My Medication

Thanks God for my parents!

Last summer, my dad had purchased this Chinese powdered medicine (I'm not disclosing the name) to for me to combat my diabetes. At first, I was skeptical (my typical reaction of Asian non-prescribed medication) of the healing ability of the med but I gave it a shot anyway. I had to mix a small amount (about the size of the tip of table spoon) with a quarter of a cup of water. Goodness! To my shock, the powder was acutely bitter, I gagged and nearly vomited everything. One hour later, I checked my blood sugar and surprisingly, it dropped by 100 unit! Amazing how it worked. From then, I relied on this Chinese powdered med to decrease the level of my blood sugar. In a sense, I was relieved! Then one day, it was gone, missing, perhaps I'd misplaced it. I couldn't find it anymore, unfortunately. I asked my parents for another bottle but they can no longer find the person that was selling it, sadly.

Well, finally, they were able to obtain a bottle for me, yesterday! But the medicine now comes in the shape of a solid pill, which made it so much easier to take. This time, no more mixing, no more gagging! It's just a simple little pill that I can easily swallow and be on my way. Before bed last night, I took one of the pills and I woke up this morning to happy feet! Literally! Usually, in the morning, I'd wake up to my feet feeling sensitive, swollen, numbing, and tingling, but this morning, I hardly felt any of those symptoms, like my feet are happy! Yes, I may possibly be under a placebo effect, regardless, I'm still feeling better!

I checked my fasting blood sugar this morning and it was 188. I know that's high but that's only 30-40- units short of having a normal blood sugar level for diabetics. I'm getting better and back on track! Must I add, it's a relieve to see that 188 'cause for a while there, my reading was always in the mid 200-300 range. See what I mean now?

The picture on the top is a photo of my current meds.