After yesterday, this day was a relief. Although little pain, I'm now just tired, and fighting some congestion, stuffy nose and thankfully that cough has died down enough to let my diafran heal. It doesn't hurt like it did.

Been trying hard to keep my water intake up drastically so that's giving me a tiny bit of water intoxication - leaving me a bit dizzy, and unable to concentrate or focus at times. I have however figured out what is the cause of the tingle and numbness in my hands. It apparently is just nerves and muscles getting overworked in my shoulders again. Its' a problem I've dealt with before, and all I need to do is stretching exercises to get rid of the tightness.

Other than that, it's been another healing day.

Well, nothing major happened yesterday it seems. I actually felt better all day, and for the first time I got some good sleep going to bed at 10p. I was feeling some fatigue still.

Woke today at 8a, with a BG reading of 87. WHOA!!! I immediately went off and ate to keep it level, so hopefully I'll have good readings today. Right now I'm hurting, probably need to take a couple of Tylenol (325mg)

There's also a slight annoying sensation on my left hand. Slightly tingle, in the palm area. Maybe a bit of nerve damage from the 200+ and then day long high readings :\ Just have to let it heal itself I guess.

I'm thinking I'm over the major problems, now just cleaning up. Note of info: I am keeping my water intake at a high level, in order to keep myself hydrated, and flushed out. It seems every time I do that when I get a cold/flu/illness, I'm over it a lot faster. Not sure if that's right, or just the placebo effect, or wishful thinking but it's a pattern.

Actually this should read day 3, but I wanted to add my Day 2 info anyway.

Day 2 was the worse I've had so far. Awoke at 7a, feeling sick, light headed, etc. I sort of suspected I was in a hypo reaction, since I went to bed at 11:30p with a 112 level. I thought that was safe enough so I didn't eat. Big mistake. Although I did eat at 5a as I normally do, I tried a few nuts not the protein snack since I was so fatigued. Not a smart thing.

I went out to another room, and tried to eat, but the nausea was hitting me like a ton of bricks. Think you can eat during a severe hypo reaction?  I couldn't eat. Not only did things not taste right but the act of eating made me feel like I'd toss it immediate. Well sometime after that, I lost time. I suddenly felt my neck hurting and it was cause my head had rolled over to the back over the chair. Thankfully I was sitting. I'm not 100% if I fainted, or just dozed off but the way I felt, I think faint. I had to go to the bathroom too, had a bit of the diarrhea.

So for the next 2 hours, I fought a dangerously low hypo (BG 45!) with too much OJ. I tried the first 8oz, started feeling better, but then it hit me again, so had another 8oz. First time I ever tried that since I became diabetic. Shot my BGs to 250! then had to spend an hour biking it down, till it stopped at 136. It wouldn't budge then, felt hungry though. Ate, and 15 minutes later, it'd crashed down to 116. - classic liver dump.

BGs stayed in the 130s all day, but afterward I was just exhausted. I started drinking water all day. At least 1 16oz glass every hour, and about 8p I started urinating regularity.

I really think that day one I dehydrated myself, (word of warning Use an alarm! 1 glass of water ever hour when your sick like this) then didn't eat well enough.

More on day 3

Well, lucky me. I've got the flu! whooo!

yeah.

Felt it coming on yesterday, but today it's it. Full time. My head, shoulders and back ache, I have that light headedness, and of course, the odd tactile hypersensitivity I sometimes get. Where putting on socks, or touching things is annoying at best, and actually painful in some areas.

I just got up enough to eat a bit of protein to keep my BGs under control, take some ibuprofen for the pain, and of course, type this up.

We'll see how it goes.

Apparently it's not a severe flu. Mother had it first, and the pain was expected, now I got fatigue, and extreme hoarseness in the throat to look forward too. But it seems to go quickly. That's what I'm counting on.

More as it warrants.