one to go to theatre,  because I am Insulin Dependant-they checked my levels for the last month, and I had to have another blood test for HbA1c-hopefully they will be a lot lower than they usually are-can't wait to get the results-I know that I will be in good hands-luckily my levels have been really good since having my bottom teeth out-who would've thought-I have been feeling pretty good too-not sleepy of an afternoon any more-makes for a more positive me-thats all for now-will update you when able to type again-cya-deedee

Last week I did a 4 day Empowerment Course here @ our Diabetes Education-as I have said before the Education here in Newcastle Australia is 1st class-I learnt quite a bit-there was only 3 people in the class (should have been 10) silly people cancelling out and loosing the opportunity to learn more about their Diabetes-every day we had to record our levels amount of insulin taken, and this was discussed with an Endo who came in every day-surprise suprise-my levels were down to normal the whole 4 days, but since being home for a week, (with lots of stress) yeah you're right they have gone sky high again-I decided that I would have a stress free weekend, so told my family and friends that from Friday night to Monday that I would not be answering my phone, or front door to anyone-boy what a weekend it has been-so quiet and relaxing-every couple of hours I would do 1/2 hour of relaxation with relaxation music-how wonderful-guess what-my BGL's have come down to normal again-I've set goals, made up a weekly menu  and just completly relaxed-I feel so good that I have decided to do this once a month-my family and friends don't understand-but I don't care-I'm doing this for me-I have also started going to HeartMoves which is put on by the Heart Foundattion-it is a gentle exercise programme for ovet 50''s, 2 x  times a week for an hour-it's quite fun, and a great way to exercise-well more later