Just a quick post. Ashley got her leg scanned yesterday to see how the clot was doing. We both just figured that it would be solidified and stable and maybe Ashley could get of coumadin. We figured that things were going fine, but the scan showed NO CLOT!! God, that is such a relief. Something that caused so much anxiety and pain for so long... to be gone and having blood flowing is wonderful. Thank you to whatever grace delivered that. And today she got the news that she could get off coumadin. And today we got the news that the balance of $800 that we owed the hospital is now zero. Good couple of days.
Here's the lowdown on my Grandfather Mountain Marathon. I cut my lantus down to 8 units the night before and didn't take anything in the morning. I woke up and ate breakfast at 3am so I could take a full bolus. My blood sugars that day were between 140 and 100 the whole day until the night when they rose a bit. So success on the glucose front. I then woke up at 5:30 and headed over to the marathon. It was a bit unnerving as everyone I talked to seemed to be pretty experienced and when I mentioned that this was my first one, the comment was always a variation of "well, you sure picked a hard one to start with" or "well, this is the hardest road marathon in North America"... I mean, come on - that is a little discouraging. So we go down through town and pass the mall - and there is Dave. I didn't know whether he would be there but suddenly there was company. So we went along and headed uphill. Somewhere in the first 5 miles, Dave says (in typical Dave fas...
All things die OK, well all things definitely change and I hate change. Change is like death. What is known is gone but not forgotten like death. What is coming is not known like life. Here we are in the middle of it all not dying not living hating change.