There are options.

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A new, new, medicine.  The last one will be dropped.  Ugh.  We will see if that works.  I will stop taking it as of tonight.  Though I go back on 10 mg of the older new medicine.  And, then, wait for the new medicine to come in.  As to the water pills?  I wasn't sure if a milder medicine was called for, or... what.

As things stand, I will wait until I get on the next new medicine.  If things go well, I will then begin trying something with the water pill.  If all goes well, and I get even to this point on the new medicine, he suggested trying half a pill.  Cool.  I don't quite want to quit the waterpill, whole hog.  But, when things are arranged on the new medicine, the possibility of cutting it in half sounds reasonable.

Three blood tests a day, he says.  I don't have enough test strips.  He tried to argue, looked it up.  He'll... add another pack.  I can't do what I don't have to do with.  Gladly do as suggested if I have it.  I did look at strips, to buy myself.  Not... too bad.  But I am sort of living on the edge, financially.  Not sure I could afford extra, not very often.  I may order an extra, if I am flush for some reason on some month, just to have a few extra in case I feel the need to test more often... which... sometimes I do.  A slush of extra.  I'll have a month or two to save aside a little for the extra.  I like to check more carefully (which means more often) if the number is sliding quickly, or some other extreme is happening.  If nothing else than to try to understand what just happened.  I am not still alive just by accident.  I try my best to sort out what is killing me, eating me, crashing me, and either prevent it or not allow it to happen again.  If I could figure my way to health, I would.  It just doesn't exist.  I am a miracle worker to a greater degree.  My miracles simply aren't complete.  That... would take Another.  Blood sugar is 138.  Time for a cheese sandwich, tea, and insulin I suppose.  I'll go with 8 cc's.

Oh, something about increasing the slow acting insulin in order to bring fasting blood sugar down to 80 to 120?  Or... something like that.  Up one unit every three days?  Okay.  Well, I can try that.  I think that was discussed before, but got lost in all else that was, or wasn't at the time, happening.  Ugh.  I'll... give it a go.  One unit tonight, to start.

I have to get in for blood work.  I'll... get to that soon.  He wants a fasting blood sugar draw.  That's... preferable, even for me.  So... all good.  A pretty good day.  Critters fed and watered, litter managed, trash getting put together to go out, and a few other things.  Plus medicine being managed and the appointment dealt with.  A shower would be good.  I'll have to do chores again this evening... just putting water out for them again.  A nap?  Not... yet, but I'd love one.  I really need to get meat out of the freezer.  I need food!

I had started tearing into things on top of the freezer.  I suppose I'll have to finish that soon.  I really need to get some meat out.  Then, maybe, I won't be eating as poorly.  A good, warm, meat meal a day is needed.  I can handle the chia seed breakfast and deli meat and cheese sandwich(es) for most of the day, with a handful of nuts as occasional sides or snacks once every few days.  But I really need a bit, warm, meat, meal a day, or even two out of three days.  A fatted coffee is coming back into it's own, as the weather cools.  Though I'd like to counter that with tea, say, every other day, give or take?

We'll see about the next medicine.  It sounds like there might be more options, after this.  With everything else so close, might be able to get there without too high of a level of other stuff.  Might be able to get this sorted, and still be somewhat functional.  Ugh.  Otherwise I just have to live with a slightly elevated bp, when I can take medicine.  So tired, on or off the medicine.  The medicine helps, right until it doesn't.  Ugh.

Later.