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January 2004

• 01.31.04
  Diabetes Alert Life | (1)

  It's been 4 weeks now and absolutely all my blood tests with the glucometer come within the normal range, I'm so happy! The treatment with my doctor in Colombia is definitely working, I feel I have more energy and the general sensation of my body is that things are working well. I'm taking homeopathic medications (as well as the "orthodox" ones), doing my diet (looking forward to next week where I can introduce one fruit!), losing weight and the most important thing: keeping that blood sugar normal in order to avoid damage to my organs. However, I cannot slack, Diabetes has ...
• 01.30.04
  Oprah goes Gabo Colombia, Media | (1)

  The day before I came back I had to see with great pleasure the news about 100 Years of Solitude (100 Años de Soledad) being the new selection for the Oprah's Book Club. This book written by our very Colombian Nobel Prize Gabriel García Márquez has been called a "the first piece of literature since the book of Genesis that sould be required reading for the entire human race" by the New York Times. I just feel so proud and now I want to read it again, after many years of having had to read it for one of my ...
• 01.29.04
  Christmas in January Life | (3)

  I didn't unpack, I bummed out all day, chatted with friends, caught up with snail mail (thanks everyone for the beautiful Christmas cards!), spoke on the phone with Elisa and Fab, read Diabetes Dialogue and found a coupon to get a FREE FreeStyle Blood Glucose Monitoring System (Wowsa!), did some research and lusted over the new Ascencia Breeze glucometer (I have this one). It was a "Diabetic" day, since I'm sick with a flu and I have to monitor my blood sugar often than usual. Things are good so far, but now I'm using the pumps for my breathing; and ...
• 01.29.04
  The Refrigerator Life, Media | (5)

  Snow?? Ah yes! I'm back in Canada :) Darn it's cold, but I'm happy to be home. The flight from Cali to Miami was a little "turbulentic" (here I am smashing the English language again), and once in the neighbor country things went smoothly, I had my picture and my fingertips taken, although I felt like someone in a Concentration Camp, walking in line, answering personal questions to some officials who treat people like God knows what and the general paranoia is worse than 2 months ago. Anyway, the guy at the "photo counter" was nice and after that I ...
• 01.26.04
  Disconnected week Life | (5)

  How long has it been? More than a week, yep... My mom moved into here new apartment (which is BEAUTIFUL!) but she didn't have her telephone line installed until today, wonderful! So I was disconnected for more than a week and the only contact I had with the outside world was my husband who called me every day on the cellphone (well, almost...). I would be lying if I said I missed the internet a lot because I really didn't have time to miss it, between medical appointments, acupuncture sessions and organizing mom's new place. I went to see Mona Lisa ...

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