Is it my imagination or is Mobile becoming the murder capital of the south? It seems like every newscast now features a murder or two.
I suspect the powers-that-be need to toughen up (and enforce) the existing gun laws. God knows, we don't need any more laws as the laws on the books are enough. I think the problem here is the enforcement. Can you walk into a pawn shop and walk out with a gun? You shouldn't be able to because every state has a waiting period while background checks are done. Are the pawn shops in Mobile and Pensacola doing that? I believe we all (if we're a lawabiding citizen) have the privilege of gun ownership, whether for protection or hunting, but our vendors need to sharpen up and following the law.
My personal diabetes plan:
1. I have a dietician who keeps me up-to-date on the latest diets, supplements and excersice news. If you don't have one, get your doc to recommend one. It's the smartest move I ever made. Just make sure he/she is schooled in diabetes.
2. I follow a simple diet plan and use Splenda as a sweetner. It's the only sweetner I've found that doesn't have any side effects.
3. I excercise on a six-day plan. If you don't, do! Being sedintary (sitting around doing nothing) will shorten your life and you will never get your blood levels to even out.
4. If you have a weight problem, do the above things and you'll eventually start losing weight that you can keep off.
I can only add to this by saying you need to have a support person, be it a wife/husband, girlfriend/boyfriend or anyone whom you find is sympathetic to your diabetes. This is easier than it sounds and, if you have the internet (and I assume you do if you're reading this) it is now easier to join many online groups or chat lines. Just google in 'diabetes' and you'll find more places to go than you can imagine.
One other thing, the Alabama diet will not be condusive to your plan and will certainly shorten your life.
I had a very good diabetes doctor in Michigan and when I moved to Alabama I had a doctor who was an Internest but not well-trained in Diabetes. About two years ago, I switched Doctors and this time I got one with a Diabetic p.c. on his staff. In Michigan, I had attended a diabetic class for six weeks and (after talking with my new doc and his p.c.) knew I had come to the right place. I also had purchased a couple of books on diabetes and its treatment and one especially good book co-authored by a Naturalist and a diabetic MD. So I started a new plan and it immediately began to work. I lost thirty pounds and am now losing about two pounds a month until I hit my target weight of 160.
Tomorrow I will reveal my personal plan and my ultimate goal.
It's been a decade since I have been diagnosed diabetic and almost lost my life to a series of diabetic strokes. My wife took me to an emergency room where the attending doctor told her, 'It's just a matter of time, one more and he'll probably die in here'. Not a very consolable thing to say to a distraught wife, but I survived his prognosis.
The hardest thing for a new diabetic to do is change his diet and up his exercise level. I did hardly either until a couple of years ago when my blood levels came back at killer levels. (You'd think one would learn the first time, eh?) I was nearly fifty pounds overweight and my 'exercise' consisted of rolling around my home office in my wheeled office chair. It was time for major changes. And the first change would be my doctor. Tomorrow you'll learn why.
