Too Much

In 2000, my husband had a heart attack. Then he got to have an angiogram and then an angioplasty. In both procedures, an itty bitty camera is inserted into an artery in your inner thigh and run up into your heart. In the angiogram, they just look. In the angioplasty, a small reinforcing tube called a 'stent' is placed in the artery. You can get more detailed information here.

Then he had to go on a bunch of pills including 2 for lowering cholesterol and triglycerides. He is a picky eater, but managed to perservere and now eats much healthier. Because of the triglycerides, we have been watching his sugar intake, but not much.

So he went for his regularly scheduled blood tests 2 weeks ago. You see, when you're on as many pills as DH is, you need to get checked to make sure your liver can still handle it. His sugar was high.

Oh goodie. His father had diabetes. So do both his sisters, though one was just diagnosed at Christmas and is still controlling it with diet. As it happens, DH's father died of a heart attack brought on by diabetes.

So he went in for another test. Guess who's borderline diabetic?

That's right, DH.

So today, the doctor gave him a prescription for testing strips. He bought a monitor and the strips and 2 of his regular pills. It came to $600. Yes, we have a plan, but we only get 80% back and we have to pay up front.

Of course, the doctor also wants him to play it safe, so it's a full diabetic's diet for him. She wants him to be extra safe, what with 2 conditions to worry about. He also has to start exercising more. He's supposed to lose about 10 pounds. Last year at Christmas, my mother said she was so enamoured of her Bowflex that if we girls wanted one, she'd get one for us. Maybe I should ask her if she was serious.

My Dad's GF gave us some Splenda and I made cookies with it, but they taste weird.

And you know what? My DH is a healthy-looking guy. He's strong and capable and in pretty good shape. He's 39 years old.

Bloody hell.