Amazing Doctor appointment

Yesterday I had the most amazing doctor appointment with Dr Mona Morstein. She gave me all my statistics so I can post them here and track them openly. So here goes.
3/11/09
Weight: 223.6
% Body fat: 44.3
total body water: 40.5%
muscle mass: 118.2 pounds
lean muscle mass rating: 3
lean muscle percent: 52.8%
daily caloric intake: 2895
estimated bone mineral mass: 6.2 pounds
visceral body fat: 10%

The appointment lasted over 2 hours and I have never felt so thoroughly understood by a doctor in my life. I took away one life changing tidbit about diabetes. high blood sugar + dehydration= keto acidosis. She said is is very simple! At that moment, all the incredible fear I have felt for the past year absolutely melted away. That was the most liberating moment of my life. Since June I have been terrified of a return of DKA. I felt like I was walking through land mines every day, just praying that the apple I just ate, or the drink I had wasn't the one thing that was going to send me back to ICU.

That ONE dot of information made me feel powerful and in control.

This week I am to observe my blood sugar, and chart everything I eat. I have homework to read, and a few supplements to begin taking. My first order of business is a dilated eye exam to make sure I don't have any eye damage before I begin a new treatment schedule.

Even though I am only observing, I feel powerful and in control in a way I have not since last year. I absolutely can't wait to get past the observing and get to the doing. I feel like I am a rusty machine that is just barely starting to move again. Wow, it's exciting.