QR code

I'm going to have to get an impromptu QR code to enter the hospital tomorrow. Well, nutsacks. Today, in place of the usual text message (the one I always see a day before I hit the hospital) that includes a one-time QR code for those of us with appointments, the hospital sent a notification that it's changing its entry rules (oh, and we may be back to masking as well, which sucks). There's supposed to be a QR code on your "mobile insurance card," but I've never been issued such a card, so I need to get a temporary QR code at the front gate like the rest of the proles. Alas for the death of privilege, eh? 

My first appointment is at 10:10 a.m., which means I need to be at the hospital around 8 a.m. to give a blood sample. It's not going to go well: despite my recent, fantastic blood-sugar numbers, my A1c is a three-month average, which means we have to factor in two-and-three-quarters months' worth of somewhat elevated daily blood sugar. According to the formula I've been using, my A1c ought to be around 6.8, which is high (5.7 or below is ideal). I was 5.9 at my last visit four months ago. But now that I seem to have hit upon the dietary "magic bullet," I think I can get the A1c way down for the next appointment, probably in the spring. Ideally, I want to get off all of my meds, but we'll see what the hospital says. Hospitals tend to (over-)medicate you, but at the same time, there's no denying I've gotten in trouble during those times I've stopped taking meds. But why the trouble?

I may have mentioned this before, but the deeper issue is this: the reason I'm on meds at all is that I lack the self-control to moderate my diet. If I had that self-control, none of this would be necessary. Diabetes expert Dr. Jason Fung confirms that, if you're on meds, you're never getting rid of your problem (see here—specifically, here). The recent fasting, though, shows me that I may finally have arrived at a solution. And I just checked the macros on heavy cream: a 500-ml carton is around 1800 calories, so my smoothie is easily enough to supply me with nutrition for the whole day. I'm still feeling a bit weak, though, probably because my body craves something more solid than smoothies. But again, a 72 blood-sugar reading demonstrates pretty conclusively that the current path I'm on is the path to diabetes reversal. Does Korean medicine accept that diabetes can be reversed? More and more Western doctors have been persuaded (see the above links).

Sure, even after reversal, a person can still backslide, but if you're set on the proper path and cheating only infrequently, you ought to be okay.

UPDATE: calmez-vous. I found the mobile app with the QR code, so we're good.