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woodsprite

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8. Just checking in to see how you're doing.
Sat Mar 26, 2016, 12:33 AM
Mar 2016

Hope you've been able to make a complete recovery from that nasty virus thing going around. I seem to still have a bit of a cough hanging around. My dr. gave me a refill on the albuterol inhaler if needed, like if I start noticing squeaks when breathing again.

It's been like 2 weeks since I posted, a week since easing back into exercise, and I'm finally seeing my numbers heading in the right direction. I'm trying to learn everything I can since I'm a newbie, but have PT for my shoulder 3 nights a week, and of course that's when the diabetes self mgmt class is offered. I feel like I have to do the PT since I have a limited timeframe and it's rehab from surgery vs. the 6 wk diabetes class that will be offered again (just not sure when).

Just felt like I was totally floundering after being hit with the surgery recovery and that virus in the same month. It felt like starting from scratch and I was really stressing over not seeing my numbers budge or go up. I was actually thinking maybe the metformin stopped working for me. I added back in the light exercise and worked up to 40 min/day of walking, and now I'm finally starting to see them move in the right direction again.

Hope you're on the mend as well!

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