At this moment in time, everything is going in the right direction. My mum is getting closer to controlling her diabetes. She hasn't been hypo in three weeks. the wine is definitely the source of the problems. The next stage is to get her diet stable, and to get her mental thoughts away from what her blood sugar levels are, but i think we are getting there. The diabetic nurse told me if she cant sort it out she will need to go into a nursing home, but i have some faith.
Aisha is also doing better, last week was the very first week she has been completely dry for 7 full days. That even included a school trip where she normally has most accidents. Kim spoke to a mother who's son is autistic and he still has problems wetting himself at 9. Not what she wanted to hear! We have a meeting next week with various support staff to discuss Aisha's school move.
The trousers are fitting better, and i think the weight is starting to come off, but i haven't weighed myself. The diet is definitely cracked, i know what i have to do and am doing it. The exercise has been disappointing but i ain't beating myself up about it, i am very active with gardening and painting fences, and the summer nights makes it all the easier. Tonight I pick up Aisha's new bike. She is desperate to learn to ride her bike, the complete opposite as last year when she fell and had that mental scar. If all goes well i will buy a bike rack for the car and we can head off to the country to explore!!

Northumberland

Last week we had a family holiday in the North of England, staying in a Haven caravan site. We stayed there two years ago, and once again scored, with a clean tidy caravan, not like some of the horror stories we had heard about. The weather was poor, only seeing the sun once we came back over the border to Scotland. It was great to get some real quality time with Kim and Aisha, work is going to be hectic over the next few weeks with people leaving, so we had to make the best of what opportunity we had. Aisha is starting to come round to the idea of starting a new school and we are all getting excited at the prospect of what lies ahead.
I made a decision not to take my mobile phone with me, i didn't phone my mum while i was away, i left it all in Dave's hands. When i got back on the Friday i phoned her and asked how she had been. She told me on the Monday and Tuesday she hadn't eaten as her blood sugar levels were sky high. I freaked when i heard. I told her if she cant get to grips with her diabetes i was going to get carers in to watch her eat and a nurse in to take her blood sugar levels and leave her with no input. I thought scare tactics might work!! She hasn't drank wine for over two weeks and in that time hasn't been hypo, so we at least have found the missing link. The problem is i don't want to tell her not to drink again, but i cant guarantee if she does drink she wont eat enough to stop her going hypo. Oh the dilemma!! the diabetic doctor is to phone her next Monday, her birthday, to discuss things. I will speak to her today as well. Mums carer phoned this week for an update and said things were going OK, but her anger issues start to rear their ugly head when mums asked things like have you had something to eat, or more accurately, don't you think you should have something to eat. This is an issue we still need to address properly.

Kim turned 39 yesterday. I have noticed a real change in her over the last few days. Yesterday i gave her a spa visit for her birthday, which included a facial and deep tissue massage. The masseur told her she would need to come back for more sessions as she couldn't shift the knots in her right side of her neck and shoulders with just one session. She is also off to get her hair styles today. This pampering is a little step in her recovery. Last night we had parents night at school and Aisha's report was good, but in the back of our minds we knew she was leaving and the report didn't mean that much. Onwards and Upwards!!

On Saturday i got a call from my mums carer, she was found hypo and in quite a bad way. An ambulance was called and she had to be injected with glucose solution. A pan of soup was burning on the hob. I phoned her afterwards and she was very upset. I phoned her again later that day and asked if she had had something to eat. She said no because her sugar level was very high. I told her, that's because you've just been injected with glucose. After all that's been said and done the penny still wasn't dropping. Anyway, i phoned her carer and discussed things with her. the pattern seems to be she drinks wine on a Friday, goes hypo Saturday, then struggles to control things from then on. So i phoned mum today and told her i don't want her drinking for the next three weekends. If the diabetes gets sorted, we know the wine is the route of all our problems. We can then address it. Everyone is 100% convinced that is the problem and we need to get a solution to keep everyone happy. My mum likes to drink wine on a Friday and Saturday night. Who am i to tell her no. But the high sugar content means she goes hypo on the Saturday as the blood sugar level drops. To avoid this she needs to eat while drinking, then have a good solid breakfast the next day. But we aren't at that place yet where she can do this with any control. Not yet anyway.....