Monday 15 October 2012

Curvy Indy


I did Indy’s blood glucose curve on Sunday. It wasn’t without its hiccups, but we got there even if he now has multiple piercings in his ears.

I just want to say he’s been an absolute sweetheart through all this. Sitting still while I do the hourly tests for one thing, because if he didn’t sit still, it would make it very difficult to get the tiny blob of blood onto the tiny test area on the strips.

I thought his curve looked odd, but when I showed Tom he said it was very good for this stage in things and he has reduced his insulin dose again. I’ll do another curve in a fortnight and we’ll see how it is looking then.

So that’s the good news - plus he's put on a little more weight, also good.

Bad news, my email program Windows Live Mail decided to delete ALL my storage folders. All efforts to restore my lost folders have met with failure and I’ve now come to terms with the fact that they’ve gone forever.

My lost emails include a few that were waiting for replies and some that I had kept for over 10 years including emails from people I loved who are no longer with us. I'd kept them because, like treasured letters, they meant a great deal to me.

But there’s no point crying over lost emails and so I’m not going to! It was my own stupid fault anyway for not realising that my emails were not stored on my computer, but somewhere in the ether.

In other news, I have only stabbed myself once by accident with Indy’s syringe so far – no it wasn’t loaded and yes I bled!

And also here’s a reminder about the Ifakara Bakery Project Writing Competition – read about it at Joanne’s blog here.

36 comments:

  1. Sorry to hear of your e-mail woes, Teresa.
    Glad to hear Indy's levels are going in the right direction. :)

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  2. Great news about Indy's levels... woof, woof!

    Yuck on the lost emails, though. I know what you mean about saving precious ones. I've some saved from yonks ago.

    xxPat

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  3. Good news re Indy, but not so re your emails. I always assumed that anything on my hard drive could get wiped off. But I thought that the emails I stored were being stored somewhere retrievable. Not so it seems. I sometimes save photos that people send me there too. Thanks for bringing that to our attention Teresa.

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    1. It depends which email program you use, Maggie. I've been kicking myself for not checking. I lost loads of photos along with the emails :-( x

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  4. I'm so pleased to hear Indy is improving - and that you only stabbed yourself the once!

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  5. Glad things are sounding more positive on the glucose front! Sorry about the lost emails though. This techie stuff is great when it works, isn't it!

    Thanks for another mention too. x

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  6. What a plucky little chap Indy must be to put up with all those tests, Teresa. He obviously has complete faith in you.
    I wouldn’t give up hope on those deleted email folders just yet. Perhaps at this very minute some clever computer boff out there will be reading your post and thinking ‘Hey, I know what to do.’
    Well, you never know. I’m keeping everything crossed for you. xx

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    1. Thank you, Rena. There was plenty of advice on how to sort the email problem out, but none of it worked. Never mind eh :-) x

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  7. I'm so glad Indy is progressing. As for the emails, I lost shedloads when my old computer died. I was sad for a while, but managed without them. I hope you do, too. The photos are the worst, though, aren't they?

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    1. I'm sure it will all be fine, Frances, thank you :-) I had saved some of the photos on my hard drive, but with me being a lazy so-and-so, I hadn't done it with all of them. I have an external hard drive now where I save things regularly (at least when I remember!) x

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  8. Hi Teresa
    I will ask my husband if anything can be done - he's great with computers. We have eveything on our computer backed up on Microsoft Skydrive - it's free for a certain amount of storage but we payed a little extra so that all our photos were backed up. It's great peace of mind for if aomething goes wrong with the computer.

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    1. That's very kind of you, Wendy, thank you. I've had two techie-minds trying to sort it out and things have been installed and un-installed, updated and this and that. I've always backed up my work and photos, but never realised it was necessary with emails. I think there is no hope for me :-) x

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  9. I'm so pleased about Indy's test and how well he responded to it. And well done for doing it yourself.

    I'm so sorry your emails were lost. It really is a shame. I can imagine how it must feel. xx

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    1. Thank you, Joanna. Poor little dog was so tired yesterday - I think having his naps constantly disturbed on Sunday wore him out x

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  10. Great to hear how well Indy is doing, Teresa! Sorry about your email folders and contents - but thanks for the warning! I think I'd better have a look through my own now.

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    1. Thank you, Rosemary :-) I'm going to be printing any emails I want to keep from now on x

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  11. Hugs to you and Indy. Glad he seems a bit better. Hugs on the lost emails. Caroline x

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  12. Hi Teresa,

    That's most encouraging news about Indy. Penny and myself are wishing Indy the very best )

    Windows Live email set up was acting most temperamental on Friday and Monday. I know I had a similar experience, but managed, luckily to retrieve my lost data. I'm so sorry you went through that.

    Kind regards, Gary x

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    1. Thank you Gary and Penny :-) Glad you managed to retrieve your lost data - Windows Live Mail is very temperamental I find :-) x

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  13. That is so upsetting - to lose emails. I used to print out important ones but I've stopped doing it now. I am glad that Indy is doing better.

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    1. I'm printing the important ones now, Jenny -) x

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  14. Glad to hear that Indy is doing better but that's a real bummer about the emails.

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  15. I'm so sorry Teresa. It happened to me once too and I was really upset for quite a while. Eventually,one just has to let go and create new memories. Lots of hugs for you. And a small award for you on my blog.

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  16. I'm so sorry your emails were deleted. So upsetting for you.

    Well done for doing so well with Indy and his levels, I'm not sure I could be such a good nurse.

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    1. I bet you could, Debs. Before this all happened I didn't think I'd be able to do injections and blood tests, but you just do x

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  17. That's gutting about the emails Teresa, but I'm sure those lovely people will still be in your heart and mind which is what matters most. Well done to you being nursemaid to Indy, bet he's glad you're so loving with him.xx

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    1. Thanks, Sue. There was one day at the start when he refused to speak to me all day and I thought this was going to be awful and he was going to hate me, but he actually asks for his injections now, bless him x

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  18. Sounds like you could turn these into a few funny stories for your writing. Nice to have discovered your blog :)

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    1. Thanks, Charmaine - and it is lovely to discover your blog too! x

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