Update on the drama of life

I am anti-blog so sorry, life is throwing curve balls that I can't catch and I am not too excited about them. My moms cancer is back and has spread to her some of her bones. She is not doing very well so things have been a little hectic on that end. I am not doing any better with my blood sugar deal. I don't actually have a diagnosis yet and have been struggling to find and answer. I think a lot of it is stress with my moms illness but know that it started long before her diagnosis. I am constantly getting blood tests done and as far as right now all they know is that my potassium is low, my ana titer count is high which is a marker for autoimmune disease (when your body attacks its own cells) and my c-peptide levels are sometimes up and sometimes down, and my insulin is on the higher end. My endocrinologist is checking for lupus and type 2 diabetes and I have more blood tests that will be back in 10 days. So far I have had a Gastric Emptying study done, blood work, an ultrasound, 24 hour holter monitor, 4 hour fasting glucose test and next week will have a CT scan and the following week have an endoscopy and colonoscopy. They did give me nexium to try for the nausea so we will see if that helps. I am still on a strict low carb diet, no dairy, eggs and super low sugar. Bring on the veggies and cashews eh? On the happier end on things. We are going to Twin Lakes next week after my test for a few days and my sister Sherri is coming to visit my mom. It will be nice to get away from life. I am really sad that cancer and illness seems to be everywhere now days, it seems like everybody is sick! My good friends mom from massage school just found out she had a brain tumor and had it removed. It came back cancerous, one of the most common and most aggressive. They were able to remove most of it. Thank goodness for modern technology. Every time I catch myself complaining I think, you should be thinking this.... instead. With her, I think, that sucks that she went from having symptoms to getting a stage 4 diagnosis in 4 weeks! At least I have had almost a year to be with my mom. I feel so overwhelmed sometimes its hard to be positive and grateful but how else do you get through it right? GGGGRRRRRR. One day at a time right? I am going to keep on truckin