I AM NOT DIABETIC!!!!!!!!

So many good news for me today..
and one of the biggest one is
I actually
DO NOT have diabetes!!!


All the while i thought i have it..
but after a thorough glucose tolerance test last week,
I'm perfectly fine!!!

So....

Very very sweet...

4 pricks!!!

Actually i only got to have 2 pricks,
once is to withdraw fasting blood
and another is taken 2hrs after drinking the glucose..
But i was so "lucky" to meet a sooooo "experienced" nurse!
she pricked me once on each hand...
and told me she cannot do it, she simply couldn't find my veins!
got to send me to the lab for the experts to help...
So 2 waste pricks and 2 actual ones...
lucky i am not timid anymore!!
come prick me as many times as you want!! =)


but everything were worthwhile...
So glad~
from 14 MMOL/L 1yr+ ago
and all the way down to 5.8!!!!
So proud of myself~~
it's actually a huge change without medication at all...
so if I can do it,
everybody else can make it too!
Lets work hard together!!

I strongly believe that our weight, and food intake plays a big part!
Do not be mistaken that you are a diabetic!
Do something about it and you will be rewarded! =)
All the best!

Weight Loss & Health Updates

I bought the digital weighing maching from guardian...
only $25.95!
a good bargain!
hope it won't die so soon..like the previous one..
So this is my weight for today...


From 66.9kg
which was 2 weeks ago...
till
NOW!

Lost 2.1kg!
Not bad already....

69.5 - 64.8 = 4.7kg
lost in 5 week's time..

A break through for me!
I will keep it going still...
Support me!!

Took my blood pressure and glucose this morning...

The results are not too bad!
HAHA!
HAPPY!!

5.9 !! 5.9 !!

Whoah my glucose level dropped drastically!!
Lowest ever!
thanks to the yong tau foos & fish sliced bee hoon i had the past few days...


When it's too high, i'll start to worry...
& when it's too low..i will too!!
Argh! Human~!


right after i saw the reading,
i felt giddy....HAHAHA..crazy me...

I'm gona update about my weight next on thurs...
I started from 69.5kg..
and let's see how much did i lose in a week's time~
So....Stay tuned!

YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Took my glucose early in the morning 7+am...

YIPPIE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
lowest ever for my morning readings!!!!!!!
I can't believe it!!!
Aiming for a lower reading!!!!
Claps Claps Claps!

Super Low oil, No Meat, Low Carbo...ROCKS!!!!

Change of Diet Helps..

I had a good "holiday"
and ate sinful stuffs...without controlling much...
& tested my blood glucose 2 days ago...

SHOCKED!
So high!
So i controlled my diet immediately....

After 2 days of hard work...

It's all worth it!
I will wanna maintain it..
i've started my weight loss regime 2 days ago too!
Will update soon! =)

still lousy~~

Today's reading is wee bit better...

But still so super high!!
AND IT'S AFTER 50 MINS OF JOG!
maybe exercising affects blood sugar too...
cos too excited! and it increases blood sugar...
tmr i will test my blood without exercise...

AND MY CALVES ARE ACHING LIKE MAD....

Lousy reading!

After 50 mins of jogging..
this is the result....

WHAT THE FISH!!!!!

& i couldn't believe it~~
And pricked myself again!

WHAT THE!!!!?!?!?!?!?!?!

HAIZ....thanks to the pork chop and the greedy me...
NO MORE CARTEL FOR ME IN FUTURE!
BYE BYE!! =(

HEHEHE..back to normal !!

Ytd was a bz day...was out teaching for the whole day~~
so i didn't update...

Wanna share a good news with all ! =)

Cheers!!!!

My blood sugar has dropped to normal!
Although can be even lower la~~

So..conclusion is..diet really plays a big part..
HOHOHOHOHOHO...

WAH LAU EH!

today's reading!

FREAK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I'm losing control of my glucose!
I exercised in the morning leh~~~
but not excuse la..cos i ate alot of junk ytd!OILY!
I will work hard to get my good readings back!
I'll be a vegeterian for today!
HEHE..only today...
cos i cant live without FISHIE~~~~

NO BLOOD!?!?!?!?!?

ANGRY!!!

I wanna do a glucose prick test!
& i pricked myself for more than 30 times!


NO BLOOD CAME OUT!!!

And now all my fingers are so numb..
And i can see little small holes..
Even my poor pinky gota be pricked...
I dont know wats goin on..
And every prick is painful =(

I feel so sad for myself...

My Readings For Today!

I can wake up real early nowadays. Don't feel so lazy anymore. Can wake up as early as 5+am and 6+am even if my classes start in the afternoon.

Few months ago, I felt very dreadful and pitiful to wake up this early. *GRUMBLE GRUMBLE* And will have headache. Even if i were to sleep till 10am I'll still be tired, and will have a heavy head throughout the day~~~~Crazy me!

So now..u see another benefit by having a better health (By eating right food & having adequate exercise) and lighter weight?????

Feel the difference urself and you'll know!

My Glucose reading...

Whoah I'm quite happy with this 6.7 reading, but of course there's still room for improvement. It's getting better...

Blood pressure wise not that good....Will work on it!

Blood testing time!

My Blood Glucose Test Kit

Fix in the sharp needle...

Cover it....

The test stripe...

Attach into the meter...

AND....

Ready to go!!!



This Video involves bloody scenes...
If you have a weak heart, please do not play it

Nice to see? Am I very brave? hahahahaha...
Anyway so pai seh, I've not been testing my blood for like 2 weeks already, and the result turned out to be 7.8. =( Sad...!! I tink i should stop eating meat...i started to eat meat cos I believe that Vit B 12 and Folic Acid is causing my hair loss problem. But now, its ok! Cos I'm fully equipped with....

Phew..cost me more than 50 bucks for these 2...but 50 bucks to exchange for my precious strands of hair... WORTH IT!!!! HAHAHAHAHAHA....

Wonderful Rainy Saturday...

Woooo...everybody is enjoying the kek lapis! WOhoOOooo!! Happy Happy Happy!! Once you start eating, you can't stop!

I tested my Glucose in the morning, had a shock!

It was never so low..i didnt believe it...So i pricked myself again!

My 2nd time reading is higher...maybe i tested it on more blood....

I tink bitter gourd tea really works! I drank it last nite...~~

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Boyf's and my lunch....

We love spaghetti with salmon and swiss button mushroom! The salmon is cooked just nice, when we put into our mouths, it just simply melts...Whoahhh...~~~

u REAP what you SOW...

After a few days of hard work,



My glucose reading is TADA!!




Getting lower and lower...i hope it will only decrease and not increase~~~Hoping is not enough anyway...got to do someting about it!



Cos my dad is always hoping that his glucose will be lower..BUT..this is his reading for today!!!





He didnt exercise...didnt control his diet...and he even ate fried prawn mee 11+pm ytd, while i was exercising!!!



now i start to get my butt up and do some exercise! I usually do it b4 i sleep...as i have more time at nite. i cant do any vigorous exercise after the operation, so i came up with this...walk on the spot exercise...and i can tell that its really useful!!! I will swing my arms like mad + walk on the spot...do some farny action....for about 30 mins...and cool down by walking slower on the spot, arms lifting a bolster slowly for 5 mins. IT REALLY WORKS U KNOW!! my lotus arms are firmer and smaller now just after 3 times of this exercise! Actually i have a video of me doing this, ermm...but it's too unglam...so i tink i wont post it up...



My weighing machine is not working, so i can't know my weight! argh~~~! but dont tink i lose any weight...lets see! i will update on this again...



but today's breakfast is kind of sinful! Vegeterian Fried Bee Hoon and Zhap cai...



As its the 15th of the Lunar Month today, so my mother and brother are vegeterian for the day!

OK..im goin to pray to my grand dad now, at seng kang temple, It's been 2 years + since he's gone...Miss him....

With lotsa love,

Coraine

YIPPIE!!!

Look at this! after a long day of work ytd (tuesday), this is my blood glucose result.................






WHOAH!first time first time!so low! for that day i ate 2 Hi fibre bread with leg ham and canola magarine with no trans fat for breakfast . And at noon, I ate Yong Tau Foo at Great World City. Came home in the evening and TADA! the good results!



THen.......this morning...took again and this is my result......




Quite good!! now aim for 5+.

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I bought few new stuffs for my teaching.



This finger twister is very interesting and fun!




The picture clearly explains how do we use it...hehehe....ytd played it with one of my student for the first time and he loves it!! He even asked for more!! The purpose of this game is to let the child's finger increase their flexibility by twisting them everywhere, playing more of that will help each finger to be independent! In addition, children usually will find it a chore to use their fingers to play finger exercises on the piano. But now...without any of them noticing...they are unconsciously doin their finger exercises! Cool rite!?



And This teaching notes are for teachers teaching the graded students. A Whole New Syllabus!


It gives some directions on how to go about playing the exam pieces, some helps alot, but some advices are not that practical. So it depends on the teacher in the end, and how the student carry out their own performance. Everyone have their own character and unique way to play their music, you cant find 100% identical music in this world. If anyone can find it, then we can call it "robotic playing" or just simply imitation!



OK..enough of my "philosophy", even though im still working hard to find my own unique way too. its not so easy!


Going out to teach! Blog soon! Bye bye!


With Lots of Love,

Coraine

OH MY GOD!!!

WOoo wooo!! happy morning!!



Pricked myself again and i've reached my aim!!!!!!




YEAH!!!



Now it's time to aim for 6!!!



its weird..cos ytd nite i ate a piece of my home baked green tea chiffon



and i added too much sugar...its very very very super sweet! but my results still came out ok...my machine siao siao?? cannot be leh..i just bought it...



and this is wat im eating now..for breakfast...




Mesculin Salad with A kiwi and Cherry Tomatoes...without any dressings are olive oil...still very YUMMY!! I made salad for Boyf in the morning, he came to my house to pick it up. BUT...guess wat is his feedback... " i thought u said u will be cooking fried rice for me...i'm very scared of eating all these salads already" HELLO my dear Boyf..u've only eaten this salad for like 3 or 4 times???



Weight update: WHOAH..i am really impressed with myself..after goin back to work for like 10 days..i lost another 2kg..and i definitely feel better now. No more heavy head..no more dizzy spells and i can tink better!!...aiming for 70kg now...4 more kgs to go!!



The only ting that im not happy with is...I am still having all these weird dreams daily without fail..if i have 8 hrs of sleep..i will be dreaming of crappy stuffs in the whole 8 hrs...arghh!! how can i stop this!?!?!?!



I've finished my breakfast and gona do someting else...hmm....every one should eat healthy stuffs!! remember!! Its never too late to change our eating habit and lifestyle...

With lotsa love,

Coraine

Low Morale...............

I'm really afraid...very...that i might have a relapse...my womb is aching, my back is aching and my menses is late.. =( very worried...

I even dreamt that i had breast cancer!!OH MY GOD...............................am i having PMS? Evil thoughts are appearing in my mind every now and then................................

Anyway~~~~~when im typing this post, I'm eating this for my breakfast!

I remember last time if i were to go to restaurants and they do serve salads beside the main dish, i will not eat it...leave it there to rot! But now....im always eating big big bowls of salad (like a cow)...i will normally add some olive oil and this italian salad spritzers.

Not very tasty..but at least theres some taste...and they stated 1 spray = 1 calorie...dont knowhow true is that...how they measure?

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Nobody is at home now, and i picked up the courage to prick my own finger without any hesitation! APPLAUSE FOR ME!!!! *clap clap clap clap*

my result is.............................



YEAH!!! lower abit now!!! But still not ideal...let me aim for 8 now...

And blood pressure for today is 114/76... i was abit mad at that time cos Boyf proposed someting which made me really wanna go ARGHHHH!!!! But the pressure still turn out OK...

OK la..i have too little time to do too many tings b4 i go to work...will blog again! byezzz!!

With Lotsa Love,

Coraine

Bought a New Glucose Meter! & some vents..

Arghh...i picked up the courage and bought a glucose meter! im that kind of pple who are so scared of needles, and wont wanna do it everyday. But i need to know my condition, so got to do it. My mum pricked me, I still dont really dare to diy... u know that kind of feeling!!

My morning reading after fasting for 10 hours.

I know its still high, but compared to the time when im hospitalised, it's already a great improvement! in hospital, the lowest i can go without insulin is 11+ and can shoot up to 14+ after food. Yesterday nite i did the test 2 hrs after dinner, and its also 8.6.

Now..let me aim for 7!!!!

I've not been eating any fried food for nearly a month, so i tink it really helps!

This is my blood pressure taken in the morning after the prick test...

not too happy with the results...maybe bcos i've already started to eat outside food and its way more saltish than home cooked of course...

And another ting is..my pulse/min seemed to have dropped alot. Previously my pulse is about 70+ always..and now its slowly goin down to 60s and 50s. DO NOT EAT OILY/FRIED FOOD AND YOUR HEART WILL BE HEALTHIER TOO!! Always remember that...

Look at my breakfast for this fresh sunday morning..

haha..i baked the wholemeal bread. I know i shouldnt be eating 2 bread but...i just cant resist it..hehe..anyway its 2 small buns...not big...compare with the size of the egg yolk...its not too big afterall...n ate some organic mesculin salad.

It's really relaxing on sunday morning! finally an offday! but next month onwards i got to teach on sundays too...so i will be working 7 days a week =( and i tink some kids are contributing to my higher blood pressure. Nowadays...kids...haizzz.....some of u really cant imagine.....they dont even respect me, im like a slave to them....like a nobody in their eyes.....show me attitude...like i owe them money....theres even one student who said someting really ridiculous to me, "you are collecting money from my mother every month, why are u taking our money? if u take our money, u should use it to buy X box for us" arrghhhhhhhhhhhh....I WAS LIKE....SHOCKED~!!!! Opened my eyes big!!!!wat should i do? And wat can i do? I mean i love kids..although they treat me like that i still love them, but its just that moment...they just get on my nerves..arghh!!! And nobody can imagine wat other tings they did to me, its way too ridiculous to be believed. Any of u can give me some advice on this?

OK la..no more complains..Ciaos~~~~

With lotsa love,

Coraine

My Progress of Lossing Weight

Dear readers,


I've already lost 5kg in a week! eating right....its a shame to say that i didnt exercise at all...i just do some walking at home since i cant move much after the op.


But eating right is already helping me, so imagine if i exercise??? i can lose even more!!


b4 my op...my fav was POTATO CHIPS...FATTY MEATS...LAMP CHOP...ROASTED DUCK....French Fries....all these are out of my meal plans now...and its also amazing that I dont feel hungry at all now! ok...if im abit "greedy" and feel like biting someting, i will eat some veg raw or Low salt Hi fibre wheat biscuits...


Change your diet and it will definitely change ur health and life! For my case...my Blood Pressure was on the high side can even hit 200/110 and doc even prescribed me with high blood pressure medicine to lower it down. I was procrastinating at that time, but still got to take it in order to go ahead with my Op. I stopped taking the medicine 2 days ago and my pressure is soo good! reading was like 110+ or - / 70 + or - . But if u've taken the High Blood medicine for a long while, please do not stop it suddenly...u will most probably have a stroke! always monitor your blood pressure closely! i take the test about 6 times a day now, with my own machine of course.

And they also discovered and suspected i have diabeties during my hospital stay...my blood sugar is always 11 and above...theres only once lower, which is 9.8 after dripping the whole big bottle of insulin b4 op. When the needle was poked into my blood vessel, my blood splashed out! its kind of gross, and this is my first time on drip. this needle was in my vessel for 3 days and made my hand and fingers alllllll numb...worried la..cos my hands are very important to me, i earn a living with my hands...

I will buy a test kit and prick myself to monitor and control my GI.

I will try my very best to keep my diet as healthy as possible, even when i go back to work. KEEP MY FINGERS CROSSED....

With lotsa love,
Coraine

PS: wanna know wat i eat daily?? hehehe...