March 26, 2023

 Today is March 26, 2023.  86 days until my 68th birthday.  (Not counting, just happened to look it up.)  Going to see Dr. Day tomorrow about having my right big toenail removed;  it has never healed in all these years and I am hoping that this will finally remedy my problem.  Wish me luck!!

UPDATE:

March 30, 2023:  Yesterday, I had the right ingrown  big toenail surgically removed at Andalusia Health.  The experience was similar to the one I had in 2020 when I had surgery on both big toenails.  Nurses told me that until the nail(s) were removed, they would not heal.  They were right, of course.  The surgery was short, I was "out" and felt nothing. I've never had trouble with the left big toenail since that 2020 surgery. 

 According to Dr. Day I have to keep the right toe bandaged until Saturday and then I can take a shower.   Dr. Day doesn't want it bandaged--need to re-read my papers on that.  I had an appointment with Dr. Yongkuma on March 10th.  He told me what I already knew about my 11.3 A1C.  He said that I was not doing my part.  Well, since then, I have lost 15 pounds and my blood sugar is starting to restabilize.  It was 220 last night and as of March 10th it was out of control:  like in the mid to high 300's and low to mid 400's.  Looking forward to a normal blood sugar reading--and a good A1C on June 9th.