I get to get off Insulin!!

So I ended up not going to see Bruce. I decided it would be easier to go up there on the weekend. It is 45 mins to an hour each way to get there and after working all day it is a lot for a weeknight so I will go one day this weekend and spend more time with him and hopefully get some more questions answered. Candace (niece) came over and we made a Chicken stir fry and played some Wii for a little while.

I have been doing insulin shots since July 2008. I should have gone on it before then but I was very resistant to it. I bargained with my doctor and pleaded “Please Please Please let me try to lose weight on my own!” and it did not happen. By the time I actually got on insulin, I was sick almost daily. When I started out I had to do 100cc shots twice a day. I continued with that dosage for quite awhile but then I started getting lows too often and my doctor told me to slowly decrease the insulin amount. As of right now, I am doing a 50cc shot in the morning only (20cc – R 30cc N)

I recently contacted my doctor and asked her if I could get off the insulin and she agreed! It is going to take some time to wean myself off of it but this is such good news! I am thrilled beyond words! Since starting on this WL journey, I have been able to stop one of my blood pressure meds and now the insulin. With my continued WL I am hoping to get off all my meds AND the damn CPAP machine. This is a monumental step in that direction! Woot! Woot!