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guh. life.
10 years ago
so much stuff has been going on.
busy busy busy. three jobs and no time to do anything!
my middle brother is getting married Friday..
i now have a zoo at my house.
1 Holland lop bunny
2 ball python babies
1 Asian forest scorpion
1 bearded dragon
1 zebra leg tarantula
246 Madagascar hissing roaches.
and 2 cats.
adding to the list will be /two/ lavender White's tree-frogs and another scorpion and 2 milk-snakes.
oh my little zoo family.
im finally getting my fursuit finished. Might have to skip the next FWA though,.it will just be too tight financially because of the suit payments and then still have time to save for the hotel-room and food allowance.
last year we ran out of food money. it was a nightmare.
The next year we go, we will /not/ be sleeping on the floor and we will have plenty of food money and booze and souvenir money too.
I am excited, and yet,.i am going to plan wisely next time. God it was scary you have no idea.
Im hypoglycemic,.i have not one but TWO emergencies during that con.
A) it was embarrassing and hard to hide it from my friends because i didn't want them to feel guilty or perhaps think i was trying to make them feel guilty for having food when we did not.
B) it was really scary and my boyfriend begged me to let him call an ambulance but i was too ashamed of myself for not budgeting well enough that i refused to have an ambulance or EMTs draw attention to my condition.
I have Reactive Hypoglycemia. Its a rare form of hypoglycemia that effects people who are not diabetic, so most people don't understand or cant tell when i start careening.
a few weeks ago i ended up in the ER again and this time a doctor FINALLY figured out whats been ailing me all these years. She figured out whats been causing all my chronic pain. Its been my hypoglycemia all along affecting my muscles.
I have been ordered a blood sugar monitor and i have to check my blood sugar three times a day now. 2 hours after every meal.
My physician also made me a 'rescue diet' list of foods that will help keep my hypo at bay. Things high in protein like beef jerky that take longer to process.
Its been a roller coaster ride but sloooowly things are getting better. Getting ahead of my bills instead of behind or even caught up.
Its nice to have a check and look to see what bill i need to pay and ive already paid them all lol. Use that money to pay next month's early!
in other news i won a 100$ Victoria's Secret gift card from work. it was awesome, our store made quota and we got scratch off tickets. i won.
I got perfume and a makeup bag, 7 pairs of underwear, a bra. a dress,.and a few t-shirts.
THEN my boyfriend won a trip to the Marlboro Ranch because his mom entered him into the Marlboro Ranch sweepstakes thingy. We leave for Montana September 19th and come back on the 22nd. Its going to be a blast.
ATVs, horseback riding, ziplineing through the mountains. Mountain biking, rock crawling,.rock climbing,.and an open bar. hell yeah.
Best part is, they called and asked if i had any special needs while i was there and i told them about my hypoglycemia and they said they have
had diabetics there before so they would make sure i was comfortable. nice folks.
Im happy. i really am. things are looking up.
busy busy busy. three jobs and no time to do anything!
my middle brother is getting married Friday..
i now have a zoo at my house.
1 Holland lop bunny
2 ball python babies
1 Asian forest scorpion
1 bearded dragon
1 zebra leg tarantula
246 Madagascar hissing roaches.
and 2 cats.
adding to the list will be /two/ lavender White's tree-frogs and another scorpion and 2 milk-snakes.
oh my little zoo family.
im finally getting my fursuit finished. Might have to skip the next FWA though,.it will just be too tight financially because of the suit payments and then still have time to save for the hotel-room and food allowance.
last year we ran out of food money. it was a nightmare.
The next year we go, we will /not/ be sleeping on the floor and we will have plenty of food money and booze and souvenir money too.
I am excited, and yet,.i am going to plan wisely next time. God it was scary you have no idea.
Im hypoglycemic,.i have not one but TWO emergencies during that con.
A) it was embarrassing and hard to hide it from my friends because i didn't want them to feel guilty or perhaps think i was trying to make them feel guilty for having food when we did not.
B) it was really scary and my boyfriend begged me to let him call an ambulance but i was too ashamed of myself for not budgeting well enough that i refused to have an ambulance or EMTs draw attention to my condition.
I have Reactive Hypoglycemia. Its a rare form of hypoglycemia that effects people who are not diabetic, so most people don't understand or cant tell when i start careening.
a few weeks ago i ended up in the ER again and this time a doctor FINALLY figured out whats been ailing me all these years. She figured out whats been causing all my chronic pain. Its been my hypoglycemia all along affecting my muscles.
I have been ordered a blood sugar monitor and i have to check my blood sugar three times a day now. 2 hours after every meal.
My physician also made me a 'rescue diet' list of foods that will help keep my hypo at bay. Things high in protein like beef jerky that take longer to process.
Its been a roller coaster ride but sloooowly things are getting better. Getting ahead of my bills instead of behind or even caught up.
Its nice to have a check and look to see what bill i need to pay and ive already paid them all lol. Use that money to pay next month's early!
in other news i won a 100$ Victoria's Secret gift card from work. it was awesome, our store made quota and we got scratch off tickets. i won.
I got perfume and a makeup bag, 7 pairs of underwear, a bra. a dress,.and a few t-shirts.
THEN my boyfriend won a trip to the Marlboro Ranch because his mom entered him into the Marlboro Ranch sweepstakes thingy. We leave for Montana September 19th and come back on the 22nd. Its going to be a blast.
ATVs, horseback riding, ziplineing through the mountains. Mountain biking, rock crawling,.rock climbing,.and an open bar. hell yeah.
Best part is, they called and asked if i had any special needs while i was there and i told them about my hypoglycemia and they said they have
had diabetics there before so they would make sure i was comfortable. nice folks.
Im happy. i really am. things are looking up.
I have known a couple hypoglycemic people before. It's a hassle, to be sure, but not something that cannot be managed, once you know about it and what to do.