well.............darylene finally got her answer from smittcamp.she didn't get the scholarship but she was put on an alternate list.Hopefully she may still get in.In the meantime I suppose it is time to consider all the other colleges on her list.Of course,money is a factor.She has applied for fafsa and should most likely get that.We will only have to come up with about a thousand dollars.Then she will have to apply for it again every year until she graduates.She wants very badly to get into the audiology field(hearing impaired).It is hard sometimes to watch her because she wanted very much to go to Fresno State,and it was plain to see that she was upset.It amazes me that someone with remarkable grades like hers didnt get accepted.The other thing with this system that has always bothered me is that they tell you to try hard and things will happen for you.I guess I disagree with that statement because I believe if you come from a well to do family with funds then you get to go wherever you want.Money is not an object for them.It bothers me when I hear the teachers at high school telling the kids not to worry about money for college.Not to worry??????where in heck do they think it comes from??????Are these people actually teachers??? counselors???or what????....grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr....makes me mad is all........I mean this girl has grades that are truly amazing.....4.08 gpa...........straight A's all through senior high school.........never missed a day of school as well......What exactly do they want from her?????sheeeeeeeeeeeeeeesh.........
Oh well ,all we can do is try and get her applying to other colleges.....

OKAY.....As earlier stated I have started a diet.In fact this coming Monday,it will be four weeks old.I have not weighed myself in that time,but I am sure that I have lost some weight.Denise as well has reduced her meals and is walking with me each morning.My blood pressure has been improved greatly with medicine ,diet and exercise.My diabetes however is still high.I have been able to reduce the readings but not far enough for safety sakes,so each week I must monitor my blood sugar and increase my metformin by one pill.I take two a day now and my doctor has informed me that I may even go up six a day.He would like my numbers to be around 100.Right now they hover between 170-220.Four weeks ago the numbers were between 230-330.Finally,because of course I have turned 50(51 actually) I had to do a sigmoidoscopy.This is an inspection of the last two feet of the colon.They found a large polyp that they couldn't remove.It has to be done by a colonoscopy,of which I am still waiting for an appointment for.I have to admit I am a little worried.This is the way they find early cancer of the colon.The amazing thing is that none of this stuff would have even been found if I didn't get a small rash.......go figger.Amazingly though at this time I actually feel quite good......A little hungry ,but good.I pray that nothing more is found.......it worries Denise.She is absolutely wonderful for me and I don't know what I would have ever done without her.........Just in case you haven't heard it lately....."I LOVE YOU,PRINCESS!!!"

Well it has been almost a month since our last blog and much has happened on a personnel basis.About two weeks ago I(Malcolm( had a rash that wouldn't go away.Denise set up an appointment for me with our doctor at the Selma Kaiser office.When we got to our appointment my vitals had to be taken.This is where all the troubles were discovered.My Blood pressure was 170/116.The doctor upon seeing this was not allowed to just let me go.I had to take 50 mg of BP medicine and wait one hour.While waiting they made me take an ekg.Thank goodness after reading this ekg the doctor informed me there was no sign of heart disease and they were able drop my BP enough to let me go.However I was prescribed daily meds of lisonopril(10 mg) daily and I had to take my BP daily as well.I was also told to come back the next day to do a series of blood tests,which I did.All week long and into the next week I kept takin my BP which seemed to always stay in the 140/100 range.Much too high.You must realize that I had also started a sodium reduced diet as well as calorie and fat reduced one on the same day I was found with high blood pressure.Basically I ate nothing but vegetables for almost two weeks,to which I found out was not too bright to do.
Anyway,When going back to the doctor about my test results and BP concerns I was informed of something I basically knew deep down.He told me I have diabetes which I had ten years ago but was able to control over diet and exercise.However since being down here I have let my weight and diet go by the wayside.At this moment I will have to take glucophage daily,take my glucose readings twice aday,change my diet,exercise etc.When he saw my BP results he wasn't impressed and changed my dose by quadrupling it(40 Mg a day).
This last saturday was my first day on all the meds,the first day of Denise and me walking.About 1:00 pm that afternoon we were watching a movie on t.v. I had a terrible time focusing on the picture.It was actually fading from my view.Stupid me just sat there and waited for it to pass,which it did in about ten minutes.An hour later I informed denise on what happened.We took my BP had dropped to 87/57.Way too low!!!We called the clinic in Selma and it was decided that due to my not drinking enough water,wrong dietary choices,and a weeks worth of diarrhea caused me to extremely dehydrated.IWhen I diet I tend to go overboard and this time was no different.Also in case any one is interested Denise and I have switched decaf coffee for over two weeks now.What I an trying to say is that the two of us are going to be going thru a few changes this upcoming year.These changes will be for the betterment and quality of both our lives.One thing I can tell and say to anyone that doesn't believe me is"Just watch!!"This is one thing I can do,I am very stubborn when challenged.
there is more but poor typing skills slow me up.I will post more soon.