Healing
Please forgive me if I don't seem excited about the following story, but I am definitely truly grateful to God - it is just that I wanted to share this with Emily before I told the world, but I have been unable to. Also the victory does not seem so great in light of recent events.
As many of you will know, I have been really struggling with my health this year. The main symptom has been serious fatigue that, I think, sets in when my blood sugars (I am diabetic) change rapidly (not necessarily going too low or too high, just any rapid change). I have tried absolutely everything including having a quite rigid regime to my day and diet, but the sugar level changes seemed to happen quite randomly. A major problem was that even the smallest amount of exercise would make my blood sugars suddenly raise very high. This was easy to then get back under control, but the effect of the fast change seems to completely wipe me out, make me feel ill, and give me a serious headache.
When my friend Dan came to visit, I felt reasonably good and went on a few short trips with him, but I think that I was too eager as I suddenly felt really bad during our last trip, and for the last month of poor Dan's visit to Thailand, we just sat at home.
About 5 or so weeks ago, I started feeling better and seemed to be able to get out a few times per week with no real problem. I even purchased some running shoes - although I said that they were for walking as I am very fat just now :)
But it was not until the week before Em and I separated that things suddenly became remarkably better and I was able to get out every day. Every day I walked 5-10 kilometers with no ill effects at all, and in fact my blood sugar levels just don't change at all - which is just TOO weird. They seem to be even more consistent than someone without diabetes. I even went for my first run last night (only 2 kilometers but I was surprised that I was not too unfit for even that) and I have been able to reduce my insulin quite a bit (unfortunately I still need it though).
I am so sad that I was unable to share this with Em, but I wanted to test it for a good week before breaking the news to anyone for fear of giving false hope. I know that this year has been especially hard on Emily, and I have really appreciated her being there so much for me as I have struggled through this, and I am truly grateful to God for this small miracle, and even more grateful that the healing came at a time so that I would be able to cope physically with this separation that Em and I are experiencing.
Funnily enough, I expected that my other main symptom (serious inability to sleep) would solve itself as I started exercising more, but nope! No matter what I do, some nights I still only get an hour or two sleep.
Anyway, praise God for this small miracle!
Hayden
As many of you will know, I have been really struggling with my health this year. The main symptom has been serious fatigue that, I think, sets in when my blood sugars (I am diabetic) change rapidly (not necessarily going too low or too high, just any rapid change). I have tried absolutely everything including having a quite rigid regime to my day and diet, but the sugar level changes seemed to happen quite randomly. A major problem was that even the smallest amount of exercise would make my blood sugars suddenly raise very high. This was easy to then get back under control, but the effect of the fast change seems to completely wipe me out, make me feel ill, and give me a serious headache.
When my friend Dan came to visit, I felt reasonably good and went on a few short trips with him, but I think that I was too eager as I suddenly felt really bad during our last trip, and for the last month of poor Dan's visit to Thailand, we just sat at home.
About 5 or so weeks ago, I started feeling better and seemed to be able to get out a few times per week with no real problem. I even purchased some running shoes - although I said that they were for walking as I am very fat just now :)
But it was not until the week before Em and I separated that things suddenly became remarkably better and I was able to get out every day. Every day I walked 5-10 kilometers with no ill effects at all, and in fact my blood sugar levels just don't change at all - which is just TOO weird. They seem to be even more consistent than someone without diabetes. I even went for my first run last night (only 2 kilometers but I was surprised that I was not too unfit for even that) and I have been able to reduce my insulin quite a bit (unfortunately I still need it though).
I am so sad that I was unable to share this with Em, but I wanted to test it for a good week before breaking the news to anyone for fear of giving false hope. I know that this year has been especially hard on Emily, and I have really appreciated her being there so much for me as I have struggled through this, and I am truly grateful to God for this small miracle, and even more grateful that the healing came at a time so that I would be able to cope physically with this separation that Em and I are experiencing.
Funnily enough, I expected that my other main symptom (serious inability to sleep) would solve itself as I started exercising more, but nope! No matter what I do, some nights I still only get an hour or two sleep.
Anyway, praise God for this small miracle!
Hayden
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