I am feeling like complete butt. Last night I got up at 3 AM to use the restroom (which I do every single night, multiple times, thanks to a certain little baby that is sitting on my bladder) I noticed that my throat felt really swollen and was sore. I got up this morning and it felt about 100 times worse. All day I’ve felt just majorly under the weather. My nose is a lot more congested than it usually is and I’ve pretty much had the same headache all day long. When I walk around my head feels fuzzy and dizzy and I just feel like poop in general! I’m staying home tomorrow to try to get some much needed rest and hope that this gets better before it gets worse.

So when I went to the OBGYN on Tuesday she gave me a prescription for 2.5mg of Glyburide and told me to take it with my evening meal or snack to try to get my fasting sugars down. I started my new carb strict diet the next day and over the next 5 days it appears to have gotten significantly better. I track all of my food intake and blood sugars using a Word document on Google Docs (this way I can access it from anywhere). Below is what I’ve recorded so far, just for future reference.
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