What To Eat

Hello, all. What to eat, that's the question. Shakespeare could have had a ball with that one, or has he? In the developed world, there are so many things to eat, it makes my head spin, when I really put my mind to it, and think about what I have on hand. I can eat cereal, bread, vegetables, cake, eggs, meat, fish, chicken, anything pretty much at all, even if it means a trip to the nearest shop. For sure, some of these things need cooking, and I am lazy, but what the hell? I'm sure I can find something really fatty and sweet, if I genuinely look. Nah, too much trouble, I'll settle for these fruit pieces and some cereal. Hey, who put those fresh fruit pieces in the fridge? I don't think I did. Oh, well, they'll do anyway. The Blood Test was four point six this morning and I feel good, so let's not wreck this lovely feeling just yet, there's plenty of time to really do so, if I want to.
It's amazing, when one feels in control, how good that makes the world feel. Of course, if one has a self destruct button like I have, and like to play with it, much like Russian Roulette, it's easy to ruin the mood. But today, I feel like following this good feeling for as long as I can. I know eating wrongly will blow my day right out of the water. I feel oogy, and like the flu rushed in and hit me like a train. Limbs are heavy, stomach has glue in it, head is full of paper, and I do not feel on top of my game. And, I am cranky, all from eating the wrong thing. Not worth it. I never feel good, if I haven't eaten properly for breakfast and it is really so easy. The fruit pieces, healthy cereal, no sweat. These days, I never use milk, I've always hated it, but there are ways around the calcium hangup. One of my snacks in the day is a slice of cheese, or some yoghurt, or I cook with milk, so no problem. I use skim anyway, or milk with added calcium, so that takes care of that.
It really is easy to eat healthily even if one is a diabetic sufferer. There's a world of things to try on the Internet. Years ago, when I started nursing, the diets available for diabetics then would have made me shoot myself. Bland, revolting food, right? Yes, but it was how it was cooked and served, not the food itself. Make use of the right herbs and spices, and everything tastes good. One doesn't have to load one's food with salt, or fatty things, do a little research. There are other things to add that are natural and help the food assume wonderful tastes, even if it is almost tasteless to start with.

Check Your Feet If You Are Diabetic

Hello, all. Are you a diabetic of some type? Then, check your feet, please, as a favor to yourself. You never know what is going on down there, and feet have an awful habit of not complaining, until it is too late. They carry a person for all their lives, and generally cause no worries at all, apart from getting tired and aching at times, or objecting rather mildly if one crams them into unsuitable shoes, so give them a little care, and they will be better servants. Losing them is a terrible thing, no matter what is the cause, so don't give yourself any extra reasons to be miserable.
 See a podiatrist as often as one's doctor recommends. They will help with the choosing of suitable shoes, and they do not have to look like something one's great-great grandmother would wear, or be fuzzy slippers. Nor do they have to be without style. Shoes have come a long way since those days, when no one knew what to do with diabetic feet, so it was opted for the comfortable dowdy look. There are stylish shoes available now, although they may not be sky high stilettos like Victoria Beckham thrives in. These shoes do not do any favors to anyone really, but, if that is her style, then let her have it. Me, I'd fall flat on my face, or get vertigo, but then I am five feet eight inches tall, one hundred and sixty centimeters, or thereabouts. It says so on my license.
A friend of mine, who is fashionable, and a mild diabetic, learnt the hard way about choosing good, inexpensive shoes. He had a bunion on one foot from wearing tight school shoes as a child, and he was accustomed to it being annoying when he wore any type of closed in shoe. So, when he bought some new shoes,when he first wore them, his bunion started to ache and his toes tingled, then stopped. His toes went numb, and he forgot about them, enjoying the feeling of no ache or pain for a few hours. Until he got home, that was, and he had no feeling in the foot at all, when he removed the shoe. The toes and bunion were cold, and a slight shade of blue. Despite all care that was given, he lost his full set of toes, and the foot also to amputation. As he says now, if he had taken notice as to why his bunion had stopped aching, he may have saved his foot. A simple thing, but it happens every day, unfortunately.
So, please check your feet once a day. After the shower is a good time, and not just to put polish on. I personally, prefer not to put powder on my feet before wearing shoes. I have found some brands tend to roll up and form wet lumps, even when used sparingly, and this does exert slight pressure. If one's circulation is bad to start with, this does not help. If one has a tiny cut from walking barefoot in the garden, it can easily get infected, and one not know about it. If one finds it impossible to inspect the bottom of one's feet for some reason or other, please get someone else to inspect them for one. It can save needless heartache down the track, and keep good servants happy.


You guessed it, they had lost all circulation and feeling

Hello, how is the world being to you

It's a wonderful world, some clown wrote a song about one time. Sure, it is, depending on which way you look at it. No, I am only being a smart alec, it really is a wonderful world. My diabetes has been running riot for a day or two, and making me feel like crap. Somehow, so far today, I feel great, and I am five points on the scale. Wonderful! Normal, or what passes for normal with me for the first time in three days, it has been up around the ten mark, and, I've found, if I go over about seven all through the day, I am hopeless. All this from one ( or maybe three!) chocolate biscuits on a day when I started on seven.
Serves me right, I know the disease better than that. I can have ONE chocolate biscuit every three days, without damage( this I know, I have experimented and know the consequences) not three in one day. My stupid and stubborn streak will cause me a real damage one day. It already has done so, once.
I am so grateful that I have been non Insulin-dependant for eight years, only diet/tablet/exercise controlled, why did I push the odds? Because I have a self-destruct button that I love to hit every now and then, just to see what it does. Talk about going through a second(third, fourth, whatever!) childhood. At fifty eight, it's time I grew out of that habit. Then again, I still chew my fingernails on odd occasions.
But I have survived another round of self inflicted stupidity, so I am happy.

What To Write

Hey, guys, give me a topic, and I'll see what I can do with it. There are so many to pick from, and I am interested in a wide selection of things. For a start, I am a Type Two Diabetic, so far controlled by diet and tablets, but my sister is also Diabetic and went from Mature Age Diabetes straight into uncontrolled on diet and tablets, so she is now on Insulin. My daughter also has Type Two Diabetes, so I guess I could say it is inherited, because Mum has been a border line diabetic all her life and she is ninety five. Not sure about the family going further back, but my Aunt talks about Grandma having borderline diabetes, and she was only a small person. Anyway, I am quite happy to talk about it, if anyone wants to reply.

what Am I Doing here?

What am I doing here is a good question. Learning, big time, mainly. Probably writing stuff that is only interesting to me for a start, but I will improve on that, and fast, hopefully. Have no plans for now, having got this far, but I am about to work on that.