I choose not!!!
It has been over a year since my world was rocked once again due to health problems. This time, the diagnosis was diabetes. (Yup, another nasty thing I picked up in the Delta!) I would like to say it has been an easy adjustment but the opposite is true. For the most part, this is due to deprivation of certain vices I held so dear to me for the longest time. It suffices to tell you I do not bake potato bread and other such breads ... ARGH!!!! Just the physical act of preparing bread was an emotional outlet. There have been moments of weakness when I do sneak in a loaf of bread or a bowl of white rice. Lately, I have been craving these starches like crazy. Then I met a woman today that completely changed all of that nonsense.
This woman, like myself, is diabetic. Throughout her diabetic progress (for lack of a better word), she felt fine. She did not take her medication, continued to eat as she did prior to her diagnosis. She now has to undergo dialysis every three days. This was my cosmic mirror showing me the likely outcome of my lack of care. I profusely thanked her and whatever power was at work to make this meeting happen.
I should have known better since my mother died of diabetic complications but seeing the needles and scars from previous needles on this woman scared me straight. I thought of my family and I just do not want to leave an ugly corpse behind! Of course, change is necessary. That change will be slow but firm.
