The Thought and Time Consuming Realities of Diabetes

So, there are very good reasons why (if you are diagnosed with pre-diabetes) one should listen to one's doctor and follow the recommendations of losing weight (although not easy with age & hypothyroidism but having slow, positive impact), exercising (still working on that one), and altering one's eating profile.

You know, before actually jumping the line from "pre" into "diabetes". Here's why:

The Obvious: Various health issues ranging from neuropathy of the feet (which I have had in varying degrees for two years and is a drag), potential blindness, dental issues, possible kidney ailments, heart disease, etc.

The Not-So-Obvious: There is SO much you have to consider when you have diabetes (every day stuff you take for granted) from poking your finger for a blood glucose check (before and after meals), checking your feet daily for injury or problems, the medicines you can ingest (cough drops, allergy/cold/flu medicatons, etc), the types of food you can eat (and I'm not talking sweets or junk food) which could be high carb foods (including peas, corn, etc), putting a major kibosh on caffiene (that's a tough one for this Diet Mtn Dew drinker).

Yes. I have been given permission to be obsessive.

And it's exhausting!