Insulin free - take 2

Hi all, it's been a while since I've posted. The good news is I've survived the Christmas/holiday period with some pretty impressive BGLs and no real significant blowouts. I have continued to have success with a low carb/paleoish diet and limited exercise (real limited). I haven't experienced any lows to speak of.

This good control has lead me to think again that the best explanation is my pancreas is still doing it's job so long as it's not asked to do anything to strenuous... As this is the way I like to work, I really can't hold it against my poor endocrine system. So now I'm thinking (again) what about another insulin free period. This time I'll be fair and only eat my current low carb diet and for added help I'll kick up the exercise to "regular" status. The main things I'll be interested in tracking are my fasting BGLs (currently between 4.8-5.3 or "normal") and obviously my post prandial levels. I will also keep track of any palpitations I experience (if they happen at work I'll try to capture an ECG to make sure it's nothing too dire). I will give this one week starting today. As my medical team has been uninterested to this point, I have not bothered informing them. 

Fingers crossed everyone...

Termites waz 'ere

After the last few months of focusing on diabetes and getting a bit consumed by it all, I started 2014 wanting to focus on the present and important. I realised I had been neglecting a few jobs around the house and wanted to stop putting them off. At the top of the list was a row of sagging roof tiles on our house. Yesterday, my father-in-law and myself got up on the roof to investigate. We took a couple of tiles off and this is what we found:




 

Termite waz 'ere

Yup, termite damage to the jarrah beams. We didn't bother taking off more tiles, knowing what we'd find. We had a pest guy come out and he thinks it's old damage and that there is no sign of current infestation. That's the good news, the bad is we now have to organise repairs. Sigh, ah well that's life hey?