Thursday, April 16, 2015

One week out

We have been home for 2 days now and it seems like leaving the hospital is a distant memory.
The last 2 days have been filled with a fury of pill organization, what he takes and when, blood sugar monitoring and trying new recipes with low or no sodium...which I swear do not exsist.
I have always felt like I cooked pretty healthy, and I do...however I don't cook without salt.  I'm going to have to break up with you salt...its been real...but I'd rather live.
The most stressful part right now is that Lynn's blood sugar is all over the map.  It's low then high. It needs to be constanly monitored...which means HE needs to be constantly monitored.
 We'll get there eventually..but this is a time of trial and error and trying to figure out what works for Lynn.
Pain wise he is feeling good and we go for a few short walks a day...but just simple things take a lot out of him, like taking a shower.
The last two nights by the end of the night I've had chest pains of my own....just the anxiety getting the better of me.  It is just a different world...where one major thing has changed in our life but the  rest of the world continues on.
This hasn't just happened to Lynn.  This has happened to my entire family as well as his mom and sisters.  Yes...its hard.  But never once have we faultered in dealing with the problem or accepting this reality.
Overall we are doing well.  We have our moments of....well this sucks....but we don't dwell in "stinkin thinkin" because we have a lot of life left to live.  We will take whatever God continues to bless us with and pray that our journey will inspire everyone else to live a little better and smile a whole lot more.

3 comments:

  1. Have you tried using Mrs. Dash? Or Sea Salt?

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  2. We were told by the dietician that sea salt is no better than regular salt. I had no idea. Mrs dash comes in 19 different flavors. Its just finding one we can accept. :)

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  3. Try LOTS of different and mixtures of herbs and spices. More flavor with fresh.

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