diabetic physical check and nsv

SW ⟫ 207.7 | CW ⟫ 180.6 | MGW ⟫ 168.2

Ozempic: ⟫ 0.5 mg

This morning was my diabetes physical check up, so weight, foot check, bloods, blood pressure, wee sample. For some reason, I always get very stressed when it’s time for this check up. I’m not sure why as it’s not with a doctor but with one of the practice nurses who are always better at getting blood and seem a lot less judgemental. So being the prat that I am, when I couldn’t sleep last night, I decided to vape some MC. So come 7.45 am when Stripes comes through to wake me up, I’m not only still awake but also still vaguely high.

And paranoid.

We were seen very quickly – appointment was for 8.30 am so there was no one ahead of us, and the nurse was lovely. Not gonna lie, I was feeling seriously amped up and I think Stripes realised I was kinda tripping because she kept hold of my hand which definitely helped with the inner shakes.

Got on their scales expecting to see the 180.6 that I saw on my scales earlier, but the official weigh in was (drum roll please) 178.6. Yep, the scales at the surgery showed a whole 2kg less than the ones at home. So I’ve logged it on my spreadsheets as the weight my scales show but also made of note of what will be in my hospital/Dr notes. After seeing the scales, the rest of it went okay. Normal issues getting my blood pressure reading and she asked us if we would be able to send in a week’s worth of readings from home which we’ve done before so should be no problem. Taking bloods seemed to go well but then I decided to faint after having my feet checked so not quite unscathed.

Still, home by 9.30ish and decided to write this and then see if I can get some sleep. Stripes has a session later today and I want to try to be awake and available if she wants to talk/decompress or just have another human being with her.

NSV ⟫ the last few times that we’ve been out, I’ve been able to put my seatbelt on in the back of the Uber. As in, about half of the time, I can click it in myself and only have to ask Stripes to do the last awkward bit half the time. I can’t remember the last time I could do a seat belt up in the back of the car without an extender – it was probably many, many years ago. I can feel my brain beginning to slow down so I’m going to post this before I crash. Survived another trip to the doctor’s surgery – not sure I can class that as a NSV but nevertheless, feels like I’ve succeeded for today!