I’m sure you’re getting tired of listening to me rant about my blood sugar woes, but believe me I am getting tired of having blood sugar woes. My latest round of “new meds” has not been working for me - except to plunge me low and then send me soaring into the double digits for no apparent reason. My soon-to-be-on-maternity leave GP is understandably pre-occupied and we’ve been fumbling around in the dark trying to “fix” my sugars for months now.

My most recent solution to my sugar problems has been to go off of the offensive new meds until I can see another doctor. I am supposed to see my specialist soon, and this is even more crucial since my GP has no replacement and may not ever return to her practice.

So, to take matters into my own hands and try to get my sugars closer to a state of normalcy, I am returning to my low carb diet. Ugh.

It’s not the food I mind so much, it’s more the prep. Our world is not set up for low carb convenience. Other than protein bars (which are $2 each and according to my daughter, taste like play-doh), low carb snacks are pretty much non-existent. When I think about everything I put in my kids’ lunches, very little qualifies as something I could eat myself.

So it’s back to the kitchen I go to make myself a stockpile of flax and whey protein muffins, hard-boiled eggs, veggie platters and dip, chicken wings, soups, roasted nuts and delectable soy-bean concoctions.

Just to forewarn you, I may be grumpy for the next few days.